Clark Hobart

Art Brokerage: Clark Hobart American Artist: b. 1868-1948. He was born in Rockford, Illinois, but while still a young boy he and his family relocated to California. He was known for his Impressionist landscapes and portraits, but was also regarded as a master creator of monotype prints. His first art instruction was at the California School of Design in San Francisco, California where he studied under Giuseppe Cadenasso and later, privately with William Keith. He moved to New York City and studied at the Art Students League, and then worked in New York City as a commercial artist between 1903 and 1911. Soon after, he moved back to California, to Monterey where he was thrust into the new center of Impressionist painting. In 1915 he was awarded the silver medal for his work with monotype prints at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California and was featured at the Oakland Civic Art Gallery upon its opening in 1916. Hobart spent time in a studio he maintained in San Francisco and also in the Los Gatos area of California. He exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1915 and 1918; the National Academy of Design in New York, 1916; the Bohemian Club, San Francisco, 1923 and 1929; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1915. Listings wanted by Art Brokerage.