(Two Figures by a Lake)

Myrtle Mary Young Hobart

Myrtle Mary Young Hobart was the wife of California monotypist Clark Hobart. Both were part of a group of California printmakers who were experimenting with monotype in the early 20th century. They collaborated on a number of projects, including an interior decorating business in San Francisco.

Clark Hobart, the only printmaker to show monotypes at the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition, commented on the process they used:

"A 'monotype' is perhaps the most severe test of an artist's creative skill. It is painted on copper in oil and while damp is transferred by means of a wringer to the paper, which is its final form. The composition is conceived and painted without the change of a single stroke in the limited time to make possible the transfer to the paper. Should a stroke should [sic] be added on top of the first stroke it would be covered by the first stroke in the transfer."