- Design Credit: Elizabeth Roberts Architec̦ture & Design, Photo Credit: Dustin Aksland. Dimensions: H 41 in. x W 69 in.
- Design Credit: Timothy Godbold, Photo Credit: Karl Simone. Dimensions: H 41 in. x W 69 in.
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Mark BeardFrieze with Five Athletes (Mural of Young Men Running in Shorts by Mark Beard)unknown
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- CreatorMark Beard (1956, American)
- Creation Yearunknown
- DimensionsHeight: 41 in. (104.14 cm)Width: 69 in. (175.26 cm)Depth: 1 in. (2.54 cm)
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- Gallery LocationHudson, NY
- Reference Number1stDibs: LU2279768422
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About the Artist
Mark Beard
Contemporary New York City-based artist Mark Beard has long demonstrated command in a variety of mediums — he works in oil paint, bronze, ceramics and more. Beard is known mainly for his portraits and figurative paintings, but he is prolific in figurative drawing and nude photography as well.
Beard was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1986, he began working as a set designer, and for the next decade, he created more than 20 sets in New York City, London, Frankfurt, Vienna and Cologne. As a painter and printmaker, Beard didn’t wish to confine himself to a rigid style and instead sought to explore Impressionism, Art Nouveau and other movements in a range of mediums. In order to freely move from one style to the next, Beard created several different personas, assigning a specific biography to each one.
Beard's most prominent artistic alter ego is Bruce Sargeant, whom the artist has positioned in exhibitions as an early 20th-century painter. Beard's work as Sargeant is a detailed study of the male physique. The paintings often feature sculpted athletic men engaged in physical activities like wrestling and rowing. The work is steeped in homoeroticism, and the artist’s name itself is a reference to painter John Singer Sargent — while he’s best known for his Edwardian-era portraits, John Singer Sargent also created murals and drawings of male nudes that were similarly reflective of a homoerotic sensibility.
Beard is also an accomplished landscape painter. His great-grandfather, George Beard, was a regional painter and photographer of the Rocky Mountains. Mark spent summers at his grandfather's 19th-century log cabin retreat as a child. These formative experiences are reflected in his own stunning landscape paintings.
Beard's artwork is held in many high-profile museum collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Today, Beard resides in the Manhattan loft that he purchased in 1994 with his partner, James Manfred. It serves as both his home and his studio. The space is filled with his oil paintings, drawings and sculptures.
On 1stDibs, find Mark Beard paintings, drawings, photography and more.
- Men & Motorcycles, Mark Beard: Academic Figurative Painting of Four Male ModelsBy Mark BeardLocated in Hudson, NYAcademic style figurative painting of four male motorcycle riders by Mark Beard aka "Bruce Sargeant" "Men and Motorcycles", painted in the early 2000's for Abercrombie and Fitch's fl...Category
Early 2000s Academic Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Boy in Suit: Academic Figurative Painting by Mark Beard aka. Bruce SargeantBy Mark BeardLocated in Hudson, NYAcademic style figurative painting of two men in trousers and suits with naval flags by Mark Beard aka "Bruce Sargeant" "Boy in Suit", painted in the late 90's - early 2000's for Abe...Category
Early 2000s Academic Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Gentleman with Wig (Academic Portrait Painting by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant)By Mark BeardLocated in Hudson, NYAcademic style portrait oil painting of a handsome young man in an 18th century powdered wig Painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in homage to the fashion photographer,...Category
2010s Academic Portrait Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Archers: Figurative Painting of Two Sporting Men by Mark Beard, Bruce SargeantBy Mark BeardLocated in Hudson, NYAcademic style figurative painting of two men hunting in a mountain landscape with bow and arrows "Archers", painted in the late 90's - early 2000's for Abercrombie and Fitch's flag...Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Gondolier (Figurative Painting of Man in Venice by Mark Beard, Bruce Sargeant)By Mark BeardLocated in Hudson, NYAcademic style figurative oil painting of a muscular male gondolier with Venice's St. Mark's Campanile in the background "Gondolier" painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudony...Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Dressing in the Lodge (Figurative Painting of Men, Mark Beard, Bruce Sargeant)By Mark BeardLocated in Hudson, NYAcademic style figurative oil painting on canvas of two men dressing in a ski lodge "Dressing in the Lodge," Painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in homage to the fash...Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
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