- Design Credit: Kacy Ellis, Photo Credit: Wynn Myers. Dimensions: H 14 in. x W 11 in.
- Design Credit: Jeremiah Brent Design, Photo Credit: Nicole Franzen. Dimensions: H 14 in. x W 11 in.
- Design Credit: Sarah Shetter, Photo Credit: Boris Breuer. Dimensions: H 14 in. x W 11 in.
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Mark Beard[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Michael Huntingn.d.
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- CreatorMark Beard (1956, American)
- Creation Yearn.d.
- DimensionsHeight: 14 in. (35.56 cm)Width: 11 in. (27.94 cm)
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- Gallery LocationNew York, NY
- Reference Number1stDibs: LU93232883381
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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.
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- By Mark BeardLocated in New York, NYOil on canvas mounted to Masonite Signed in red, u.r. $7000.00 + $350.00 framing This artwork is offered by Cl...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Masonite
- By Mark BeardLocated in New York, NYOil on canvas Signed in red, u.r. $4250.00 + $300.00 framing This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in N...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- By Mark BeardLocated in New York, NYSigned in red, u.r. Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite 68 x 38 inches 74 x 44 inches, framed $8500.00 + $400.00 ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Masonite
- By Mark BeardLocated in New York, NYOil on canvas Signed in black, u.l. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price includ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- By Mark BeardLocated in New York, NYOil on canvas Signed in red, u.r. 20 x 16 inches, canvas size 22.5 x 18.5 inches in distressed silver leaf fram...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- By Mark BeardLocated in New York, NYOil on canvas Signed in red, u.l. 10 x 8 inches, canvas size 12.75 x 10.75 inches in black painted wood frame ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
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