Mark Beard

Gentleman with Wig (Academic Portrait Painting by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant)

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Modern, academic style portrait painting on canvas of a young athletic male oil on canvas, 26 x 17 inches in antique wood frame This vertical, contemporary portrait painting of sin...

Academic style figurative oil painting of a handsome football player against a country landscape 'Ready to Play', Painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in homage to the...

Academic style figurative painting on canvas of three young male athletes in a locker room "Three Figures in the Locker Room", By Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in homage to...

Holy Water (Oil Painting of Young Blonde Boy Floating in Red Canoe) by Caitlin Winner oil on canvas 38 x 26 inches 39 x 27 inches framed Rendered in natural light, this oil painting depicts a young blonde boy wearing a red t-shirt and blue jean shorts. His facial expression matches the atmosphere of the scene, suggestive of serenity and balance. The boy is sitting inside a red canoe, floating in what appears to be a lake. The water ripples softly at the bottom of the picture plane, reflecting august shades of blue and purple. Elsewhere, the water is painted in gradients of deep green. The piece is framed in a slim, sleek wooden frame. About the artist: Caitlin Winner blends classical references from art history with contemporary, everyday moments. Her partner and children swim, chop vegetables and drop spoons in narratives that expose the tensions and joys of family life. Caitlin began painting soon after graduating from Wellesley College with a BA in art and economics. She studied nights and weekends over the next decade with painters she admired, like Zoey Frank...

A dramatic, one of a kind oil study. Certainly not your run of the mill 19th Century portait! Depicted is a young man, whose face is brightly lit from what is likely is an open fire....

The greatest triumph of the artist’s career, this extraordinary and monumental oil on canvas by Gustave-Max Stevens perfectly represents the highly detailed compositions and richly h...

John William Godward 1861-1922 British A Pompeian Lady Signed and dated "J.W. Godward 1904" (lower right, partially covered by frame) Oil on canvas One of the last and greatest Victorian neoclassical painters, John William Godward is celebrated for his flawlessly executed images of graceful women posed in idealized ancient settings. In this work, entitled A Pompeian Lady, a classical beauty is caught idling in a moment of quiet, solitary reflection. Godward's elegant subjects are depicted with a degree of technical mastery that remains unsurpassed, and the work's dramatic palette, luxurious fabrics and classical vision are all characteristics of his unique take on the neoclassical style. Godward was unmatched in terms of his technical skill and attention to detail. A master of contrasting textures, he paints a diaphanous gown draping against the model’s smooth, milky white skin, which sits against the painstakingly rendered individual hairs of a tiger’s pel. Scintillating color permeates the canvas as well, energizing the otherwise static scene. Each element is given careful attention, and the overall effect is one of both immaculate technique and sensual tactility. Along with his contemporary and mentor, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Godward set the tone for the Victorian neoclassicist movement. He built his career upon creating images of idealized feminine beauty infused with a Greco-Roman-inspired style. Though greatly influenced by Alma-Tadema, Godward distinguished himself through his predilection for the solitary female figure. His fame rose dramatically in the first few years of the 20th century, when the present work was completed, due to the burgeoning strength of the British Empire and the Victorian society’s preoccupation with ancient Rome. To many of the newly affluent, Roman society was, as Iain Gale writes, “a flawless mirror of their own immaculate world.” The sensuality and mystery of Godward’s maidens, combined with his impressive antique backdrops...

The art world today does not value traditional academic skills in portrait painting. If it did, this portrait would replace the childlike student-level art that is now achieving two...