Peter Beard

Gardeners of Eden - Contemporary, Animal, Landscape Photography, Peter Beard

1984/2009

PETER BEARD (1938–2020, USA) Eles at Buffalo Springs, 1960/2012 print with digital print collage, watercolor, gouache, and colored inks Image 127,6 x 177,8 cm (50 1/4 x 70 in.) Sheet 154 x 202 cm (60 5/8 x 79 1/2 in.) Frame 157 x 205 x 6 cm (61 3/4 x 80 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.) Unique Signed recto and verso in ink Peter Beard (1938–2020) was an American artist who lived and worked in New York and Kenya. In Africa Peter Beard found the central theme of his life, the destruction of the natural animal world by man and civilization. His photographs of Africa, African animals and the journals that often integrate his photographs have been widely shown and published since the 1960s. Inspired by earlier trips to Africa in both 1955 and 1960, Beard traveled to Kenya upon graduation. Working at Tsavo National Park, he photographed and documented the demise of 35,000 elephants...

HIROSHI SUGIMOTO (*1948, Japan) Alaskan Wolves 1994 Silver gelatin print mounted to Dibond Image 119,4 x 210,8 cm (47 x 83 in.) Framed 152,4 x 243,85 cm (60 x 96 in.) Edition of 5...

Anthony FRIEDKIN (*1949, America) Palomino Wave, Carmel, California, U.S.A., 2004 Silver Gelatin Print, later print 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.) Edition of 25, Ed. no. 8/25 Print onl...

Anthony FRIEDKIN (*1949, America) Ice Wave, Zuma Beach, California, U.S.A, 2002 Silver Gelatin Print, later print 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.) Edition of 25; Ed. no. 12/25 Print only...

Anthony FRIEDKIN (*1949, America) Powder Wave, Jalama Beach, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A., 2008 Silver Gelatin Print, later print 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.) Edition of 25, Ed....

Anthony FRIEDKIN (*1949, America) Surfboard with Setting Sun, Santa Monica, California, U.S.A., 1980 Silver Gelatin Print, later print 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.) Edition of 25 Prin...

"Impressions of Mexico City: Sueno Vaca (Cows Dreaming)" is an original watercolor and ink drawing by David Barnett. This piece is from the artist's "Impressions of Mexico City" seri...

"Bamboo & Lobster" is a reworking of a work from fifty-two years prior, "Bamboo, Lobster, & Cherries." It is an an original surrealist ink and watercolor drawing by David Barnett, si...

"Giant Hybrid Hibiscus Butterfly with Flower" is an original mixed media work by David Barnett that incorporates iridescent oil pastel, a dried hibiscus flower, and watercolor. It is...

"Homage to Schomer Lichtner in Cow Frame #2" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett that incorporates watercolor, ink, iridescent acrylic, and collage. It is signed and da...

"Up North Reflections" is an original watercolor and ink piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. elements such as the "UP NORTH" Wisconsin license plate and the line of cow...

"American Bald Eagle Flying Through Silver Clouds Between Heaven and Earth" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed on the lower left center. It incorporates watercolor, ink, iridescent acrylic, rubber stamps, collage, and oil pencil. This piece depicts a surrealist landscape. A cow with an cowl perched on its back stands in the lower left corner, and tracks lead away from it across the bottom of the picture. A small turtle approaches a pond in the lower right. In the center register of the image, two leaves have been collaged into an abstractly-drawn forest. The eagle of the title is shown in several stages of its flight through the blue and yellow sky. Art size: 7 15/16" x 9 1/2" Frame size: 15 1/4" x 16 1/8" David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age nineteen when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985 David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since. David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art. David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miro, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery, collection and knowledge and passion of fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona. In November 2005, he opened his second studio gallery in Hartland, Wisconsin. Exhibits “Morph Dog Series”, David Barnett Gallery, 1996 “Renewal", Art Escape Gallery, Thiensville, WI, 2003 “Recent Watercolors", David Barnett Gallery, 2003, Lora D. Art Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2004 “Group Show”, Broden Gallery Ltd., Madison, WI, May-June 2004 "Homage to Kandinsky", David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2014 Collections Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ Private collections throughout the United States and around the world including collections in Wisconsin, Maryland, New York, Washington D.C., Arizona, Illinois, Florida, Kentucky. International collections in Brazil, Singapore and Hong Kong. Articles Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Barnett Gives His Work an Exhibit" by James Auer, November 1996 Exclusively Yours...