Mark Beard Art
American, b. 1956
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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Artist: Mark Beard
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Valton and His Wrestler
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
n.d.
Signed in red, u.l.
Double-sided oil painting on panel
30 x 24 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Valton and His Wrestler](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-valton-and-his-wrestler-for-sale/a_9323/1738348176269/Beard_Valton_and_His_Wrestler_1920_master.jpg?width=240 "Mark Beard - [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Valton and His Wrestler")
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Valton and His Wrestler](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=)
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors
n.d.
Signed in red, u.r.
Double-sided painting on panel
30 x 24 inches
Category
20th Century Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-sailors-for-sale/a_9323/1738353689807/Beard_Two_Sailors_1920_master.jpg?width=240 "Mark Beard - [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors")
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man with Red Fez
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man with Red Fez
n.d.
Signed in red, u.r.
Double-sided oil painting on panel
30 x 24 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man with Red Fez](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-man-with-red-fez-for-sale/a_9323/1738362535321/Beard_Man_with_Red_Fez_master.jpg?width=240 "Mark Beard - [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man with Red Fez")
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Football Guys, Hut Hut Hike
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Mark Beard
Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Football Guys, Hut Hut Hike
n.d.
Signed in red, u.l.
Double-sided oil painting on panel
24 x 30 inches
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Football Guys, Hut Hut Hike](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-football-guys-hut-hut-hike-for-sale/a_9323/1738360458695/Beard_Two_Football_Guys_Hut_Hut_Hike_master.jpg?width=240 "Mark Beard - [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Football Guys, Hut Hut Hike")
Three Figures in the Locker Room (Figurative Painting of Male Athletes)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
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...
Category
2010s Academic Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Untitled (Reclining Male Nude)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
n.d.
Signed in red, u.r.
Double-sided oil painting on panel
12 x 16.5 inches
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Untitled (Reclining Male Nude)](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-untitled-reclining-male-nude-for-sale/a_9323/1738350892045/Beard_Untitled_Reclining_Male_Nude__master.jpg?width=240 "Mark Beard - [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Untitled (Reclining Male Nude)")
MB 023 (Figurative Life Drawing of Handsome Male Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 023"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30.5 x 17.5 inches unframed
Signed, lower le...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
MB 827 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Two Nude Males by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of two nude males with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 827"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
29.75 x 21.75 inches unframed
Signed, l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
MB 824 (Double-Sided Figure Drawing of Handsome Nude Men by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative, academic style life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 824"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30.5 x 21 inches unframed
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Figure Drawing by Mark Beard (Stoic, Muscular Male Nude Charcoal Life Drawing)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 19.5 inches unframed
Signed, lower left
Strong f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
MB 702 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Male Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
MB 702 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Male Nude by Mark Beard)
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 19 inches unframed
Con...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
MB 085A (Contemporary Life Drawing of Nude Male by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 085A"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 18.5 inches unframed
Signed, lower rig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
MB 076 A&B (Double Sided Figurative Charcoal Drawing of Male Nudes)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative drawing of male nudes made with graphite, charcoal, and conte crayon on Arches paper
30 x 22 inches, unframed
One piece of 30 x 22 inch Arches. Two drawings, one on either...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Mark Beard Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
MB 018 (Figurative Life Drawing of Handsome Male Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 018"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 19 inches unframed
Signed, lower right
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled 28 (Polaroid Transfer Drawing of a Reclining Male Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Polaroid transfer drawing of a reclining male nude on Rive BFK paper by Mark Beard
9.5 x 7 inch image size
22 x 15 inch paper size
Ed. 5/6, Polaroid Transfer on Rives BFK paper, unfr...
Category
1990s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Polaroid, Archival Paper
MB 809 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing on Paper of Two Seated Male Nude Models)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative drawing made with graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
21.5 x 28 inches, unframed
This unique life study drawing of two seated male nude models was made ...
Category
2010s Modern Mark Beard Art
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Ready to Play (Academic Figurative Painting of Male Athlete by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
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...
Category
2010s Academic Mark Beard Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
MB 808 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing on Paper of Two Male Nudes Models)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative drawing made with graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 13 inches, unframed
This unique life study drawing of two standing male nudes was made by Mar...
Category
2010s Modern Mark Beard Art
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Surfers on the Shore, Contemporary Painting
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
A contemporary figurative painting of two men with a surfboard standing on a shoreline by Mark Beard/Bruce Sargeant.
Signed
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite
84 x 48 inches
$10,0...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Surfers on the Shore, Contemporary Painting](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-surfers-on-the-shore-for-sale/a_9323/1726067729454/Beard_Two_Rowers_on_the_Shore_master.jpg?width=240 "Mark Beard - [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Surfers on the Shore, Contemporary Painting")
MB 053 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing of a Muscular Male Nude on Arches Paper)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative male nude drawing made of graphite, charcoal, and conte crayon on Arches paper
30 x 20 inches, unframed
This unique life study drawing of a standing male nude was made...
Category
2010s Modern Mark Beard Art
Materials
Crayon, Charcoal, Graphite
MB 807 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing on Arches Paper of Two Male Nude Models)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative drawing of two male nudes made with graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 18.5 inches, unframed
This unique life study drawing of two standing male n...
Category
2010s Modern Mark Beard Art
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
MB 017 (Figurative Life Drawing of Female Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style life drawing of female nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 017"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 22 inches unframed
Signed, lowe...
Category
2010s Academic Mark Beard Art
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
MB 804 A&B (Double Sided Figurative Drawing, Two Male Nudes and Safari Hunter)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative drawing with graphite, charcoal, and conte crayon on Arches paper
30 x 19 inches, unframed
One piece of 30 x 19 inch Arches paper. Two drawings on opposite sides.
These u...
Category
2010s Modern Mark Beard Art
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite, Watercolor
MB 806 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing on Paper of Two Muscular Male Nudes)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative nude drawing made with graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 19 inches unframed
This unique life study drawing of two male nude models was made by Mark...
Category
2010s Modern Mark Beard Art
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938) In the Locker Room, Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938) In the Locker Room, Contemporary Queer Figurative Painting
n.d.
Signed in red, u.l.
Oil on canvas
60 x 36 inches
$8,000 + $750 framing
This work is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mark Beard 054 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing of Two Male Nudes on Arches Paper)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative drawing of two male nudes made with graphite, charcoal, and conte crayon on Arches paper
30 x 14 inches, unframed
This unique life study drawing of two standing nude m...
Category
2010s Modern Mark Beard Art
Materials
Graphite, Charcoal, Paper
Prosperous Family: Academic Figurative Painting by Mark Beard aka Bruce Sargeant
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative painting on canvas of a family and red tractor against a classic American farm field
"Prosperous Family", painted by Mark Beard under his fictitious persona, Bruce Sargeant
84 x 58 inches unframed, 91 x 65 x 3 inches with a gold painted wood frame
Excellent condition, ready to hang as is
This Academic style figurative oil painting on canvas was painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant, a pseudonym in homage to the fashion photographer, Bruce Weber, and figurative painter, John Singer Sargeant. Here, the artist captures a blue collar American farming family in their field with an old red tractor. The man and woman stand stoically with their young child, dressed in simple white garments, perhaps to symbolize their purity. Rolling mountains...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Wrestlers on the Mat, Contemporary Painting
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
A painting by Mark Beard/Bruce Sargeant of two male wrestlers in athletic wear grapple on a mat, their muscular bodies highlighted by soft light, capturi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Wrestlers on the Mat, Contemporary Painting](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-wrestlers-on-the-mat-for-sale/a_9323/1726068978895/Beard_Two_Wrestlers_on_the_Mat_master.jpg?width=240 "Mark Beard - [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Wrestlers on the Mat, Contemporary Painting")
MB 005 (Modern, Traditional Style Figurative Life Drawing of Muscular Male Nude)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative nude drawing on Arches paper
graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
22 x 15 inches unframed
Contemporary figurative life study drawing of a reclining male nu...
Category
2010s Modern Mark Beard Art
Materials
Graphite, Conté
Young Swimmer (Modern, Academic Style Portrait Painting in Antique Gold Frame)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative oil on canvas painting of a young athletic male
24 x 20 inches, 29.5 x 23.5 inches vintage gold painted wood frame
signed B. Sargeant in red in upper right hand corner
T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hercules Mourning the Death of his Cupbearer Hylas
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon (1849-1930)]
Oil on canvas
Signed in red, l.l.
48 x 60 inches, canvas size
54 x 66 inches in gold leaf frame
61 x 74 x 6 inches, framed
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
“By his own account, the most ambitious work of Michallon’s career was a thirty-foot canvas depicting Noah’s Ark, which he exhibited in the Salon of 1875, where it went unmentioned by the critics. Preparatory work for this elaborate composition took him frequently to the Jardin des Plantes, where he made painstaking drawings and oil sketches of the animals on view. These studies were enthusiastically remarked upon by visitors to his studio, some of whom counseled him to give up history painting altogether and pursue the less dignified but presumably more lucrative career of animal painter. Following this advice, and profiting from the tremendous vogue in 1880s Europe for all things African...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon (The soldier of the Marathon), 1869
n.d.
Signed, l.l.
Oil on canvas
57 x 45 inches
66 x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-hippolyte-alexandre-michallon-le-soldat-de-marathon-for-sale/a_9323/1686173244556/Beard_Le_Soldat_de_Marathon_980_master.jpg?width=240 "Mark Beard - [Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon")
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Bathers by the Shore
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas
66 x 84 inches
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York...
Category
2010s Mark Beard Art
Materials
Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Bathers by the Shore](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-bathers-by-the-shore-for-sale/a_9323/1598457224758/Beard_Sargeant_Bathers_by_the_Shore_1200_master.jpg?width=240 "mark beard artist")
Self Portrait
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered (4/6) in pencil, recto
Also blindstamped, l.r.
22 x 15 inches, sheet
10 x 8 inches, image
This artwork is o...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Mark Beard Art
Materials
Photogravure
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men on Beach, Painting by Mark Beard
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men on Beach is a painting by the artist Mark Beard which depicts two men in speedos standing on a beach.
n.d.
Signed i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men on Beach, Painting by Mark Beard](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-men-on-beach-for-sale/a_9323/1665678483289/Beard_Two_Men_on_Beach_1200_master.jpg?width=240 "mark beard art")
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Statue of an Athlete
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
“Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art movement. He embodies a world that is in many ways lost to us; he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Art
Materials
Bronze
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Statue of an Athlete](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-sculptures-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-statue-of-an-athlete-for-sale-picture-2/a_9323/a_35855421542990089601/Statue_of_an_Athlete_installation_crop_artnet_master.jpg?width=240 "beard scult")
Untitled Portrait II (Modern, Academic Style Portrait Painting of a Young Man)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
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...
Category
2010s Academic Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Exercising En Plein Air
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Signed in red, u.r.
$3250.00 + $200.00 framing
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
“Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Exercising En Plein Air](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-exercising-en-plein-air-for-sale/a_9323/a_35855721542990254245/20_Exercising_En_Plein_Air_980_master.jpg?width=240 "bruce dickinson nude")
MB 001 (Modern, Academic Style Figurative Life Drawing of Muscular Male Nude )
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative male nude drawing on Arches paper by Mark Beard
graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
22 x 15 inches unframed
Contemporary figurative life study drawing of ...
Category
2010s Modern Mark Beard Art
Materials
Graphite, Conté
Untitled 19 (Polaroid Transfer of Young Nude Man in Bed on Rives BFK)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
image size: 8 x 10 inches
Young Nude Man in Bed
Unique Polaroid Transfer on 22 x 15 inch Rives BFK paper, unframed
signed SM Beard in pencil on bottom left...
Category
1990s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Polaroid, Archival Paper
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Reclining Male Nude Figurative Queer Oil Painting
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary painting of a nude man reclining by Mark Beard.
Double-sided oil on panel
Signed in red, u.r.
“Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Reclining Male Nude Figurative Queer Oil Painting](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-reclining-male-nude-for-sale/a_9323/1726085071682/Beard_Untitled_Reclining_Male_Nude__master.jpg?width=240 "Mark Beard - [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Reclining Male Nude Figurative Queer Oil Painting")
MB 089A (Contemporary Graphite Drawing of Seated Male Nude)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 22 inches, 37.5 x 26 inches framed
Custom frame with Natural wood molding, white 8ply mat, AR non glare glass
Signed BEARD 20...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Crayon, Graphite
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Winter Sport Athletes
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.l.
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite
Price includes $650 additional cost of framing.
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Winter Sport Athletes](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-winter-sport-athletes-for-sale/a_9323/1616513671128/Beard_Sargeant_Winter_Sports_Athletes_master.jpg?width=240 "mark beard abercrombie")
Untitled (Seated Man Facing Left)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Conté crayon on paper
Signed and dated, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York City. ...
Category
1970s Realist Mark Beard Art
Materials
Conté, Paper
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Nude Male with Towel
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Nude Male with Towel
n.d.
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite
81.875 x 34.25 inches
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Nude Male with Towel](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-nude-male-with-towel-for-sale/a_9323/1642175973950/Beard_Bruce_Sargeant_1898_1938_Nude_Male_with_Towel_master.jpg?width=240 "nude men")
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water
Signed in red, recto
Oil on canvas
96.25 x 67 inches (244.5 x 170.2 cm)
$15,000 + $900 framing
This work is offered by Cla...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-three-bathers-by-the-water-for-sale/a_9323/1658516123793/Beard_Three_Bathers_1200_master.jpg?width=240 "mark beard artist")
Untitled
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper
Signed and dated, recto
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt ...
Category
2010s Realist Mark Beard Art
Materials
Conté, Paper, Charcoal
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men with Rope and a Tree, Contemporary Painting
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed, u.r.
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite
80 x 32 inches
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men with Rope and a Tree, Contemporary Painting](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-men-with-rope-and-a-tree-for-sale/a_9323/1726068314141/Beard_Two_Men_with_Rope_and_a_Tree_master.jpg?width=240 "Mark Beard - [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men with Rope and a Tree, Contemporary Painting")
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Kissing Contemporary Painting by Mark Beard
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Kissing Contemporary Painting by Mark Beard
n.d.
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
$3,600 + $1...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Kissing Contemporary Painting by Mark Beard](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-men-kissing-for-sale/a_9323/1665678243073/Beard_Two_Men_Kissing_1200_master.jpg?width=240 "2 dudes making out")
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Single Rower
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Single Rower
n.d.
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite
37.25 x 71.5 inches (94.6 x 181.6 cm)
$8,500 + $800 framing
This work is off...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Single Rower](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-single-rower-for-sale/a_9323/1658517900800/Beard_Single_Rower_master.jpg?width=240 "bruce roaland")
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Five Gymnasts in Training
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Signed in red, u.r.
$16,000.00 + framing
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
“Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art movement...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Five Gymnasts in Training](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-five-gymnasts-in-training-for-sale/a_9323/a_34005411539182323410/04_Five_Gymnasts_in_Training_980_master.jpg?width=240 "question mark beard")
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Relaxing on a Rock
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas
68 x 77 inches
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York ...
Category
2010s Mark Beard Art
Materials
Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Relaxing on a Rock](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-men-relaxing-on-a-rock-for-sale/a_9323/1598457562007/Beard_Sargeant_Two_Men_Relaxing_on_a_Rock_1200_master.jpg?width=240 "mark beard paintings")
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Collegiate Swim Match
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Mark Beard
Collegiate Swim Match
Oil on canvas
Signed in red upper right corner
Category
20th Century Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Collegiate Swim Match](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-collegiate-swim-match-for-sale/a_9323/1600875872594/Beard_Sargeant_Collegiate_Swim_Match_master.jpg?width=240 "bruce sargent")
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Christopher Posing with Leather Jacket
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Christopher Posing with Leather Jacket in White Jockstrap
n.d.
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas
24 x 12 inches
$3,250 + $125 framing
This work is o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Christopher Posing with Leather Jacket](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-christopher-posing-with-leather-jacket-for-sale/a_9323/1619022019064/Beard_Bruce_Sargeant_1898_1938_Christopher_Posing_in_Leather_Jacket_in_White_Jockstrap_1200_master.jpg?width=240 "bruce sargent")
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Julian Coming Out of the Water Male Figure Painting
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
A queer figurative painting of a shirtless man coming out of the ocean by Mark Beard.
Signed in red, u.l.
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Julian Coming Out of the Water Male Figure Painting](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-julian-coming-out-of-the-water-for-sale/a_9323/a_147640521720560585164/_Bruce_Sargeant_1898_1938_Julian_Coming_Out_of_the_Water_1200_master.jpg?width=240 "Mark Beard - [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Julian Coming Out of the Water Male Figure Painting")
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Artist's Studio, Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
A classical anatomical figure in an artist's studio, surrounded by brushes and a palette, with muted tones creating a contemplative and intimate atmosphere. Contemporary figurative painting by Mark Beard [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)]
Artist’s Studio
n.d.
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas
36 x 18 inches
$4,000 + $300 framing
The pure and brilliant world of Bruce Sargeant’s art seems terribly removed from our own, unhampered by the
prevalent inconsistencies of today’s world. Peopled with comely thoroughbreds, his paintings project a world vision
unchanged from the models cherished by idealist writers like E. M. Forster and Rupert Brooke in that golden decade
that led up to the Great War. Neither buff nor narcissistic, his fair-haired young athletes pose, somewhat
uncomfortably, before the painter’s gaze, not wanting the attention yet feeling their duty to submit. Though
tantalized by the New World dabbings of Robert Henri and John Sloan, Sargeant found his true inspiration in the art
and ethos of fifth-century Athens, where the achievement of the kaloi kagathoi, young men who were “beautiful to
look at and worthy of admiration,” were the perfect models for artistic rendering and public adulation. At base,
Sargeant’s models, like the sculptures of Lysippus and Praxiteles, are idealized heroes whose achievements on the
playing field earn them their renown. However, unlike his precursors, the painter requires no civic responsibility
from his ephebes, only physical stamina, gymnastic prowess, and good looks. His work bespeaks a class that existed
briefly, but was prolonged and attenuated in the languorous novels of writers such as Denton Welch...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Artist's Studio, Contemporary Figurative Painting](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-artists-studio-for-sale/a_9323/1726073227289/Beard_Untitled_Artist_s_Studio__master.jpg?width=240 "Mark Beard - [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Artist's Studio, Contemporary Figurative Painting")
Untitled (Standing Male Nude)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Standing Male Nude)
2017
Signed and dated, recto
Charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper
30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50....
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Conté
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Rowers
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.l.
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite
38 x 90 inches
Contact gallery for price.
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Rowers](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-rowers-for-sale/a_9323/1642629134950/Beard_Bruce_Sargeant_1898_1938_Two_Rowers_master.jpg?width=240 "mark slade artwork")
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