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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)] Two Men in Leather Jackets and Jockstraps
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men in Leather Jackets and Jockstraps n.d. Signed, u.r. Oil on canvas 24 x 12 inches (61 x 30.5 cm) $3,250 + $125 framing This work is offered b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Buggereau (b. 1956)] Untitled #1
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas with silver leaf, black painted wood frame with gold leaf Signed and dated in red, l.r. $6000.00 + $500.00 framing This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New...
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2010s Realist Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Two Men with a Diver
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Group of Men in a Field
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Nude Man with Horse
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man in Towel Looking to the Side
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man in Towel Looking to the Side n.d. Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas 14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm) $3,000 + $125...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Tabletop Still Life
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Tabletop Still Life n.d. Signed in red, u.l Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Boxer in Red Trunks
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Boxer in Red Trunks n.d. Oil on canvas 30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50.8 cm) $3,800 + $100 framing This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Sailor with Rope (Figurative Painting of a Man by Mark Beard, Bruce Sargeant)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic, nautical style figurative oil painting of a handsome sailor against an ocean landscape "Sailor with Rope" painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in homage to th...
Category

2010s Academic Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man from Below
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas Signed in red, u.l. 10 x 8 inches, canvas size 12.75 x 10.75 inches in black painted wood frame This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Bruce...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

Canvas, Oil

Boy in Suit: Academic Figurative Painting by Mark Beard aka. Bruce Sargeant
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic 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 ...
Category

Early 2000s Academic Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[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...
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2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Flower Still Life
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Flower Still Life n.d. Signed, l.r. Oil on canvas 18 x 17 inches This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men on Ropes
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas Signed in black, l.l. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price includes framing. “Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art move...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Young Hunter (Man with Gun)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Listed price includes $225 cost of framing. Signed in red, u.l. This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man from Below
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man from Below n.d. Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas 10 x 8 inches $2800.00 + $125.00 framing Listed price includes cost of framing. This work is ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Frieze with Two Athletes on Bikes (Oil Painting by Mark Beard's Bruce Sargeant)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative painting of four young athletes running and on bicycles "Frieze with Two Men on Bikes", painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in homage to the fashion photographer, Bruce Weber, and figurative painter, John Singer Sargeant) Oil on canvas, signed upper right 35.5 x 60 inches, 40.5 x 65.5 inches in a black frame with wire backing Excellent condition, ready to hang as is This magnificent horizontal composition was painted by Mark Beard under his fictitious artistic persona, Bruce Sargeant. Painted in a modern Academic style, this dynamic portrayal of young, male athletes in motion is an exciting example of the artist's talent for painting human anatomy. Two men are mounted on bikes; one wears khaki shorts and a billowing, white oxford...
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

Canvas, Oil

Tennis Whites & Wrestling Singlet (Figurative Oil of Athletes by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative oil painting of a young, female tennis player and young male athlete dressed in a wrestling singlet by Mark Beard (aka Bruc...
Category

Early 2000s Academic Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Homage to Giovanni Colacicchi, "Fine d'estate 1932"
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas Signed in red, u.l. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price includes framing.
Category

2010s Mark Beard Art

Materials

Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Football Players Waiting on the Sidelines
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Listed price includes $150 additional cost of framing. This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Archers: Figurative Painting of Two Sporting Men by Mark Beard, Bruce Sargeant
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic 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 Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man in Powdered Wig at Rest
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas Listed price includes $150 additional cost for framing. This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wrestler in a Green Singlet: Figurative Oil Painting of an Athlete by Mark Beard
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic figurative oil painting of a muscular male athlete with a vintage green wrestling uniform "Wrestler in Singlet", Painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (a pseudonym in homage to the figurative painting of John Singer Sargeant and fashion photography by Bruce Weber) Oil on canvas, signed upper left corner 30 x 20 inches, 34.5 x 24.5 inches in a black painted wood frame Excellent condition, the frame exhibits some wear consistent with age which is the artist's intention as the painting was made by his fictitious persona "Bruce Sargeant" who painted during the 1930's - 40's. Artwork description: This vertical, figurative portrait painting of a muscular male in a green wrestler singlet...
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21st Century and Contemporary Academic Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Men & Motorcycles, Mark Beard: Academic Figurative Painting of Four Male Models
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic 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 flagship store in Milan, Italy 83 x 88.75 inches unframed, 88.5 x 94.25 inches with a simple black painted wood frame Signed "Bruce Sargeant", upper right Good condition based on scale, size, and age (see condition notes below) This figurative painting of four young men on a motorcycle joyride was made by Mark Beard under his fictitious artistic persona, Bruce Sargeant. Painted in a modern Academic style, the handsome athletic men...
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Early 2000s Academic Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Portrait of Two Fencers
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Portrait of Two Fencers n.d. Signed, l.r. Oil on canvas mounted to polycarbonite panel 76 x 43 inches (193 x 109.2 cm) $11,000 + 850 framing This wo...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

[Bruce Sargeant (1989-1938)] Hunter and Wrestler
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1989-1938)] Hunter and Wrestler n.d. Signed, l.r. Oil on canvas mounted to polycarbonite panel 79 x 43 inches (200.7 x 109.2 cm) $11,000 + $850 framing This wor...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled Portrait I (Academic Style Portrait Painting of a Young Muscular Man)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern, academic style portrait painting on canvas of a young athletic male oil on canvas, 28 x 22 inches unframed This vertical, contemporary portrait painting of a single young m...
Category

2010s Academic Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Members of the Winning Team
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Double-sided oil painting on panel Price includes $200 additional cost of framing. This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Panel, Oil

[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...
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2010s Mark Beard Art

Materials

Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Michael Moonbeam
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Michael Moonbeam n.d. Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas 12 x 9 inches $3000.00 + framing This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Figure No. 154
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Figure No. 154 2009 Signed and numbered in pencil, verso Also offered: Portfolio of 28 archival pigment prints (Edition of 10) Special price of $4,000 for the entire portfolio. Th...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Archers: Academic Figurative Painting of Two Men Bow Hunting by Mark Beard
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative painting of two male archers by Mark Beard aka "Bruce Sargeant" "Archers", date unknown, painted for Abercrombie and Fitch's flagship store in Milan, Italy 79 x 66.5 inches unframed, 86 x 73 inches with a black painted wood frame Signed "Bruce Sargeant", upper right Excellent condition, ready to hang as is This vertical, figurative painting of two young men bow hunting...
Category

Early 2000s Academic Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[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 ...
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2010s Mark Beard Art

Materials

Oil

Man in Suit (WPA Style Figurative Painting by Mark Beard as Edith Cromwell)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
WPA style figurative painting of a man with suit and tie "Man in Suit," painted by Mark Beard aka 'Edith Thayer Cromwell' Oil on canvas, 39.5 x ...
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2010s Modern Mark Beard Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Black Leather Jacket and Black Leather Boots
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Price includes $400 cost of framing. Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite Signed in red, u.r. This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Salvation in the Tropics
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Double-sided oil painting on panel Signed in red, u.r. 24 x 18 inches, 29 x 23 inches in distressed black painted wood frame $5600.00 + $200.00 framing This artwork is offered by ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Helpful Canadian Mountie
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
n.d. Double-sided oil painting on panel Signed in red This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category

2010s Mark Beard Art

Materials

Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Demonstrating a Dive
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite 85 x 45 inches This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City...
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2010s Mark Beard Art

Materials

Oil

Kissing Priests (Polaroid Transfer of Embracing Clergymen on Rives BFK)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Kissing Priests image size: 8 x 10 inches Polaroid Transfer on 22 x 15 inch Rives BFK paper, unframed signed SM Beard in pencil on bottom right corn...
Category

1990s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Polaroid

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Edgar Robinson, Physical Culturalist, c. 1931
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas Signed in black, u.l. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price includes framing. “Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art move...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Five Gymnasts in Training (Large Academic Style Figurative Painting of Athletes)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Large Academic style figurative painting of five male athletes Painted by Mark Beard aka "Bruce Sargeant" for New York City's flagship Abercrombie and Fitch store on 5th Avenue oil...
Category

Early 2000s Academic Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[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)] Man in Suspenders Amidst the Cattails
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas Signed in red, u.l. $6500.00 + $300.00 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

Canvas, Oil

A Wrestler, His Girlfriend, Their Dog (Figurative Oil of Athletes by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
A Wrestler, His Girlfriend, and Their Dog Academic style figurative oil painting of a young man and woman with their dog in the gym locker room by Mark Beard 68 x 32 inches oil on canvas mounted on Masonite 75 x 39 inches framed This painting represents a segment of a large mural the artist was commissioned to paint for Abercrombie & Fitch's flagship stores. This painting was featured in the Manhattan's towering mural which stretched several floors. Beard worked on the commission in his NYC studio and completed the work in 2005. Painted in a style that evokes the portraits of John Singer Sargent, Mark Beard is a contemporary living artist who paints under the pseudonym, Bruce Sargeant, an English painter who worked during the 1920's and 30's. The contemporary figurative painting, made in a modern Academic style, features a young male athlete wearing a wrestling singlet...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Stooped Man with Bowl of Fruit)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper Signed, dated, and numbered (5/6) in pencil, recto Also blindstamped, l.r. 22 x 15 inches, sheet 8 x 10 inches, image This artwork is offered b...
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1990s Other Art Style Mark Beard Art

Materials

Photogravure

Mountains
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Landscape paintings based on glass plate negatives taken by the artist's great-grandfather in Yellowstone National Park.
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21st Century and Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Group of Cyclists
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Portrait in a Powdered Wig
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Portrait in a Powdered Wig n.d. Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas 14 x 11.5 inches Contact gallery for price. This work i...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Western Panorama with Sculpture of Native American Warrior
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on two joined canvases Signed and dated, l.c. 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 C...
Category

1980s Realist Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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