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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
MB 815 (Contemporary Seated Male Nude Figurative Drawing, Charcoal on Paper)
MB 815 (Contemporary Seated Male Nude Figurative Drawing, Charcoal on Paper)

MB 815 (Contemporary Seated Male Nude Figurative Drawing, Charcoal on Paper)

By Mark Beard

Located in Hudson, NY

graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper 30 x 19.5 inches unframed Signed 'Beard 1999' lower left corner Atelier stamp in lower right corner Unique figurative life study drawing of a seated male nude in graphite and conte crayon on Arches paper in a style that is at once traditional yet contemporary. Strong facial features and upper body muscles are evidence of the artist's excellent drafting skills. The handsome nude...

Category

1990s Modern Mark Beard Art

Materials

Conté, Charcoal

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Nude Male with Towel

[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)] Collegiate Swim Match

[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

Untitled (Man Undressing)

Untitled (Man Undressing)

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Graphite on paper Signed, c.l. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now live...

Category

1970s Realist Mark Beard Art

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Untitled

Untitled

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Untitled 1993 Signed and dated, l.r. Charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper 30 x 18 inches $1,600 This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

Category

1990s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Paper, Conté, Charcoal

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Untitled 2019 Signed and dated Two-sided drawing in charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper 30 x 20.5 inches $1,600 This work is offered by CLAMP in New York...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Paper, Conté, Charcoal

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Artist's Studio, Contemporary Figurative 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

Untitled

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

Charcoal, Wax Crayon, Rag Paper

[Bruce Sargeant (1989-1938)] Hunter and Wrestler

[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

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Studio with Chairs
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Studio with Chairs

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Studio with Chairs

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Mark Beard [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Studio with Chairs, 1934/2005 Signed, titled, and dated, verso; Also inscribed, verso Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61 cm) $4,000 ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Frieze with One Runner Flanked by Two Bicyclists

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Frieze with One Runner Flanked by Two Bicyclists

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Frieze with One Runner Flanked by Two Bicyclists n.d. Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite 35.5 x 69 inches (90.2 x 175.3 cm) $8,250...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil

John Kelly (I'm Lost to the World)

John Kelly (I'm Lost to the World)

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

This unique hand-painted photograph by Mark Beard is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

Category

1990s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Paint, Silver Gelatin

Untitled (Man Reclining on Tile Floor)
Untitled (Man Reclining on Tile Floor)

Untitled (Man Reclining on Tile Floor)

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Graphite and 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 Ne...

Category

1970s Realist Mark Beard Art

Materials

Paper, Graphite, Conté

Group of Men in a Field

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

Figure Drawing by Mark Beard (Muscular Male Nude Charcoal Life Drawing)
Figure Drawing by Mark Beard (Muscular Male Nude Charcoal Life Drawing)

Figure Drawing by Mark Beard (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

Untitled 30 (Polaroid Transfer Drawing of a Classical Column Base by Mark Beard)
Untitled 30 (Polaroid Transfer Drawing of a Classical Column Base by Mark Beard)

Untitled 30 (Polaroid Transfer Drawing of a Classical Column Base by Mark Beard)

By Mark Beard

Located in Hudson, NY

Polaroid transfer drawing of a Classical column base on Rives BFK paper by Mark Beard 7 x 9.5 inch image size 22 x 15 inch paper size Ed. 1/6, Polaroid Transfer on Rives BFK paper, u...

Category

1990s Modern Mark Beard Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Polaroid

Untitled

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

Paper, Conté, Charcoal

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Exercising En Plein Air

[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

Untitled Portrait II (Modern, Academic Style Portrait Painting of a Young Man)
Untitled Portrait II (Modern, Academic Style Portrait Painting of a Young Man)

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

Marc (Frontal with Cigarette)

Marc (Frontal with Cigarette)

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

This unique hand-painted photograph by Mark Beard is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

Category

1990s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Paint, Ink

Untitled 13 (Mark Beard Polaroid Transfer of Young Male Nude on Rives BFK)
Untitled 13 (Mark Beard Polaroid Transfer of Young Male Nude on Rives BFK)

Untitled 13 (Mark Beard Polaroid Transfer of Young Male Nude on Rives BFK)

By Mark Beard

Located in Hudson, NY

image size: 10 x 8 inches Young male sitting against dark background Polaroid Transfer on 22 x 15 inch Rives BFK paper, unframed signed SM Beard in pencil on bottom right corner. ed...

Category

1990s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Polaroid

Nineteen Famous People, Twenty-Two Friends, and Six Nudes
Nineteen Famous People, Twenty-Two Friends, and Six Nudes

Nineteen Famous People, Twenty-Two Friends, and Six Nudes

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Handmade portfolio of 47 Polaroid transfer prints with accompanying text by Mark Beard, handwritten in pencil (Edition of 10 + 5 APs) Signed and numbered in pencil 15.75 x 11.75 x ...

Category

1990s Other Art Style Mark Beard Art

Materials

Photogravure

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Justin Head Study

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Justin Head Study

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Oil on canvas Signed in red, u.r. 9 x 8 inches, canvas size 9.5 x 8.5 inches in distressed black painted wood frame This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Michael Hunting

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Michael Hunting

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Oil on canvas Signed in red, u.r. 14 x 11 inches, canvas size 14.5 x 11.5 inches in distressed gold leaf frame This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Bruc...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Baroque Back (Polaroid Transfer of Standing Young Nude Man on Rives BFK)
Baroque Back (Polaroid Transfer of Standing Young Nude Man on Rives BFK)

Baroque Back (Polaroid Transfer of Standing Young Nude Man on Rives BFK)

By Mark Beard

Located in Hudson, NY

image size: 8 x 10 inches Standing Young Nude Man Polaroid Transfer on 22 x 15 inch Rives BFK paper, unframed signed SM Beard in pencil on bottom left corner. ed. 1/6 This is one i...

Category

1990s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Polaroid

Marc (Rear with Cigarette)

Marc (Rear with Cigarette)

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

This unique hand-painted photograph by Mark Beard is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

Category

1990s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Paint, Silver Gelatin

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Black Leather Jacket and Black Leather Boots

[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.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Frieze with Five Athletes

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Frieze with Five Athletes

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Frieze with Five Athletes n.d. Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite 35.5 x 86 inches (90.2 x 218.4 cm) $9,500 + $850 framing This w...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Football Guys, Hut Hut Hike
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Football Guys, Hut Hut Hike

[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)] Demonstrating a Dive

[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...

Category

2010s Mark Beard Art

Materials

Oil

Untitled (Stooped Man with Bowl of Fruit)

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...

Category

1990s Other Art Style Mark Beard Art

Materials

Photogravure

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man with Red Fez
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man with Red Fez

[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

Untitled (Male Nude with Hands on Waist)

Untitled (Male Nude with Hands on Waist)

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Ink on paper Signed and dated, l.l. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now...

Category

1970s Realist Mark Beard Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Untitled 2019 Signed and dated Double-sided drawing in charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper 30.25 x 20.5 inches $1,600 This work is offered by CLAMP in Ne...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Paper, Conté, Charcoal

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man in Suspenders Amidst the Cattails

[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

Mark Dancing (Polaroid Transfer of a Nude Man Smoking in Socks on Rives BFK)
Mark Dancing (Polaroid Transfer of a Nude Man Smoking in Socks on Rives BFK)

Mark Dancing (Polaroid Transfer of a Nude Man Smoking in Socks on Rives BFK)

By Mark Beard

Located in Hudson, NY

image size: 10 x 8 inches Standing Nude Male Flexing in Socks and Shoes Smoking a Cigarette Polaroid Transfer on 22 x 15 inch Rives BFK paper, unframed signed SM Beard in pencil on...

Category

1990s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Polaroid

Untitled (Standing Male Nude Facing Right)

Untitled (Standing Male Nude Facing Right)

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Ink on paper 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...

Category

1970s Realist Mark Beard Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Manhattan Fifteenth Year Reader; 1995: The Grim Years
Manhattan Fifteenth Year Reader; 1995: The Grim Years

Manhattan Fifteenth Year Reader; 1995: The Grim Years

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Handmade book with 51 collaged linocuts by Mark Beard, also painted and hand-colored by the artist Signed and numbered in pencil Text by Mark Beard, silkscreened in the artist's han...

Category

Early 2000s Other Art Style Mark Beard Art

Materials

Linocut

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Michael Moonbeam

[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

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Members of the Winning Team

[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

Oil, Panel

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Portrait with Blue Ties and White Shirt, Painting

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Portrait with Blue Ties and White Shirt, Painting

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

A painting of a young man's head by Mark Beard/Bruce Sargeant. Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas “Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art movement. He embodies a world...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Man in Repose Leaning Against Post)

Untitled (Man in Repose Leaning Against Post)

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

Paper, Conté

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Kenneth Carpenter, Gold Medalist

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Kenneth Carpenter, Gold Medalist

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Oil on canvas Signed, 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 movement. He ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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