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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
Dealer: CLAMP
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors

[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)] Bathers by the Shore

[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)] Christopher Posing with Leather Jacket

[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

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Rowers, Early Morning Practice

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Rowers, Early Morning Practice

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Rowers, Early Morning Practice n.d. Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite 38 x 82 inches (96.5 x 208.3 cm) $10,000 + $900 framing...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil

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

[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

Untitled (Standing Male Nude)

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

Self Portrait

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)] Single Rower in Cattails

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Single Rower in Cattails

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite 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 Men Relaxing on a Rock

[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

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)] Man with Ropes and Rings

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man with Ropes and Rings

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite Signed in red, u.r. $7000.00 + $350.00 framing This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Masonite

Hercules Mourning the Death of his Cupbearer Hylas

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

[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

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 (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

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Statue of an Athlete
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Statue of an Athlete

[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)] 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

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Edgar Robinson, Physical Culturalist, c. 1931

[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

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water

[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

Untitled No. 51

Untitled No. 51

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, recto Also blindstamped, l.r. 22 x 15 inches, sheet 10 x 8 inches, image This artwork is offered by Clam...

Category

1990s Other Art Style Mark Beard Art

Materials

Photogravure

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Single Rower

[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

Tim

Tim

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Tim 1998 Signed, dated, and inscribed “AP” in pencil, recto Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper 22 x 15 inches, sheet 9 x 6.75 inches, image This work is offered by ClampArt in ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

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

Charcoal, Wax Crayon, Rag Paper

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Athletes Running for the Ball

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Athletes Running for the Ball

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Athletes Running for the Ball n.d. Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite 35.625 x 65 inches This work is offered by ClampArt in ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil

[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

Two Men with a Diver

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

[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

Untitled

Untitled

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

This is a drawing of a naked man sitting by Mark Beard. This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Paper, Conté, Charcoal

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Winter Sport Athletes

[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

Untitled (Seated Man Facing Left)

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

Paper, Conté

[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

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)]  Two Men Throwing, One Running

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Throwing, One Running

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Throwing, One Running n.d. Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite 35.75 x 59 inches This work is offered by ClampArt in New Yo...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, 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

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

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

[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

Red Drape

Red Drape

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper Signed and inscribed (AP 1/3) in pencil, recto Also blindstamped, l.r. 22 x 15 inches, sheet 10 x 8 inches, image This artwork is offered by Cl...

Category

1990s Other Art Style Mark Beard Art

Materials

Photogravure

Untitled (Male Nude in Shadow)

Untitled (Male Nude in Shadow)

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Polaroid transfer on Rives BFK paper Signed, dated, and inscribed (AP) in pencil, recto Also blindstamped, l.r. 22 x 15 inches, sheet 10 x 8 inches, image This artwork is offered b...

Category

1990s Other Art Style Mark Beard Art

Materials

Photogravure

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Boxer in Red Trunks

[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.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dirk from Rear

Dirk from Rear

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.

Category

1990s Mark Beard Art

Materials

Polaroid

[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 (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 (Two Men, Sitting and Standing)

Untitled (Two Men, Sitting and Standing)

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Untitled (Two Men, Sitting and Standing) 2017 Signed and dated, l.r. Charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper 30 x 21 inches (76.2 x 53.3 cm) $1,600 This work ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Art

Materials

Conté

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)] 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

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