Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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 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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, 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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Crayon, Graphite
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, 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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Charcoal, 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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Polaroid
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Charcoal, 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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Graphite, Paper
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, 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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Charcoal, Graphite, Watercolor
Untitled (Man Reading Newspaper)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Conté crayon on paper
Signed, 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. His works ...
Category
1970s Realist Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté
Untitled (Two Standing Nudes)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Two Standing Nudes)
2021
Signed and dated, recto
Charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper
30 x 20.5 inches (76.2 x 52.1 cm)
$1,600
This work is offe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal
Untitled 31 (Figurative Drawing Polaroid Transfer of a Young Female Nude)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative, Polaroid transfer of a nude female
PT 31, Made in 1996
9.5 x 6.5 inch image size
22 x 15 inch paper size
signed & dated lower right
Uniq...
Category
1990s Modern Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Polaroid
Untitled (Reclining Female Nude)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Conté crayon on paper
Signed, 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 City. His works ...
Category
1970s Realist Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Conté
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Graphite
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté, Charcoal
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink
Untitled (Nude Man with Black Hair)
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Conté
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...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Archival Paper, Graphite
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté
Untitled (Man in Blue Tank Top)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Pastel and conté crayon with partial foil star on Rives BFK paper
Signed and dated, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in ...
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1970s Realist Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Foil
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Conté, Charcoal
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté, Charcoal
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. ...
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1970s Realist Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Conté
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...
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1970s Realist Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Graphite
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 ...
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2010s Realist Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal, Wax Crayon, Rag Paper
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.
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1990s Contemporary Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Conté, Charcoal
Untitled (Nude Man with Raised Leg)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by Mark Beard is already framed, price includes framing.
Untitled (Nude Man with Raised Leg)
1990
Signed and dated, l.l.
Charcoal with red and white conté crayon on R...
Category
1990s Contemporary Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Polaroid
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled 25 (Figurative Drawing Polaroid Transfer of a Boy in Cowboy Costume)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative, Polaroid transfer of a young boy in vintage cowboy costume against an orange background
PT 25, Made in 1998
Edition 1 of 6
9 x 7 in...
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1990s Modern Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Polaroid
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté, Charcoal
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Wax Crayon, Rag Paper
Portrait of Michael Feingold
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Mark Beard
Portrait of Michael Feingold
1993
Signed and dated, l.l.
Conté crayon and charcoal on paper
11 x 7.5 inches
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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1990s Contemporary Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Conté, Charcoal
Untitled (Seated Nude Male Facing Left)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Conté and colored pencil on paper
20.75 x 14.5 inches
Contact gallery for price.
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté, Color Pencil
Untitled (Classical Bust II)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Classical Bust II)
n.d.
Conté crayon on paper
30 x 22 inches
Contact gallery for price.
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Conté
Untitled (Classical Bust I)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Classical Bust I)
n.d.
Conté crayon on paper
30 x 22 inches
Contact gallery for price.
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Conté
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...
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1980s Realist Mark Beard Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
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