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.
On 1stDibs, find Mark Beard paintings, drawings, photography and more.
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...
Linocut
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 ...
Photogravure
$850Sale Price|32% Off
H 19.25 in W 27.5 in
POSTER SIZE MEXICAN LINOCUT - DESPERTAR (Awakening)
By Adolfo Mexiac
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ADOLFO MEXIAC (Mexican b.1927 - ) DESPERTAR, (Awakening) 1960 Linoleum cut signed, titled and dated. image 19 1/4 x 27 1/2. Sheet 24 x 31 1/2 Generally very good condition save for a loss along the top sheet edge and creasing in the lower right part of the sheet. This print was most likely produced at the TGP (El Taller de Grafica Popular...
Linocut
$302
H 7.68 in W 5.52 in
Incarnation 4. Young artist, Figurative print Linocut, Black & white, Polish art
By Luiza Kasprzyk
Located in Warsaw, PL
Black and white contemporary figurative linocut by Polish artist Luiza Kasprzyk. Artwork comes from limited edition of 50. Print depicts bodies permeating each other. LUIZA KASPRZY...
Paper, Linocut
$217
H 5.12 in W 3.94 in D 0.08 in
Dog and Owner - Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By J. J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Dog and Owner is an original lithographs by J.J. Grandville from "Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux", 1852. Published by Manesq & Harvard, Paris. Good Conditions. Th...
Paper, Lithograph
$242
H 11.82 in W 8.86 in
Pierre - XXI Century Contemporary Linocut Print, Surrealism, Black & white
By Anna Gawlikowska
Located in Warsaw, PL
Anna Gawlikowska is a Polish artist born in 1980. She studied printmaking, painting, and graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts of Wroclaw in Poland in the workshops of professor...
Paper, Linocut
$950
H 23 in W 18.5 in
L'Enfant, Impressionist Linocut after Andre Derain
By André Derain
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Derain, After, French (1880 - 1954) - L'Enfant, Year: Printed circa 1968, Medium: Linocut, stamp signed, Image Size: 11 x 9 inches, Size: 19 in. x 15 in. (48.26 cm x 38.1 c...
Linocut
Two Women by the Window - Spanish Linocut
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
This original linocut in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Picasso" at the lower right margin. It is hand numbered in pencil 5 from the edition of 50, at the lower left...
Linocut
$1,000
H 11.25 in W 8.8 in D 0.5 in
The World Stage: Israel (Hardback Monograph/Book Hand Signed by Kehinde Wiley)
By Kehinde Wiley
Located in New York, NY
Makes a fantastic gift! Kehinde Wiley The World Stage: Israel (Hand Signed by Kehinde Wiley), 2012 Illustrated hardback monograph with dust jacket. Hand Signed by Kehinde Wiley Boldl...
Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
$1,000
H 14.25 in W 11.6 in D 0.3 in
Lavishly illustrated large catalogue Recent Paintings Hand Signed by Chuck Close
By Chuck Close
Located in New York, NY
Chuck Close Recent Paintings (Hand Signed by Chuck Close), 2000 Large Illustrated Glossy Exhibition Catalogue with French folded flaps Hand signed by Chuck Close in black marker on t...
Ink, Offset, Lithograph
$1,600
H 12 in W 9.25 in
Book: Chuck Close Self-Portraits 1967-2005 (Signed and inscribed with a heart)
By Chuck Close
Located in New York, NY
Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967-2005 (Hand signed and inscribed to Michelle with heart doodle), 2005 Hardcover. Bound in publisher's original quarter iv...
Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
Xiemena Busca La Paz, by Juan Fuentes
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: linocut Year: 2019 Image Size: 24 x 16 inches Edition of 10 Young indigenous girl against a backdrop that includes the Mayan symbol for God, along with doves taking flight from a book she has opened. As a cultural activist/artist/printmaker, Juan Fuentes has dedicated his career to being part of a global movement for social change. His works address issues relating to local communities of color, social justice, and international struggles for liberation. Fuentes' relief printing process follows closely the social realist tradition of Latin American artists such as Jose Guadalupe Posada...
Linocut
$41,600
H 24.41 in W 29.53 in
Woman Reclining and Man with a Guitar - Spanish Music Linocut
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
This original linocut in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Picasso" at the lower right margin. This impression is an artist or printer's proof aside from the standard e...
Linocut
$1,000
H 14.3 in W 12 in
Oversized illustrated PACE catalogue: Recent Works (Hand Signed by Chuck Close)
By Chuck Close
Located in New York, NY
Chuck Close Chuck Close Recent Works (Hand Signed), 1993 Large Illustrated Exhibition Catalogue Boldly hand signed in black marker on the title page by the artist Published by PACE Gallery, New York 14 3/10 x 12 inches Unframed This oversized illustrated softcover exhibition catalogue with stiff wraps is boldly signed by Chuck Close in black marker on the title page. The catalogue itself has 44 pages and is lavishly illustrated with large full color reproductions. It is extremely scarce when hand signed by the artist. Chuck Close signed...
Mixed Media, Offset, Ink, Lithograph