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
$59,000
H 15 in W 18 in D 1 in
"Winch" British Linocut Grosvenor School Machine Age 1930 Woman Artist Print
By Sybil Andrews
Located in New York, NY
"Winch" British Linocut Grosvenor School Machine Age 1930 Woman Artist Print "The Winch" 1930. 7 3/4 x 11 (sight) inches. Linocut in colors on tissue...
Linocut
$815
H 20.48 in W 16.54 in D 0.04 in
Femme Nu, Lithograph, Modern, 1952, Framed, Excellent
By Henri Matisse
Located in OPOLE, PL
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Femme Nu Photogravure from 1952. Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.4 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure sh...
Photogravure
$1,051
H 13.98 in W 10.4 in D 0.04 in
Jeune Fille, Photogravure, Modern, 1937, Excellent
By Henri Matisse
Located in OPOLE, PL
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Jeune fille Photogravure from 1937. Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.4 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure...
Photogravure
Femme Couchée et Homme au Grand Chapeau
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Color linoleum cut, 1959. Signed by Picasso and numbered 32/50 in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Arnéra, Vallauris. Published by Galerie Louise L...
Linocut, Color
Jacqueline Au Chapeau Noir (Jacqueline in Black Hat)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Another example of this work sold at Sotheby's London a on September 6, 2025 for 190,500 GBP, or $254,804 (Lot 19) Pablo Picasso Jacqueline Au Chapeau Noir (Jacqueline in Black Hat)...
Paper, Color, Linocut
Reclining Nude
By Irene Zevon
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original linocut print by American artist Irene Zevon. The reclining nude is one of Zevon's most coveted subject matters. This 1959 print is one of a series of ten prints.
Linocut, Paper
$75,000
H 20.88 in W 15.38 in
La Dame à la Collerette (Portrait de Jacqueline à la fraise)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
A superb impression of this color linoleum cut. Signed and numbered 29/50 in pencil by Picasso. Printed by Arnéra, Vallauris. Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. Catalogue r...
Color, Linocut
$23,500
H 15 in W 17 in
"Kiosk in Paris" British Linocut 1/50 European Modernism Swiss Vorticism Deco
By Lill Tschudi
Located in New York, NY
"Kiosk in Paris" British Linocut 1/50 European Modernism Swiss Vorticism Deco Lill Tschudi (Swiss, 1911-2004) Kiosk in Paris (Coppel LT 29) Linocut...
Linocut
$319
H 4.73 in W 5.91 in
Ophelia - XXI century, Black and white print, Figurative, Shakespeare
By Franciszek Bunsch
Located in Warsaw, PL
Black and white contemporary figurative linocut print by Polish artist Franciszek Bunsch. Artwork is titled 'Ophelia' and it may refer to mythology or Shakespear's 'Hamlet'. Print is...
Paper, Linocut
Heinrich Glintenkamp, Pottery Shop, Mexico
By Heinrich Glintenkamp
Located in New York, NY
Heinrich Glintenkamp was American painter, printmaker, and illustrator. His work was featured in "The Masses" and in the the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of th...
Linocut
Harold E. Keeler, Water Fall
Located in New York, NY
Harold E. Keeler worked in Hollywood as a set designer. That seems especially important here because the Water Fall looks a little as though it could be a w...
Linocut
$1,417
H 9.45 in W 7.29 in D 0.2 in
Tartarin - Rare Book Illustrated by George Grosz - 1921
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Tartarin (Original title "Die Abenteuer des herrn Tartarin aus Tarascon") is an original modern rare book written by Alphonse Daudet (Nimes, 1840 – 1897) and illustrated by George Gr...
Paper, Photogravure