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Mark Beard 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
[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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

[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
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2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil

[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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Masonite

[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...
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2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Portrait of Two Fencers
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Portrait of Two Fencers n.d. Signed, l.r. Oil on canvas mounted to polycarbonite panel 76 x 43 inches (193 x 109.2 cm) $11,000 + 850 framing This wo...
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2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Football Players Waiting on the Sidelines
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Listed price includes $150 additional cost of framing. This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Boris in Bomber Jacket
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas Signed in red, u.l. 12 x 9 inches, canvas size 15.75 x 12.75 inches in distressed silver leaf frame This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “B...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Men & Motorcycles, Mark Beard: Academic Figurative Painting of Four Male Models
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative painting of four male motorcycle riders by Mark Beard aka "Bruce Sargeant" "Men and Motorcycles", painted in the early 2000's for Abercrombie and Fitch's flagship store in Milan, Italy 83 x 88.75 inches unframed, 88.5 x 94.25 inches with a simple black painted wood frame Signed "Bruce Sargeant", upper right Good condition based on scale, size, and age (see condition notes below) This figurative painting of four young men on a motorcycle joyride was made by Mark Beard under his fictitious artistic persona, Bruce Sargeant. Painted in a modern Academic style, the handsome athletic men...
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Early 2000s Academic Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Adam & Eve in Twickenham: WPA Style Figurative Painting by Mark Beard
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
WPA style figurative painting of a "Adam & Eve" in pink dress and blue shirt with suspenders, and red snake "Adam and Eve in Twickenham", painted by Mark Beard aka 'Edith Thayer Cromwell...
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2010s Modern Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Fencer with Dog
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas Signed in red, 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 moveme...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Prosperous Family: Academic Figurative Painting by Mark Beard aka Bruce Sargeant
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative painting on canvas of a family and red tractor against a classic American farm field "Prosperous Family", painted by Mark Beard under his fictitious persona, Bruce Sargeant 84 x 58 inches unframed, 91 x 65 x 3 inches with a gold painted wood frame Excellent condition, ready to hang as is This Academic style figurative oil painting on canvas was painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant, a pseudonym in homage to the fashion photographer, Bruce Weber, and figurative painter, John Singer Sargeant. Here, the artist captures a blue collar American farming family in their field with an old red tractor. The man and woman stand stoically with their young child, dressed in simple white garments, perhaps to symbolize their purity. Rolling mountains...
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Early 2000s Academic Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

[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
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20th Century Contemporary Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[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...
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2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil

[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.
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2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

[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...
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2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Masonite, Oil

[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...
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2010s Mark Beard Paintings

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Oil

Football Players (Framed Academic Style Figurative Painting of Male Athletes)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative oil painting of two muscular football players Painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant Oil on canvas, signed upper right 20 x 16 inches unframed, 26 x 22 in...
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2010s Academic Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

[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.
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2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Archers: Academic Figurative Painting of Two Men Bow Hunting by Mark Beard
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative painting of two male archers by Mark Beard aka "Bruce Sargeant" "Archers", date unknown, painted for Abercrombie and Fitch's flagship store in Milan, Italy 79 x 66.5 inches unframed, 86 x 73 inches with a black painted wood frame Signed "Bruce Sargeant", upper right Excellent condition, ready to hang as is This vertical, figurative painting of two young men bow hunting...
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Early 2000s Academic Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Man in Suit (WPA Style Figurative Painting by Mark Beard as Edith Cromwell)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
WPA style figurative painting of a man with suit and tie "Man in Suit," painted by Mark Beard aka 'Edith Thayer Cromwell' Oil on canvas, 39.5 x ...
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2010s Modern Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

[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 ...
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2010s Mark Beard Paintings

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Oil

Helpful Canadian Mountie
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
n.d. Double-sided oil painting on panel Signed in red This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
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2010s Mark Beard Paintings

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Oil

[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...
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2010s Mark Beard Paintings

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Oil

[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.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Salvation in the Tropics
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Double-sided oil painting on panel Signed in red, u.r. 24 x 18 inches, 29 x 23 inches in distressed black painted wood frame $5600.00 + $200.00 framing This artwork is offered by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Paintings

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Oil, Panel

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] In and Out of the Water
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Price includes $500 additional cost for framing Oil on canvas Signed in red, u.l.
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20th Century Contemporary Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Handstands in a Row
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite 68 x 38 inches 74 x 44 inches, framed $8500.00 + $400.00 framing This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Masonite

Five Gymnasts in Training (Large Academic Style Figurative Painting of Athletes)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Large Academic style figurative painting of five male athletes Painted by Mark Beard aka "Bruce Sargeant" for New York City's flagship Abercrombie and Fitch store on 5th Avenue oil...
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Early 2000s Academic Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Five Gymnasts in Training
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas Signed in red, u.r. $16,000.00 + framing This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art movement...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

[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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Wrestler, His Girlfriend, Their Dog (Figurative Oil of Athletes by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
A Wrestler, His Girlfriend, and Their Dog Academic style figurative oil painting of a young man and woman with their dog in the gym locker room by Mark Beard 68 x 32 inches oil on canvas mounted on Masonite 75 x 39 inches framed This painting represents a segment of a large mural the artist was commissioned to paint for Abercrombie & Fitch's flagship stores. This painting was featured in the Manhattan's towering mural which stretched several floors. Beard worked on the commission in his NYC studio and completed the work in 2005. Painted in a style that evokes the portraits of John Singer Sargent, Mark Beard is a contemporary living artist who paints under the pseudonym, Bruce Sargeant, an English painter who worked during the 1920's and 30's. The contemporary figurative painting, made in a modern Academic style, features a young male athlete wearing a wrestling singlet...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

On The Banks of the Green River
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
oil on canvas, framed This landscape was based on glass plate negatives taken by the artist's great-grandfather in the 1880s in Yellowstone National Park. Artist made raw wood frame American countryside, American West, manifest destiny, Rocky Mountains, painting of the American West, painting of the Western countryside, the great outdoors, landscape painting About the artist: A visit to Mark Beard’s studio is like discovering Michelangelo’s lair: oil paintings layer the walls, lifedrawings litter the table at the feet of heroic bronzes; ceramics, architectural maquettes are everywhere; virtuosity, in every medium. And then it gets even more interesting. Mark’s talent is so overflowing that, years ago, he needed to channel himself into alter egos. Mark invented the persona of “Bruce Sargeant,” an imagined English artist, contemporary of E. M. Forster, Rupert Brooke, and John Sloan. Mark also created Bruce Sargeant’s teacher, Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon, a 19th-century French Academist. Michallon also taught Edith Thayer Cromwell...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Zion Canyon
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
oil on canvas 48 x 32 inches unframed
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Mark Beard Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mountains
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Landscape paintings based on glass plate negatives taken by the artist's great-grandfather in Yellowstone National Park.
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21st Century and Contemporary Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wrestler (Figurative Painting of Athlete by Mark Beard, Bruce Sargeant)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative painting of a young athlete, wrestler in training "Wrestler in Training", Painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in h...
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2010s Academic Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Group of Cyclists
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Portrait in a Powdered Wig
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Portrait in a Powdered Wig n.d. Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas 14 x 11.5 inches Contact gallery for price. This work i...
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2010s Contemporary Mark Beard Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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 Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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Find a wide variety of authentic Mark Beard paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Mark Beard in oil paint, paint, canvas and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Mark Beard paintings, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Bruce Adams, Adam Mysock, and America Martin. Mark Beard paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,875 and tops out at $22,000, while the average work can sell for $7,300.

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