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.
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[Edith Thayer Cromwell (1893-1962)] Elephant
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Edith Thayer Cromwell (1893-1962)] Elephant n.d. Signed, u.r. Oil on canvas 23 x 29 inches This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Oil
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Mark Beard, [Edith Thayer Cromwell (1893-1962)] On the Move
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
A painting by Mark Beard under his pen name "Edith Thayer Cromwell) entitled "On the Move" Edith Thayer Cromwell (1893-1962)] On the Move n.d. Signed, u.l. Oil on canvas 40 x 33....
Canvas, Oil
$16,000
H 38.94 in W 32.94 in
Reflections of the Jungle /// Big Cat Tiger India Asia Wildlife Animal Painting
By Adolf Sehring
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Adolf Sehring (Russian/German-American, 1930-2015) Title: "Reflections of the Jungle" Series: Wildlife *Signed by Sehring lower right Circa: 1995 Medium: Original Oil Paintin...
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Joy
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hunt Slonem, American, included in 250+ museum collections Unique oil on wood painting, artist's antique frame, signed and dated verso Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt...
Oil, Wood Panel
$8,027
H 78.75 in W 70.87 in D 1.46 in
Large Contemporary Equestrian Portrait. Horse Oil Painting 200 x 180 cm
By Rubins J. Spaans
Located in ALP, ES
This large figurative oil painting is a reinterpretation of a painting by John Wootton, Portrait of a man on horseback, ca. 1740. A unique oil painting on the finest quality Belgian ...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$14,000
H 18 in W 22 in
Hunt Slonem "3 in Pink Believe" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: 3 in Pink Believe Series: Bunnies Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 16" x 20" Framed Dimensions: 18" x 22" Signature: Signed by ...
Oil
$30,500
H 30 in W 40 in
Hunt Slonem "Delta" Original oil painting of bunnies on canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Delta Date: 2020 Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 40" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Unique *framing as shown can b...
Oil
White Ascension House of God
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hunt Slonem, American, included in 250+ museum collections Unique oil on canvas painting, signed and dated verso Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned fo...
Gold Leaf
Guardians & Butterflies Savior
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hunt Slonem, American, included in 250+ museum collections Unique oil on canvas painting, signed and dated verso Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned fo...
Gold Leaf
$850
H 6 in W 6 in D 1.5 in
Tripod - Playful Long-Limbed Cat Painting, Contemporary Figurative Art
By Michele Mikesell
Located in Dallas, TX
“Tripod” showcases Michele Mikesell’s beautifully strange, endearing take on animal portraiture. Painted in oil on board and presented in a 6x6 inch wooden floater frame, this tall, ...
Oil, Board
Bunnies on White Diamond Dust
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hunt Slonem, American, included in 250+ museum collections Unique oil and diamond dust on canvas painting, signed and dated verso Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slon...
Gold Leaf
Hunt Slonem "Charlotte" Unique Oil Painting of a Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Charlotte Date: 2025 Medium: Oil & Acrylic w/ Diamond Dust on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Si...
Mixed Media, Oil
$56,000
H 50 in W 60 in
Hunt Slonem "Ascension Tri Metals" Unique oil painting of butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Ascension Tri Metals Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 50" x 60" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Unique Hunt Slo...
Oil
$6,000
H 36 in W 48 in D 2 in
Rosebushes - textural blue, orange and white oil painting with birds on a wire
By Lisa Lala
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Lala is well known for her palette knife oil paintings of Birds on a Wire. She explores the larger, intangible questions of our existence simply depicting birds quietly resting ...
Oil, Graphite, Canvas
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[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon (1849-1930)] The Jungle
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas Signed in red, l.r. 48 x 48 inches, canvas size 52 x 52 inches in gold leaf frame 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...
Canvas, Oil
La Chasse aux Cygnes
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
oil on canvas painting by "Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon" from Bruce Sargeant & His Circle More work by this artist is available on our website. Please inquire within.
Canvas, Oil