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.
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-three-bathers-by-the-water-for-sale/a_9323/1658516123793/Beard_Three_Bathers_1200_master.jpg?width=240)
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water Signed in red, recto Oil on canvas 96.25 x 67 inches (244.5 x 170.2 cm) $15,000 + $900 framing This work is offered by Cla...
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
$8,750
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938) In the Locker Room, Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938) In the Locker Room, Contemporary Queer Figurative Painting n.d. Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas 60 x 36 inches $8,000 + $750 framing This work is ...
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man in Towel Looking to the Side](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-man-in-towel-looking-to-the-side-for-sale/a_9323/1658518561432/Beard_Man_Looking_Sideways_Holding_Towel_1200_master.jpg?width=240)
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man in Towel Looking to the Side](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-man-in-towel-looking-to-the-side-for-sale-picture-2/a_9323/a_105842621658518622476/Beard_Man_Looking_Sideways_Holding_Towel_Framed_1200_master.jpg?width=240)
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man in Towel Looking to the Side
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man in Towel Looking to the Side n.d. Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas 14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm) $3,000 + $125...
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men on Beach, Painting by Mark Beard](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-men-on-beach-for-sale/a_9323/1665678483289/Beard_Two_Men_on_Beach_1200_master.jpg?width=240)
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[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men on Beach, Painting by Mark Beard
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men on Beach is a painting by the artist Mark Beard which depicts two men in speedos standing on a beach. n.d. Signed i...
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Kissing Contemporary Painting by Mark Beard](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-men-kissing-for-sale/a_9323/1665678243073/Beard_Two_Men_Kissing_1200_master.jpg?width=240)
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$3,700
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Kissing Contemporary Painting by Mark Beard
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Kissing Contemporary Painting by Mark Beard n.d. Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches $3,600 + $1...
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Exercising En Plein Air](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-exercising-en-plein-air-for-sale/a_9323/a_35855721542990254245/20_Exercising_En_Plein_Air_980_master.jpg?width=240)
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Exercising En Plein Air
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas Signed in red, u.r. $3250.00 + $200.00 framing This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art mo...
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Valton and His Wrestler](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-valton-and-his-wrestler-for-sale/a_9323/1738348176269/Beard_Valton_and_His_Wrestler_1920_master.jpg?width=240)
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[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Valton and His Wrestler
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
n.d. Signed in red, u.l. Double-sided oil painting on panel 30 x 24 inches
Oil
$2,400
H 49 in W 33 in D 1 in
A Large, Compelling 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Standing Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, Compelling 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Standing Male Nude Model by John Warren Ekstrom (Am. 1929-2020). A unique and well executed studio figurative painting by ...
Masonite, Oil
$4,005
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 3.94 in
Watch me! -21st Century Oil Painting of a Nude Boy watching you in his Mirror
By David van der Linden
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This painting is made by Dutch artist/painter David van der Linden. Painted with oilpaint on canvas. David van der Linden studied at the Academ...
Canvas, Oil
$26,158
H 24.02 in W 18.12 in
The Bath. Late 19th Century. Oil on canvas, 61x46 сm
Located in Riga, LV
Vinsent G. Stiepevich (1841 - 1910) Russian and American artist. Emigrated to New York in 1878, where he lived in Brooklyn, Vincent Stiepevich was noted for his realist painting style of portrait, figure and genre subjects, especially in Harem and Orientalist* settings. Memberships in New York included the Artists Fund Society* the Brooklyn Art Association*, 1878-82, 1891; National Academy of Design*, 1878-91; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts* annual, 1885, 1888-91; Boston Art...
Canvas, Oil
The Abduction of Europa - Bruno Surdo, Original Oil Painting
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting, depicting the mythological Abduction of Europa, situates Bruno Surdo squarely within the grand tradition of European history painting while simultaneously revealing th...
Canvas, Oil
$12,000
H 24 in W 36 in
My Inner Sanctum - Nude Woman Reclining On Chair w/ Cats, Original Oil Painting
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting situates Bruno Surdo within the long tradition of the domestic nude while engaging modern precedents such as Balthus. A reclining female figure occupies a worn armchair...
Canvas, Oil
$8,500
H 17.24 in W 21.5 in
Surreal Landscape Nudes among Greek Columns. like de Chirico
By Walter Charles Klett
Located in Miami, FL
Klett was an in-demand illustrator in the post-war period of the late 1940's and 1950's. and . His work appeared in many of the newsstand magazines at the time. This work is a pers...
Masonite, Oil
Cherubs
By George Henry Hall
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
George Henry Hall (1825-1913). Cupids, 1875. Oil on canvas, 6 x 9.25 inches; 10 x 13.25 inches framed. Original frame with label verso. Excellent condition with no damage or restoration. Signed and dated lower right. Price on request Biography: Birth place: Manchester, NH Addresses: Primarily in NYC from 1852 Profession: Still-life, genre, portrait painter Studied: between 1849-52 in Paris and Rome; and Düsseldorf Royal Acad. with Eastman Johnson Exhibited: PAFA, 1853-68; Royal Acad., British Inst., Suffolk Street Gal., all in London, 1858-74; Brooklyn AA, 1861-81; NAD, 1862-1900; AIC, 1888; Boston AC, 1881, 1889 Member: ANA, 1853; NA, 1868; Century Assn. Work: MMA; BM; BMFA Comments: Best known for his still-lifes, he specialized in detailed and vividly colored fruit and flower...
Canvas, Oil
Faun`s rest, 70x80cm, oil on canvas
By Tatiana Levchenko
Located in Yerevan, AM
Faun`s rest, 2021, 80x70 cm
Canvas, Oil
$6,100
H 40.125 in W 36.125 in D 1.75 in
Robert Kenneth White “Back to Nature” Signed Figurative Nude Oil Painting
By Robert Kenneth White
Located in Miami, FL
ROBERT KENNETH WHITE – "BACK TO NATURE" ⚜ Oil on Canvas ⚜ Hand Signed Lower Right ⚜ Frameless Display A MASTERWORK OF LIGHT, FORM, AND HUMAN CONNECTION TO NATURE In "Back to Nature"...
Canvas, Oil
$6,859
H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 1.19 in
Beautiful Oil On Canvas, Female Nude By V Tsvetkov Sold without frame
Located in Gavere, BE
"Realistic Oil On Canvas, Female Nude By V Tsvetkov " Original contemporary painting by Bulgarian artist V Tsvetkov, depicting a beautiful female nude Signed lower left V Tsvenkov E...
Canvas, Oil
$875
H 25 in W 18 in D 1.25 in
A Vibrant, Mid-Century Modern Cubist Studio Scene, Standing Nude, Woman Artist
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vibrant, Mid-Century Modern 1960s Studio Interior Scene of a Standing Female Nude by Notable Chicago Woman Artist, Vivian Kinsley Chapin (Am. 1909-1984). Very "Mod" in style and a...
Masonite, Oil
$1,250
H 17 in W 13 in D 2 in
Nude in the Studio, in Front of the Mirror - Portrait in Oil on Artist's Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude in the Studio, in Front of the Mirror - Portrait in Oil on Artist's Board Elegant seated nude woman by Pau Milosevich (American, b. 1936). A woman is seated in a studio, in fro...
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-sailors-for-sale/a_9323/1738353689807/Beard_Two_Sailors_1920_master.jpg?width=240)
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-sailors-for-sale-picture-2/a_9323/a_157415921738353744154/Beard_Two_Sailors_Verso_master.jpg?width=240)
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors n.d. Signed in red, u.r. Double-sided painting on panel 30 x 24 inches
Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] One Man Behind Another](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-one-man-behind-another-for-sale/a_9323/1707937496796/Beard_One_Man_Behind_Another_master.jpg?width=240)
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] One Man Behind Another](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-one-man-behind-another-for-sale-picture-2/a_9323/a_139678621707937573850/Beard_One_Man_Behind_Another_Angle_master.jpg?width=240)
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] One Man Behind Another
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] One Man Behind Another n.d. Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas 24 x 12 inches (61 x 30.5 cm)
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Undressing on Bench](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-men-undressing-on-bench-for-sale/a_9323/1682439188677/Beard_Two_Men_Undressing_on_Bench_master.jpg?width=240)
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Undressing on Bench](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-men-undressing-on-bench-for-sale-picture-2/a_9323/a_121723321682439297288/Beard_Two_Men_Undressing_on_Bench_Framed_master.jpg?width=240)
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Undressing on Bench
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Undressing on Bench n.d. Signed, u.r. Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm) $3,250 + $125 framing This work is offered by CLAMP in N...
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men in Leather Jackets and Jockstraps](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-men-in-leather-jackets-and-jockstraps-for-sale/a_9323/1682438192085/Beard_Two_Men_in_Leather_Jackets_and_Jocks_master.jpg?width=240)
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men in Leather Jackets and Jockstraps](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-men-in-leather-jackets-and-jockstraps-for-sale-picture-2/a_9323/a_121722321682438228483/Beard_Two_Men_in_Leather_Jackets_and_Jocks_Framed_master.jpg?width=240)
Sold
H 24 in W 12 in
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men in Leather Jackets and Jockstraps
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men in Leather Jackets and Jockstraps n.d. Signed, u.r. Oil on canvas 24 x 12 inches (61 x 30.5 cm) $3,250 + $125 framing This work is offered b...
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man in Leather Jacket and Jockstrap](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-man-in-leather-jacket-and-jockstrap-for-sale/a_9323/1682437652176/Beard_Man_in_Leather_Jacket_and_Jock_master.jpg?width=240)
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man in Leather Jacket and Jockstrap](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-man-in-leather-jacket-and-jockstrap-for-sale-picture-2/a_9323/a_121722021682437785922/Beard_Man_in_Leather_Jacket_and_Jock_Framed_master.jpg?width=240)
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man in Leather Jacket and Jockstrap
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man in Leather Jacket and Jockstrap n.d. Signed, u.r. Oil on canvas 24 x 12 inches (61 x 30.5 cm) $3,250 + $125 framing This work is offered by CLAM...
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Nude Fencer in Powdered Peruke with Épée](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-nude-fencer-in-powdered-peruke-with-epee-for-sale/a_9323/a_117392621676132997360/Beard_Sargeant_Nude_Fencer_in_Powdered_Peruke_with_p_e_24x12_master.jpg?width=240)
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Nude Fencer in Powdered Peruke with Épée
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas 24 x 12 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 ...
Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Mysterious Ceremony](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-mysterious-ceremony-for-sale/a_9323/1665680458506/Beard_Men_with_Knives_1200_master.jpg?width=240)
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Mysterious Ceremony](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-mysterious-ceremony-for-sale-picture-2/a_9323/a_110294021665680538016/Beard_Men_with_Knives_Framed_master.jpg?width=240)
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Mysterious Ceremony
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Mysterious Ceremony n.d. Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches $3,250 + $125 framing This work is offered b...
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Boys on Bench](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-boys-on-bench-for-sale/a_9323/1665679640055/Beard_Two_Boys_on_Bench_1200_master.jpg?width=240)
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Boys on Bench](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-boys-on-bench-for-sale-picture-2/a_9323/a_110293621665679740498/Beard_Two_Boys_on_Bench_1200_Crop_master.jpg?width=240)
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Boys on Bench
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Boys on Bench n.d. Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas 36 x 24 inches $4,250 + $250 framing This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men with Horse](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-men-with-horse-for-sale/a_9323/1665679354077/Beard_Two_Men_with_Horse_1200_master.jpg?width=240)
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men with Horse](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-men-with-horse-for-sale-picture-2/a_9323/a_110293221665679387905/Beard_Two_Men_with_Horse_Framed_1200_master.jpg?width=240)
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men with Horse
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men with Horse n.d. Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches $3,600 + $150 framing This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Men Bathing](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-three-men-bathing-for-sale/a_9323/1658516583975/Beard_Three_Men_Bathing_master.jpg?width=240)
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Men Bathing
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Men Bathing Signed in red, l.l. Oil on canvas 38 x 96.25 inches (96.5 x 244.5 cm) $11,000 + $850 framing This work i...
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
Sold
H 30 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
Drying Off (Figurative Nude Painting by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative paintings of a nude male model with a white towel on a grey background Painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in homage to the fashion photogra...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 26 in W 22 in D 1.5 in
Justin with Towel (Figurative Nude Painting by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative paintings of a nude male model with a white towel on a grey background Painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in homage to the fashion photogra...
Canvas, Oil