Mark Beard (artist)

Mark Beard (b. 1956 in Salt Lake City)^[1] is an American artist.^[2][3] Beard works in prints, paint, and as a sculptor, in addition to being a noted stage set designer.^[4] His portraits, nudes, bronzes, and handicrafted books were exhibited all over the world.

Life and career

He designed more than 20 theatrical sets in 1986–1997 in New York City, London, Cologne, Vienna, and Frankfurt.^[5]

Beard is noted for his objection to the fact that while it was once common for artists pass through different stages or period, success being known for one thing and turning yourself into a brand. Beard therefore has developed a number of distinct artist personalities, each with a detailed biography and portrait photograph, to enable himself to work in a variety of styles and mediums.^[6]

His different artist personalities include:^[5][7]

• Bruce Sargeant (1898–1938), (a spoof on John Singer Sargent) who died in a tragic wrestling accident;
• Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon (1849–1930), French beaux-art painter who was the teacher of Bruce Sargeant;
• Edith Thayer Cromwell (1893–1962), an English friend and colleague of Michallon;
• Brechtholdt Streeruwitz (1890–1973), rival of Cromwell from Vienna; and
• Peter Coulter (b. 1948), New York-based artist who was influenced by Cromwell and Streeruwitz's work.

All artists work in a different style, for example Streeruwitz is expressionist and more somber, while Coulter is postmodern art.

Beard's work by Bruce Sargeant, such as large paintings, friezes and a bronze sculpture, installed since 2005 are featured in Abercrombie & Fitch's flagship stores in New York, Los Angeles, London and in Tokyo.^[2]

Installed Works

• 2004 Bronze doors Edmond J. Safra Synagogue
• 1996 Children's Opera House, Foyer, Opera House, Cologne
• 1995 Painted murals, Foyer, Opera House, Cologne
• 1993 Designed and painted new 75-seat theater: West-End / State Theater, Kölner Schauspiel, Cologne
• 1991 Mural Commission: The public spaces of das Schauspielhaus, Vienna
• 1984 "Windows on White", New York
• 1983 "The Parallel Window", New York^[8]

Collections

His works are in museum collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Wadsworth Atheneum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Albertina, as well as in Princeton, Harvard, and Yale universities and many others, and in more than 200 private collections such as Ralph Lauren.^[4] He is represented by ClampArt in New York City, where he resides in a studio in Hell's Kitchen that he bought with his partner, James Manfred.^[2][5][9]

References

1. ^ The 1980s: Prints from the Collection of Joshua P. Smith. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art. 1990. http://www.nga.gov/past/data/exh609.shtm. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Wendy Goodman (2008-05-11). "The DIY Artist Loft". New York Magazine. http://nymag.com/homedesign/spring2008/46839/. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 
3. ^ "America's love–hate affair with freedom". Miami Herald. 2008-07-03. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Mark Beard". Chace-Randall Gallery. 2010. http://www.chacerandallgallery.com/beard/beard.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 
5. ^ ^{a b c} Beard, Mark (2010). Bruce Sargeant and His Circle: Figure and Form. Chronicle Books. pp. 128 pages. ISBN 978-0811872270. 
6. ^ "Mark Beard’s artistic circle". Atelier Coulthart. 2008-05-28. http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/05/26/mark-beards-artistic-circle/. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 
7. ^ "Mark Beard "Bruce Sargeant and His Circle: Figure and Form"". NY Art Beat. 2010-09-16. http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2010/96C9. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 
8. ^ "Mark Beard". Carrie Hadad Gallery. 2010. http://www.carriehaddadgallery.com/index.cfm?method=Artist.ArtistDetail&ArtistID=2BAEEA26-115B-5562-AA229B29A293B4B0. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 
9. ^ "Mark Beard". Clampart. 2010. http://www.clampart.com/artists/beard/beard.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 

External links

• "Mark Beard". artnet. 2010. http://www.artnet.com/artist/190976/mark-beard.html. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 

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Name	Beard, Mark
Alternative names	Bruce Sargeant, Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon, Edith Thayer Cromwell, Brechtholdt Streeruwitz, Peter Coulter
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Date of birth	1956
Place of birth	Salt Lake City
Date of death
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