William Holbrook Beard
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William Holbrook Beard (April 13, 1824 – February 20, 1900) was an American artistic painter who is known best for his satirical paintings of beasts performing human-like activities.
Life[]
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Beard was born in Painesville, Ohio. He studied abroad, is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting, and during 1861 relocated to New York City, where, in 1862, he became a member of the National Academy of Design.[1] Beard initiated his own artist's studio on Tenth Street in New York City in a building known as the Studio Building.
Beard was a prolific artist. His humorous treatment of bears, cats, dogs, horses and monkeys, generally with some human occupation and expression, usually satirical, gave him a great vogue at one time, and his pictures were much reproduced.[1]
His brother, James Henry Beard (1814–1893), was also an artistic painter.[1]
William is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
Beard, William Holbrook ~ Phantom Crane, 1891, oil on canvas.jpg
'The Witches' Ride' by William Holbrook Beard, 1870.jpg
0005 Scientists at Work by William Holbrook Beard.jpg
Seminole Child with Bittern by William Holbrook Beard.jpg
William Holbrook Beard - Deer on the Prairie.jpg
Beard, William Holbrook - His Majesty Receives - Google Art Project.jpg
Brooklyn Museum - In the Forest - William Holbrook Beard - overall.jpg
Brooklyn Museum - For What Was I Created? - William Holbrook Beard - overall.jpg
William holbrook beard, la scoperta di adamo, 1891.jpg
William Holbrook Beard - The Runaway Match - 1977.55 - Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg
Susanna and the Elders, by William Holbrook Beard, 1865, oil on canvas - Currier Museum of Art - Manchester, NH - DSC07415.jpg
Power of Death by William Holbrook Beard, detail, c. 1889-1890, oil on board - Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University - DSC01197.jpg
Flaw in the title - painted by W.H. Beard ; engraved by Saml. Holyer (sic). LCCN2013645198.tif
Selected works[]
- Lo, The Poor Indian (1876) - oil painting, Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Beard, William Holbrook". Encyclopædia Britannica. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 575. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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- Burial search at Green-Wood Cemetery
- W. H. Beard at Library of Congress Authorities, with 7 catalog records
- Artwork by William Holbrook Beard
- 19th-century American painters
- American male painters
- Animal artists
- People from Painesville, Ohio
- 1824 births
- 1900 deaths
- Artists from Ohio
- Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
- Düsseldorf school of painting