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American painter
William Holbrook Beard, 1890.
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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Self Portrait
in the Studio
, 1860s, oil on canvas, New York Historical Society.
Beard was born in
Painesville, Ohio
. He studied abroad, is associated with the
Dusseldorf school of painting
, and during 1861 relocated to New York City, where, in 1862, he became a member of the
National Academy of Design
.
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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.
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His brother,
James Henry Beard
(1814?1893), was also a painter.
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William is buried in
Green-Wood Cemetery
in
Brooklyn
,
New York
.
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In 1999, William Beard was featured in an article in the American Art Journal written by Sarah Burns. He is mentioned among other political satirists of the mid to late 19th century.
Selected works
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- Lo, The Poor Indian (1876) - oil painting, Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
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