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William Holbrook Beard was born on April 13, 1824, in Painesville, Ohio, the son of James and Harriet (Wolcott) Beard.
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Action In Art (1893)
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William Holbrook Beard: American Art Reproductions
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WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD Art Book contains 30+ Reproductions of Landscapes, Wildlife and Humorous Allegorical Scenes with title, date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing). BORN: April 13, 1825 in Painesville, Ohio. DIED: February 20, 1900. MOVEMENT: American Artist/Specialized in Animals INTERESTING FACTS: § Beard was a member of the National Academy of Design. § Beard’s brother, James Henry Beard was also a painter. § In 1856, he traveled to Europe with fellow artists Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Worthington Whittredge. § In 1858, he settled in Buffalo, New York to establish an art community. It resulted in the founding of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy in 1862. NOTABLE WORKS: So You Wanna Get Married, Eh?, Making Game of the Hunter, Discovery of Adam, Wall Street Jubilee.
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William Holbrook Beard: Animals in Fantasy
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Humor In Animals: A Series Of Studies with Pen & Pencil
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William Holbrook Beard
Edit ProfileEducation
William's mother, left a widow while the boy was still an infant, made every effort to give him an education, for which he showed little inclination. At an early age he became interested in plants and wildlife, and showed also great aptitude for swimming, hunting, and wrestling.
Career
Following an unsuccessful attempt to earn his living at Painesville, as a portrait painter, William started on a tour of the state as a peripatetic portrait painter. This affording little more than a bare livelihood, he went to New York about 1845, where his brother, James Henry Beard, had established himself. He again specialized in portraits, and then, after several years of travel, moved to Buffalo in 1850 and opened a studio. After a struggle of six years he secured orders sufficient to keep him busy and sailed for Europe in 1856. In Rome he met Gifford, Whittredge, and other American artists, who were later to distinguish themselves.
Within two years William Beard was back in Buffalo. In 1860 he settled in New York. He brought with him a few compositions, humorous story-pictures of animals with such titles as "Grimalkin's Dream" and "Bears and a Bender" and became so popular at this branch of painting that he was condemned to paint animals acting like human beings almost all the rest of his life. He died in New York City.
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William Holbrook Beard: American Art Reproductions
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Action In Art (1893)
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Humor In Animals: A Series Of Studies with Pen & Pencil
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William Holbrook Beard: American Art Reproductions
Membership
William Beard was a member of the National Academy, the Century Club, the Artists' Fund Society, and the Artists' Aid Society.
Connections
In 1859 William Beard married Flora Johnson, who died a few months after the wedding. On July 7, 1863, he married Carrie, daughter of Thomas Le Clear, the portrait painter.
