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Peter Hill Beard (January 22, 1938 – March 31 / April 19, 2020) was an American artist, photographer, diarist, and writer who lived and worked in New York City, Montauk and Kenya. His photographs of Africa, African animals and the journals that often integrated his photographs, have been widely shown and published since the 1960s.
The primary source for artwork by Peter Beard. The Studio also maintains an archive of published and unpublished written and visual material relating to the artist’s life, work, projects, travels, exhibitions and relations with his cohort.
Sep 24, 2020 · He was a participatory artist, using his own blood sometimes, a touch of the visceral that linked him to his hero and friend the Irish painter Francis Bacon. Even into his 70s, Beard held court...
The Artist. Peter Beard with Minor the bushbaby at Hog Ranch, 1968. “When I first went to Kenya in August 1955, I could never have guessed what was going to happen. Kenya’s population was roughly five million, with about 100 tribes scattered throughout the endless “wild—deer—ness” – it was authentic, unspoiled, teeming with big ...
Peter Beard was an American photographer best known for his documentary images of Africa arranged in unique photo collages that combine painting, drawing, and text. View Peter Beard’s 1,571 artworks on artnet.
Apr 19, 2020 · Peter Beard, a New York photographer, artist and naturalist to whom the word “wild” was roundly applied, both for his death-defying photographs of African wildlife and for his own much-publicized...
Apr 20, 2020 · Peter Beard, a renowned photographer who was known for his images of wildlife, has died at 82. Beard was found dead on Sunday in woods near his home in Montauk on Long Island after a 19-day...
