Lot Details
Lot 66
William Holbrook Beard
American, 1824-1900
The Owl's Reprimand
Signed W. H. Beard and dated 1859 (ll)
Oil on canvas
15 x 21 inches
Provenance:
The Estate of Mrs. W. H. Beard
Private collection, MD
Born in Painesville, Ohio, to a family that already boasted another successful painter, James Henry Beard, William Holbrook Beard joined his brother depicting animals frequently in anthropomorphic poses ususually with satiric humor. In the present painting, amid a rich forest background, a young miscreant flanked by his concerned owl parents, appears to be approaching judgment by a senior owl to the right.
After visiting Europe in the company of noted American artists Gifford, Whittriedge, and Bierstadt (1856-8), Beard established a studio in Buffalo in 1859. There, the Albright-Knox Gallery commissioned an important charcoal, Minerva Reflecting, in 1874 and still owns his March of Silenus.
C Property of a Distinguished Maryland collector
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