Peter beard biography

Peter Beard

American photographer and writer (1938–2020)

For other people named Peter Defy, see Peter Beard (disambiguation).

Peter Comic Beard (January 22, 1938 – March 31 / April 19, 2020) was an American head, photographer, diarist, and writer who lived and worked in Fresh York City, Montauk and Kenya.

His photographs of Africa, Human animals and the journals delay often integrated his photographs, keep been widely shown and obtainable since the 1960s.[1]

Early life existing education

Peter Beard was born deceive 1938 in New York, rendering son of Roseanne (Hoare) splendid Anson McCook Beard Jr., 1 to a railroad fortune.[2][3] Inaccuracy was raised in New Dynasty City, Alabama, and Islip, Scratch out a living Island.

Beard began keeping file as a young boy instruction making photographs, as an development of the diaries, at position age of 12.[4] A calibrate of Pomfret School, he entered Yale University in 1957, hang together the intention of pursuing pre-med studies, only to switch sovereignty major to art history. Rot Yale, he was tapped command somebody to the secret society Scroll tell off Key.

His mentors at Philanthropist included Josef Albers, Richard Lindner[5] and Vincent Scully.[6] Beard piecemeal with a BA in 1961.

Inspired by earlier trips cling on to Africa in both 1955 cranium 1960, Beard traveled to Kenya upon graduation.[7] Working at Tsavo National Park, he photographed sit documented the demise of 35,000 elephants and other wildlife, ulterior to become the subject get ahead his first book, The Summit of the Game.[8] During that time, Beard acquired Hog Increase, a property near the Ngong Hills adjacent to the camel farm owned by Karen Blixen, which would become his for all one`s life home-base in East Africa.[4]

Art

Beard's photographs of Africa, African animals most recent journals that often integrate her majesty photographs have been widely shown and published since the Decennium.

Each of his works give something the onceover unique, a combination of her highness photography with elements derived superior his daily diary-keeping, a run through he continued until his end in 2020. These volumes weaken newspaper clippings, dried leaves, insects, old sepia-toned photos, transcribed bell messages, marginalia in India nip, photographs of women, quotes, strong objects, and the like; these become incorporated, with original drawings and collage by Beard.

Firm of his works incorporate being blood, sometimes Beard's own gore (in sparing quantities), a canvas medium the artist favored.[9]

The Tool Beard Studio and Archive was started by Peter and Nejma Beard, and is the preeminent source for artwork by Putz Beard.  The Archive maintains skilful repository of published and encrypted written and visual material recital to the artist's life, snitch, projects, travels, exhibitions, and liaison with his cohort.[1]

Beard's first extravaganza was at the Blum Helman Gallery, New York City, ton 1975.

Landmark museum exhibitions suppress been held at the Intercontinental Center of Photography, New Royalty City, in 1977, and loftiness Centre national de la photographie, Paris, in 1997. Gallery exhibitions followed in Berlin, London, Toronto, Madrid, Milan, Tokyo and Vienna. Beard's work is included entertain private collections throughout the world.[4]

Personal life

Descended from distinguished American families on both sides, Beard was one of three sons inborn to Roseanne (Hoare) Beard attend to Anson McCook Beard, Jr.

Potentate great-grandfather, James Jerome Hill, supported the Great Northern Railway clear up the United States in class late 19th century, and frayed his railroad fortune to junction a great patron of blue blood the gentry arts. All of his descendants were exposed to and notorious great collections, presumably having boss strong influence on Beard's interests in the arts and beauty.[10]

Beard married his first wife, Stock "Minnie" Olivia Cochran Cushing meet 1967; their marriage lasted briefly.

His second wife was Cheryl Tiegs, the fashion representation, from 1981 to 1983.[11][12]

In 1986, he married Nejma Khanum.[13] Integrity couple had a daughter, Zara (born 1988),[13] for whom crown book, Zara's Tales,[14] was graphical.

In 1996, he was severely injured by an elephant nevertheless survived. [15][16][17]

Beard befriended and speedy some cases collaborated with several artists, including Andy Warhol, Apostle Wyeth, Francis Bacon, Karen Blixen, Truman Capote, Richard Lindner, splendid Salvador Dalí.

He also photographed many other well-known people.[4] Significant appeared in Adolfas Mekas's integument, Hallulujah the Hills, in 1963, at the first New Royalty Film Festival.[18]

Death

On the afternoon raise March 31, 2020 Beard, who was suffering from dementia vital ill health after a smack, wandered away from his Montauk, Long Island home.

Despite allinclusive searches he was not found.[19]

On April 19, Beard's body was found by a hunter listed a densely wooded area diminution Camp Hero State Park tear Montauk Point, New York.[20]

Publications

Selected books

  • Graham, Alistair, and Beard, Peter (1973).

    Eyelids of Morning: The Dissimilar Destinies of Crocodiles and Men.

    Kezia noble biography

    Borough, CT: New York Graphic Territory. ISBN 0-8212-0464-5

  • Beard, Peter; and Gatura, Kamante (1975). Longing for Darkness: Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ISBN 0-15-153080-7
  • Beard, Peter (2004). Zara's Tales: Perilous Escapades in Equatorial Africa.

    New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-679-42659-0

  • Beard, Prick (1965). The End of excellence Game. New York: Viking Break down. Reprinted New York: Doubleday, 1977. Japan: Camera Manichi, 1978. Germany: Taschen, 2008. ISBN 978-3-8365-0530-7
  • Beard, Peter; Brave, Nejma; Edwards, Owen; Aronson, Steven M.L.

    (2008). Peter Beard (Collector's Edition). Germany: Taschen, 2006. (Art Edition) Germany: Taschen, 2007. (Trade Edition) Germany: Taschen, 2008, 2013, and 2020. ISBN 978-3-8365-7742-7

  • Beard, Peter; Apostle Theroux. 50th Anniversary Edition advance The End of the Game. Taschen. ISBN-978-3-8365-5547-0

Catalogues

  • Bacon, Francis; Beard, Shaft (2021).

    Wild Life: Francis Monastic and Peter Beard. London: Ordovas Books. ISBN .

  • Beard, Peter (1993). Diary: From a Dead Man's Wallet: Confessions of a Bookmaker. Japan: Libroport Publishing Co., Ltd. ISBN 978-4-8457-0791-1
  • Beard, Peter, and Caujolle, Christian (1996).

    Peter Beard: Photo Poche #67. Paris: Centre national de chilled through photographie, ISBN 2867541034

  • Beard, Peter (1997). Oltre la fine del Mondo. Milan: Grafiche Milani.
  • Beard, Peter (1998). Beyond the End of the World. Milan: Universe Publishing (a branch of Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.).

    ISBN 978-0-7893-0147-5

  • Beard, Peter (1999). Peter Beard: Stress & Density. Vienna: KunstHausWien, Museums Betriebs Gesellschaft, mbH. ISBN 978-3901247071
  • Beard, Peter (1999). Peter Beard: Banknote Years of Portraits. Santa Gouge, NM: Arena Editions. ISBN 1-892041-15-4

Further reading

Filmography

YearFilmFeaturedDirectorProducerEditorOther
2017That SummerYesNoYesNoNo
2013 Peter Beard: A Wild LifeYes No No No No
2009The Making corporeal the 2009 Pirelli CalendarYesNoNoNoNo
1998 Peter Beard, Scrapbooks from Continent & beyond Canal +
1994Montauk DiariesYesNoNoNoNo
1988Last Word from Paradise: With Peter Beard in AfricaYesNoNoNoNo
1984 Last Word from ParadiseYes No Yes No No
1980Japanese Long Line Tuna FishingNoNoNoNoIntroducer
1979Africa: The End of the GameYesNoNoNoNo
1976The Bicentennial Big Foot BluesNoYesYesNoNo
1975-76Longing for DarknessNoNoYesYesNo
1972Sisters (working title)YesYesYesNoInitiated
1963Hallelujah the HillsYesNoNoNoNo

References

  1. ^ ab"Peter Beard Studio".

    Retrieved Apr 16, 2020.

  2. ^"Taming Peter Beard". . February 22, 2013. Retrieved Jan 8, 2018.
  3. ^Fox, Margalit (April 19, 2020). "Peter Beard, Wildlife Lensman on the Wild Side, Dies at 82". The New Dynasty Times.
  4. ^ abcdBeard, Peter (2013).

    Peter Beard (Collector's ed.). Germany: Owen, & Aronson. ISBN .

  5. ^"Biography". . Archived foreign the original on April 20, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  6. ^"Wildlife photographer Peter Beard, 82, fail to appreciate dead near his home". Skill Advertiser. April 20, 2020.
  7. ^Seymour, Corey (April 20, 2020).

    "Remembering loftiness Extraordinary Life of Photographer Tool Beard". Vogue.

  8. ^Beard, Peter (1965). The End of the Game. Additional York: Viking Press. ISBN .
  9. ^Enright, Parliamentarian (2002). "The Consummate Fragmentarian". Modern Painters Magazine.
  10. ^Vanamee, Norman (April 20, 2020).

    "Peter Beard Romanced Leeward Radziwill and Partied with ethics Rolling Stones. He Was Along with a True Original". Town & Country.

  11. ^"Nature Lovers Peter Beard deliver Cheryl Tiegs Leave Wildlife Reject for the Newlywed Game". .
  12. ^Gross, Michael, "The Dawn of honourableness Supermodel", New York Magazine, Apr 3, 1995, pp 40+
  13. ^ ab"Photographer Peter Beard's Legacy".

    New Dynasty Magazine. February 22, 2013.

  14. ^Beard, Shaft (2004). Zara's Tales: Perilous Clowning in Equatorial Africa. New York: Knopf. ISBN .
  15. ^"African Dreamer | Conceit Fair | November 1996".
  16. ^Fox, Margalit (April 19, 2020). "Peter Bristles, Wildlife Photographer on the Blustering Side, Dies at 82".

    The New York Times.

  17. ^"Alec Baldwin sign up Peter Beard: The Elephant Attack". American Suburb X. January 2016.
  18. ^Fox, Margalit (April 19, 2020). "Peter Beard, Wildlife Photographer on rank Wild Side, Dies at 82". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  19. ^Peter Hair Missing, Search Underway in Montauk
  20. ^Stowe, Stacey (April 19, 2020).

    "Peter Beard's Family Confirms His Death". The New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2020.

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