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William Holbrook Beard

William Holbrook Beard

William Holbrook Beard painted animals behaving like people: bears dancing, monkeys reading, cats and dogs dressed up. His pictures are humorous and satirical, and many of them poked fun at human behaviour and politics.

Born in Painesville, Ohio, he studied in Europe, including in Düsseldorf, and moved to New York in 1861. He became a member of the National Academy of Design in 1862 and worked at the Tenth Street Studio Building. His paintings were widely reproduced as prints.

His works include scenes like Bears in the Watermelon Patch. Look at the animals’ expressions and poses, which mimic human manners.

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A View in Virginia by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionA View in VirginiaWilliam Holbrook Beard$249Bear and Cubs by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionBear and CubsWilliam Holbrook Beard$259Bears in the Watermelon Patch by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionBears in the Watermelon PatchWilliam Holbrook Beard$249Begging for Apples by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionBegging for ApplesWilliam Holbrook Beard$259Your own photo?

People, pets, houses and places, painted in oil by hand.

Commission a painting Dancing Bears by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionDancing BearsWilliam Holbrook Beard$259Discovery of Adam by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionDiscovery of AdamWilliam Holbrook Beard$259Divorce by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionDivorceWilliam Holbrook Beard$249Domestic Squabble by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionDomestic SquabbleWilliam Holbrook Beard$259Forest Interior by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionForest InteriorWilliam Holbrook Beard$259How Beautiful by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionHow BeautifulWilliam Holbrook Beard$259Little Accident by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionLittle AccidentWilliam Holbrook Beard$259Majestic Stag by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionMajestic StagWilliam Holbrook Beard$259Making Game of the Hunter by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionMaking Game of the HunterWilliam Holbrook Beard$249Owls by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionOwlsWilliam Holbrook Beard$249Pre Adamite by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionPre AdamiteWilliam Holbrook Beard$249Round and Round they Went by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionRound and Round they WentWilliam Holbrook Beard$249Santa Claus by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionSanta ClausWilliam Holbrook Beard$249School Rules by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionSchool RulesWilliam Holbrook Beard$249Scientists at Work by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionScientists at WorkWilliam Holbrook Beard$249So You Wanna Get Married Eh by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionSo You Wanna Get Married EhWilliam Holbrook Beard$249Squirrel and Mice by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionSquirrel and MiceWilliam Holbrook Beard$259Squirrels by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionSquirrelsWilliam Holbrook Beard$249Susannah and the Elders by William Holbrook Beard, hand-painted oil painting reproductionSusannah and the EldersWilliam Holbrook Beard$249
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