Peter Beard
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| Born | Peter Hill Beard Script error: No such module "person date". New York, United States |
| Disappeared | March 31, 2020 Montauk, New York, U.S. |
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Body discovered | Camp Hero State Park |
| Education | Pomfret School |
| Alma mater | Yale University (BA) |
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Minnie Cushing Beard Coleman
(m. 1967; div. 1970)
Nejma Khanum
(m. 1986) |
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Peter Hill Beard (January 22, 1938 – March 31 / April 19, 2020) was an American artist, photographer, diarist, and writer. He lived and worked in New York City, Montauk, Long Island 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.[1]
Early life and education
Peter Hill Beard was born on January 22, 1938, in New York. Descended from distinguished American families on both sides, Beard was one of three sons born to Roseanne (Hoare) Beard and Anson McCook Beard Jr. His middle name commemorates his grandmother Ruth Hill, and her father, Canadian-American railway builder [2][3] James Jerome Hill, who founded the Great Northern Railway in the United States in the late 19th century, and used his railroad fortune to become a great patron of the arts.[4]
Beard was raised in New York City, Alabama, and Islip, Long Island. He began keeping diaries as a young boy and making photographs, as an extension of the diaries, at the age of 12.[5]
During Pomfret School, at seventeen, he went on a life-changing trip to Africa with Quentin Keynes, the explorer and great-grandson of Charles Darwin, working on a film documenting rare wildlife, including the white and black rhinos of Zululand.[6]
Peter followed grandfather Anson Sr. to Yale University in 1957, with the intention of pursuing pre-med studies, only to switch his major to art history. At Yale, he was tapped into the secret society Scroll and Key. His mentors at Yale included Josef Albers, Richard Lindner[7] and Vincent Scully.[8] Beard graduated with a BA in 1961.
Art
Beard returned to Kenya upon graduation.[9] Working at Tsavo National Park, he photographed and documented the demise of 35,000 elephants and other wildlife, later to become the subject of his first book, The End of the Game.[10] During this time, Beard acquired Hog Ranch, a property near the Ngong Hills adjacent to the coffee farm owned by Karen Blixen, which would become his lifelong home-base in East Africa.[5]
Beard's photographs of Africa, African animals and journals that often integrate his photographs have been widely shown and published since the 1970s. Each of his works is unique, a combination of his photography with elements derived from his daily diary-keeping, a practice he continued until his death in 2020. These volumes contain newspaper clippings, dried leaves, insects, old sepia-toned photos, transcribed telephone messages, marginalia in India ink, photographs of women, quotes, found objects, and the like; these become incorporated, with original drawings and collage by Beard. Certain of his works incorporate animal blood, sometimes Beard's own blood (in sparing quantities), a painting medium the artist favored.[11]
The Peter Beard Studio and Archive was started by Peter and Nejma Beard, and is the primary source for artwork by Peter Beard. The Archive maintains a repository of published and unpublished written and visual material relating to the artist's life, work, projects, travels, exhibitions, and relations with his cohort.[1]
Beard's first exhibition was at the Blum Helman Gallery, New York City, in 1975. Landmark museum exhibitions have been held at the International Center of Photography, New York City, in 1977, and the 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 in private collections throughout the world.[5]
Personal life
Beard married his first wife, Mary "Minnie" Olivia Cochran Cushing in 1967; their marriage lasted only briefly.[4] In the 1970s, he dated socialites Lee Radziwill and Barbara Allen.[12][4]
Beard married his second wife, model Cheryl Tiegs, in 1981.[13] They divorced in 1983.[14]
In 1986, he married Nejma Khanum.[15] The couple had a daughter, Zara (born 1988),[15] for whom his book, Zara's Tales,[16] was written.
In 1996, he was badly injured by an elephant but survived.[17][18][19]
Beard befriended and in some cases collaborated with many artists, including Andy Warhol, Andrew Wyeth, Francis Bacon, Karen Blixen, Truman Capote, Richard Lindner, and Salvador Dalí. He also photographed many other well-known people.[5] He appeared in Adolfas Mekas's film, Hallulujah the Hills, in 1963, at the first New York Film Festival.[20]
Death
On the afternoon of March 31, 2020, Beard, who was suffering from dementia and ill health after a stroke, wandered away from his Montauk, Long Island home.[21] On April 19, Beard's body was found by a hunter in a densely wooded area in Camp Hero State Park in Montauk Point, New York.[22]
Publications
Selected books
- Graham, Alistair, and Beard, Peter (1973). Eyelids of Morning: The Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Men. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society. Template:ISBN
- Beard, Peter; and Gatura, Kamante (1975). Longing for Darkness: Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Template:ISBN
- Beard, Peter (2004). Zara's Tales: Perilous Escapades in Equatorial Africa. New York: Knopf. Template:ISBN
- Beard, Peter (1965). The End of the Game. New York: Viking Press. Reprinted New York: Doubleday, 1977. Japan: Camera Manichi, 1978. Germany: Taschen, 2008. Template:ISBN
- Beard, Peter; Beard, 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. Template:ISBN
- Beard, Peter; Paul Theroux. 50th Anniversary Edition of The End of the Game. Taschen. ISBN Script error: No such module "webarchive".-978-3-8365-5547-0
Catalogues
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bacon, Francis; Beard, Peter (2021). Wild Life: Francis Bacon and Peter Beard. London: Ordovas Books. ISBN 978-1-9996681-7-4.
- Beard, Peter (1993). Diary: From a Dead Man's Wallet: Confessions of a Bookmaker. Japan: Libroport Publishing Co., Ltd. Template:ISBN
- Beard, Peter, and Caujolle, Christian (1996). Peter Beard: Photo Poche #67. Paris: Centre national de la photographie, Template:ISBN
- Beard, Peter (1997). Oltre la fine del Mondo. Milan: Grafiche Milani.
- Beard, Peter (1998). Beyond the End of the World. Milan: Universe Publishing (a division of Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.). Template:ISBN
- Beard, Peter (1999). Peter Beard: Stress & Density. Vienna: KunstHausWien, Museums Betriebs Gesellschaft, mbH. Template:ISBN
- Beard, Peter (1999). Peter Beard: Fifty Years of Portraits. Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions. Template:ISBN
Further reading
- Geldzahler, Henry (1975). Francis Bacon: Recent Paintings. Interview with Francis Bacon by Peter Beard. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Bowermaster, Jon (1993). The adventures and misadventures of Peter Beard in Africa. Boston: Bulfinch Press, 1993. Template:ISBN
- Damm, Gerhard R. (2020). They make a desert, and call it peace." The Legacy of Peter Beard. Conservation Frontlines, 2020. https://www.conservationfrontlines.org/2020/07/they-make-a-desert-and-call-it-peace-the-legacy-of-peter-beard/
Filmography
| Year | Film | Featured | Director | Producer | Editor | Other |
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| 2017 | That Summer | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| 2013 | Peter Beard: A Wild Life | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| 2009 | The Making of the 2009 Pirelli Calendar | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| 1998 | Peter Beard, Scrapbooks from Africa & beyond | Guillaume Bonn and Jean-Claude Luyat | Canal + | |||
| 1994 | Montauk Diaries | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| 1988 | Last Word from Paradise: With Peter Beard in Africa | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| 1984 | Last Word from Paradise | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| 1980 | Japanese Long Line Tuna Fishing | No | No | No | No | Introducer |
| 1979 | Africa: The End of the Game | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| 1976 | The Bicentennial Big Foot Blues | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| 1975-76 | Longing for Darkness | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| 1972 | Sisters (working title) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Initiated |
| 1963 | Hallelujah the Hills | Yes | No | No | No | No |
See also
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Peter Beard Studio". Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kolker, Robert (February 22, 2013). "Taming Peter Beard". New York Magazine. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fox, Margalit (April 19, 2020). "Peter Beard, Wildlife Photographer on the Wild Side, Dies at 82". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vanamee, Norman (April 20, 2020). "Peter Beard Romanced Lee Radziwill and Partied with the Rolling Stones. He Was Also a True Original". Town & Country.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Beard, Peter (2013). Peter Beard (Collector's ed.). Germany: Owen, & Aronson. ISBN 978-3-8365-3088-0.
- ^ https://peterbeard.com/the-artist/
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Biography". PeterBeard.com. Archived from the original on April 20, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wildlife photographer Peter Beard, 82, found dead near his home". Star Advertiser. Associated Press. April 20, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Seymour, Corey (April 20, 2020). "Remembering the Extraordinary Life of Photographer Peter Beard". Vogue.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Beard, Peter (1965). The End of the Game. New York: Viking Press. ISBN 978-3-8365-0530-7.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Enright, Robert (2002). "The Consummate Fragmentarian". Modern Painters Magazine.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stowe, Stacey (September 24, 2020). "The Legend of Peter Beard". Vanity Fair. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nature Lovers Peter Beard and Cheryl Tiegs Leave Wildlife Behind for the Newlywed Game". PEOPLE.com.
- ^ Gross, Michael, "The Dawn of the Supermodel", New York Magazine, Apr 3, 1995, pp 40+
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Photographer Peter Beard's Legacy". New York Magazine. February 22, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Beard, Peter (2004). Zara's Tales: Perilous Escapades in Equatorial Africa. New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-679-42659-0.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."African Dreamer | Vanity Fair | November 1996".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fox, Margalit (April 19, 2020). "Peter Beard, Wildlife Photographer on the Wild Side, Dies at 82". The New York Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Alec Baldwin with Peter Beard: The Elephant Attack". American Suburb X. January 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fox, Margalit (April 19, 2020). "Peter Beard, Wildlife Photographer on the Wild Side, Dies at 82". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vecsey, Taylor K. (April 1, 2020). "Peter Beard Missing, Search Underway in Montauk". The East Hampton Star.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stowe, Stacey (April 19, 2020). "Peter Beard's Family Confirms His Death". The New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
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