William Holbrook Beard

American painter (1825-1900)

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William Holbrook Beard — Unidentified photographer · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

22 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[12]
Date of birth: April 13, 1825
Date of death: February 20, 1900
Place of birth: Painesville
Place of death: Brooklyn
Country of citizenship: United States^[10]
Occupation: painter
Educated at: Kunstakademie Düsseldorf^[11]
Father: Capt. James Beard^[7]
Mother: Harriet Beard^[8]
Child: Wolcott LeCléar Beard^[9]
Sibling: James Henry Beard^[22]
Genre: portrait, genre art, singerie^[13]^[14]^[15]
Artist files at: Frick Art Research Library
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired
Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]
Family name: Beard^[16]
Given name: William^[17]
Has works in the collection: National Gallery of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Brandywine Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Harvard Art Museums, New York Historical, Toledo Museum of Art, Fogg Museum, Buffalo Bill Center of the West
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library
Place of burial: Green-Wood Cemetery^[6]

🏷️ Also known as

en William H. Beard en William Holbrook Beard en W. H. Beard ar ويليام هولبرووك بيرد de William Beard ja ウィリアム・ホルブルック・ビアード ru Уильям Холбрук Берд uk Вільям Холбрук Бірд zh 威廉·霍爾布魯克·比爾德

🔖 Identifiers · 47

ISNI: 0000000083921788
VIAF cluster ID: 69846442
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n82028379
GND ID: 123870798
Art Renewal Center artist ID: 278
Artcyclopedia artist ID: beard_william_holbrook
Artnet artist ID: william-holbrook-beard
Artsy artist ID: william-holbrook-beard
Athenaeum person ID: 606
Benezit ID: B00014427
Bridgeman artist ID: 3403
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp00577803

Show all 47 identifiers +35

Christie's creator ID: 11331
CiNii Research ID: 1140563741771538560
Darwin Correspondence ID: 6251
Discogs artist ID: 3558779
Europeana entity: agent/base/154286
FAST ID: 88061
Freebase ID: /m/05_02b
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID: 991002670099707141
Geni profile ID: 6000000036500306636
Google Arts & Culture entity ID: m05_02b
Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/11jm6x5y2v
HAND ID: D7FF-5766-F133-D038-8E59
Harper's tag: w-h-william-holbrook-beard
ISFDB author ID: 225340
IdRef ID: 233321365
Invaluable.com person ID: 7culuaol3j
Met Constituent ID: 2332
Museum of Modern Art artist ID: 63103
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID: 115112
MutualArt artist ID: 3492BF61B69AD319
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA15385576
National Gallery of Art artist ID: 38954
National Library of Ireland ID: vtls002315154
Open Library ID: OL2396516A
OpenMLOL author ID: 213253
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID: 31117
Prabook ID: 1108640
RKDartists ID: 5307
SNAC ARK ID: w6ks752n
Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID: 295
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500007870
WikiArt ID: william-holbrook-beard
WikiTree person ID: Beard-2174
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJhmH9xgkm36JHc9K6kVYP
Yale LUX ID: person/d928f505-4934-4c9c-802f-4f189157369e

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🔗 Connections

Has works in the collection 12

National Gallery of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Toledo Museum of Art, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art +4 more

Genre 3

portrait, genre art, singerie

Described by source 2

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Given name 1

William

Instance of 1

human

Occupation 1

painter

Place of birth 1

Painesville

Place of burial 1

Green-Wood Cemetery

Place of death 1

Brooklyn

Sex or gender 1

male

Sibling 1

James Henry Beard

Siblings 1

James Henry Beard

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Summary

William Holbrook Beard's place of birth was Painesville^[1]. He was born on April 13, 1825^[2]. He died in Brooklyn^[3]. He died on February 20, 1900^[4]. He worked as a painter^[5].

FAQs

Where was William Holbrook Beard born?

Born in Painesville^[1].

Where did William Holbrook Beard die?

William Holbrook Beard passed away in Brooklyn^[3].

Who were William Holbrook Beard's parents?

William Holbrook Beard's father was Capt. James Beard^[7]. William Holbrook Beard's mother was Harriet Beard^[8].

What did William Holbrook Beard do for work?

William Holbrook Beard worked as painter^[5].

Where did William Holbrook Beard go to school?

William Holbrook Beard was educated at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf^[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — place of birth (P19): Painesville. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — place of death (P20): Brooklyn. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — sex or gender (P21): male. RKDartists. Retrieved 2017-08-27. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — father (P22): Capt. James Beard. Geni.com. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — mother (P25): Harriet Beard. Geni.com. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — child (P40): Wolcott LeCléar Beard. Geni.com. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — educated at (P69): Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — occupation (P106): painter. Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved 2024-02-07. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — place of burial (P119): Green-Wood Cemetery. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — genre (P136): portrait. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — genre (P136): genre art. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — genre (P136): singerie. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — date of birth (P569): April 13, 1825. Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — date of death (P570): February 20, 1900. RKDartists. Retrieved 2017-08-23. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — family name (P734): Beard. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — given name (P735): William. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — described by source (P1343): Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890). wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — described by source (P1343): Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — described by source (P1343): The New Student's Reference Work. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ William Holbrook Beard — sibling (P3373): James Henry Beard. Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved 2022-05-09. wikidata.org.

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5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Harper's tag → w-h-william-holbrook-beard

"Created claim: Harper's tag: w-h-william-holbrook-beard, Matched to w h william holbrook beard (#289967509) in…"
7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗

HAND ID → D7FF-5766-F133-D038-8E59

"Created claim: HAND ID: D7FF-5766-F133-D038-8E59, batch #275136"
24w ago · Pigsonthewing · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Darwin Correspondence ID → 6251

"Created claim: Darwin Correspondence ID: 6251, Matched to William Holbrook Beard (#290073902) in ‎Darwin Cor…"
26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → painter

Child → Wolcott LeCléar Beard

Sibling → James Henry Beard

Father → Capt. James Beard

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