Lot 1090
Mark Beale (American, b. 1962), Remembrance
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Stretcher size 12 x 16 in.; Frame dimensions 18 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.
Collection of a Lady, Keswick, Virginia
Charleston Artist Guild Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina
Mark Beale is a Tonalist painter whose atmospheric landscapes are deeply rooted in a lifetime spent exploring the waterways and marshes of Tidewater, Virginia and the South Carolina Lowcountry. Introduced to painting at an early age through workshops with Barclay Sheaks and later studies with Theodore Turner at the University of Virginia, Beale developed a practice grounded in direct immersion in the natural world. Inspired by the Tonalist masters George Inness and Corot, he pursued extensive study of Inness’ paintings in New York, later exhibiting at the historic Salmagundi Club alongside works by artists he admired.
For more than twenty-five years, Beale has lived and worked in Charleston, South Carolina, creating luminous landscapes informed by 19th-century Tonalism and Impressionism. His work has appeared in exhibitions at the Gibbes Museum of Art, the Coutts Museum of Art, the Wildlife Experience Museum, and the Salmagundi Club, and is held in public and private collections internationally. A recipient of numerous awards, including recognition from the National Parks Foundation and Magnolia Plantation, Beale’s paintings have also been featured in Fine Art Connoisseur and American Art Collector.
Good estate condition; no condition concerns to note under UV light.
