WATTS INDEXThe canonical database of visual culture

Artists›Tony Bevan

Tony Bevan

Tony Bevan

Artist

WA-00030599

PaintingFiguration

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

20

Works in Collection

25

Assets Indexed

0

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

No influence edges encoded yet.

Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ1486644 ULAN500000302

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7115
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Tony Bevan builds large-scale gestural abstractions and portraits through accumulated, often violent mark-making in charcoal, pastel, and oil on paper and canvas. Working from photographic source material, he renders the human head and face as a site for expressive intensity, oscillating between figuration and abstraction. His practice emerged within postwar European painting revival, marked by heavy impasto and a sustained commitment to the physicality of drawing and painting as bodily acts.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 27d ago

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Figuration

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (20)

Head

1995 · Acrylic paint on canvas

support: 2586 x 3610 x 42 mm

Portrait Man

1994 · Woodcut on paper

image: 734 x 550 mm

Head

1994 · Woodcut on paper

image: 538 x 750 mm

Portrait Head and Neck

Portrait Head and Neck

1994 · Woodcut on paper

image: 734 x 548 mm

Large Group with Shadows

Large Group with Shadows

1993 · Drypoint on paper

image: 193 x 193 mm

Group with Dark Background

Group with Dark Background

1993 · Drypoint on paper

image: 193 x 193 mm

Four Men in White

Four Men in White

1993 · Drypoint on paper

image: 193 x 193 mm

Three Men with Shadows

Three Men with Shadows

1993 · Drypoint on paper

image: 193 x 193 mm

Man and Two Boys

Man and Two Boys

1993 · Drypoint on paper

image: 193 x 193 mm

Man in White Shirt

Man in White Shirt

1993 · Drypoint on paper

image: 193 x 193 mm

Man with Surrounding Black

Man with Surrounding Black

1993 · Drypoint on paper

image: 193 x 193 mm

Man with Surrounding Grey

Man with Surrounding Grey

1993 · Drypoint on paper

image: 193 x 193 mm

Boy in White Shirt

Boy in White Shirt

1993 · Drypoint on paper

image: 193 x 193 mm

Boy in Check Shirt

Boy in Check Shirt

1993 · Drypoint on paper

image: 193 x 193 mm

Man in Check Shirt

Man in Check Shirt

1993 · Drypoint on paper

image: 193 x 193 mm

Untitled from The Meeting

Untitled from The Meeting

1993 · Drypoint

plate 7 13/16 x 7 13/16" (19.9 x 19.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from The Meeting

1993 · Drypoint

plate 7 3/4 x 7 7/8" (19.7 x 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from The Meeting

Untitled from The Meeting

1993 · Drypoint

plate 7 13/16 x 7 13/16" (19.8 x 19.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Head

1988 · Woodcut on paper

image: 360 x 270 mm

Blackwater

1985 · Woodcut on paper

image: 1223 x 840 mm

View all 20 artworks →

Artwork sources (2)

20 published of 23 catalogued · 22 with image

Tate
17 published17 img
MoMA
3 publishedof 6 catalogued5 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Four Men in White
1993 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait Head and Neck
1994 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Man and Two Boys
1993 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Group with Dark Background
1993 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Boy in White Shirt
1993 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Man in Check Shirt
1993 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Head
1994 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Man in White Shirt
1993 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Man with Surrounding Grey
1993 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Head
1988 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Summer Bug (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

4

Movements1

Collections3

Museum of Modern Art Tate Heritage Auctions

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Heritage Auctions

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Heritage Auctions	Feb 2026	$2,000 – $3,000	Unsold

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

No exhibitions or timeline entries yet