Anthony Mastromatteo Art
American, b. 1970
The arts have been an integral part of Anthony Mastromatteo’s life for over 25 years. A Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from Princeton University in 1992 led to a five year position at Christie’s auction house in New York City in the American Paintings, 19th Century Paintings and Maritime Paintings and Objects departments. As his exposure to the art world expanded he began studying the practice of art after work at the Art Student’s League in New York City. In 1997 he made the transition to full-time art study at the Water Street Atelier, a school of art practice based on the methodology of the French Academy and the French atelier system of the 18th and 19th centuries, under the tutelage of Jacob Collins. In 2002 he finished his studies and made the transition to working as a professional artist. He has worked solely as an artist since that time. He currently has representation with galleries in New York City, Los Angeles and Cleveland.
Anthony currently resides with his wife and daughter, Stella and Alba, in Akron, Ohio.to
21
21
8
"Non-Vitruvian Man" oil painting, hyperrealist, batman comic, pop-culture
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting realistically depicting a paper cutout of batman with wings spread upward and encased in a boundary of tape. However no paper cutouts or tape are collaged onto the ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Epiphany” hyperrealist oil painting of blue checkered pitcher, signed on verso
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by contemporary realist painter, Anthony Mastromatteo. The subject is a blue and white checkered pitcher, on a grey background. Masking tape strips surround the pitch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“The Devil is in the Details” oil painting of two clocks, 1 second flash comic
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A clever oil painting, composed of two nearly identical clocks on a blue background. The only difference? The passing of a single second. Between both clocks, is a square clipping of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Unzipping” hyperrealist oil painting, teeth of zipper, minimalistic, framed
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of what appears to be a closed zipper - it's metal teeth interlocking from the top of the panel, to the bottom, bisecting the white background.
Signed "Mastromatteo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
“On Art: A Manifesto” hyperrealist oil painting, hammer and pink bow, cool tones
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of two items, a hammer, and a pink bow. Hyperrealistically painted. Unframed. Signed "Anthony Mastromatteo" on verso stretcher bar.
The arts have been an integral p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Non Serviam (Meditations on Paradise Lost)” Hyperrealist painting, SuperMan
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by American artist Anthony Mastromatteo. Although it looks like a tattered old comic fixed to the wall, it's actually all oil paint. "Non Serviam" is latin for "I wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Vertigo" trompe l'oeil comic clipping of Daredevil on tightrope taped on wall
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Vertigo" is a trompe l'oeil painting of a comic clipping of Daredevil on tightrope taped on wall.
The arts have been an integral part of Anthony Mastromatteo’s life for over 25 yea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Felix Culpa, or Must be a Woe - trompe l'oeil oil painting
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Continuing his affinity for Malevich’s geometric paragon is Felix Culpa or ‘Must be a Woe,” this time, in red. Three red squares hover above Christ suffering on the cross—one of the most recognizable images in art history—yet here, no wooden cross is in sight. Christ simply floats against a white wall. The three “Red Squares” map the edges of the invisible crucifix, and an old violin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"A Portrait of the Artist" oil painting surrealist lined notes and stamp letters
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A clever oil painting and self portrait of the artist, Anthony Mastromatteo. Not only a capture of his likeness, but also a portrait of his interests, writing, storytelling, and doin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil
"There Is No Room For Subtle Things" trompe l'oeil oil painting of comic clips
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"There Is No Room For Subtle Things" is a trompe l'oeil oil painting of comic clips taped to a red wall.
Recently, it feels like there is no room for complexity in our world. You e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"I Believe in Ghosts" is a contemporary trompe l'oeil painting
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"I Believe in Ghosts" is a contemporary trompe l'oeil painting of words scrambled with Casper the Friendly Ghost.
The ghost in this case is not just Casper the Friendly Ghost, howe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Hello, My Name Is: Nike - miniature pictograph painting on paper
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Mastromatteo re-introduced himself to the Grenning Gallery with his 2023 exhibition "Hello, My Name Is: Anthony Mastromatteo." The works included in the show were incredibly ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil
Hello, My Name Is: Cherry Bomb - miniature pictograph painting on paper
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Mastromatteo re-introduced himself to the Grenning Gallery with his 2023 exhibition "Hello, My Name Is: Anthony Mastromatteo." The works included in the show were incredibly ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil
Ouroboros (Regarding Creative Block)
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An infinite #2 pencil is depicted within eight square trompe l'oeil floating frames on a blank background. "Ouroboros" refers to the ancient symbol of the snake eating its own tail, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Hello, My Name Is: Paintbrush - miniature pictograph painting on paper
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Mastromatteo re-introduced himself to the Grenning Gallery with his 2023 exhibition "Hello, My Name Is: Anthony Mastromatteo." The works included in the show were incredibly intricate trompe l'oeil oil paintings ranging in size from 7 x 5 inches to 48 x 36 inches. In supplement to the exhibition, Mastromatteo painted 10 pictographs on "Hello My Name Is" nametags and put them in plastic sleeves one would clip on their person for any kind of large function. There is always a bit of tongue and cheek...
Category
2010s Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil
Wonder, or The Plane of the Invisible - blue trompe l'oeil oil painting
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
In the trompe l'oeil panel painting, "Wonder, or the Plane of the Invisible," a comic cut-out of Wonder Woman sits between two spatial planes—the top, very flat plane is cut out in the shape of a plane as a play Wonder Woman's famous "Invisible Plane." The silly way the comic book character would sit in an imaginary seat flying through the air would force the artist to wonder, “how do you represent an invisible plane”. Here, we see a bright blue canvas, sprinkled with glittery paillettes; an outline of an airplane beneath an outline of the word “SKY”, an infantile depiction of the sun made of masking tape, and finally, the hero, Wonder Woman, her comic clipping taped onto the invisible plane. A very believable, naturalist blue sky with puffy white clouds is visible through the letters and the invisible airplane. It feels like we can reach into the invisible plane to find the natural world…yet atop the plane is an old cartoon of the first female superhero. She overlaps the realistic atmosphere, and even casts a shadow onto it. The planet’s orbit is dedicated to the sun, and all living things need the light to survive…yet this most important element is made up of a crude array of tape strips, asymmetrical, and even torn in-half. This sun refers back to Pablo Picasso’s sun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Gesso, Panel, Wood Panel, Board
Hello, My Name Is: Crab Apple - miniature pictograph painting on paper
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Mastromatteo re-introduced himself to the Grenning Gallery with his 2023 exhibition "Hello, My Name Is: Anthony Mastromatteo." The works included in the show were incredibly ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil
Hello, My Name Is: Rose - miniature pictograph painting on paper
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Mastromatteo re-introduced himself to the Grenning Gallery with his 2023 exhibition "Hello, My Name Is: Anthony Mastromatteo." The works included in the show were incredibly intricate trompe l'oeil oil paintings ranging in size from 7 x 5 inches to 48 x 36 inches. In supplement to the exhibition, Mastromatteo painted 10 pictographs on "Hello My Name Is" nametags and put them in plastic sleeves one would clip on their person for any kind of large function. There is always a bit of tongue and cheek...
Category
2010s Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil
Hello, My Name Is: Shrimp - miniature pictograph painting on paper
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Mastromatteo re-introduced himself to the Grenning Gallery with his 2023 exhibition "Hello, My Name Is: Anthony Mastromatteo." The works included in the show were incredibly intricate trompe l'oeil oil paintings ranging in size from 7 x 5 inches to 48 x 36 inches. In supplement to the exhibition, Mastromatteo painted 10 pictographs on the recognizable "Hello My Name Is" nametags and put them in plastic sleeves one would clip on their person for any kind of large function. There is always a bit of tongue and...
Category
2010s Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil
"The Painting, As Seen by the Wall" an oil painting of a canvas, framed backward
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
One of the most confounding paintings in this exhibition is “The Painting, As Seen by the Wall”. Mastromatteo depicts a bare canvas, framed in reverse, turned-around. He presents the...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"White Picket Fence (Aspirational Memoir)" inspired by Morison's The Bluest Eye
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"White Picket Fence (Aspirational Memoir)" is inspired by Toni Morison's The Bluest Eye.
The focal point is a bright green square, encased with a picket- fence made of white tape. Inside the square is an old page torn from a “Dick and Jane...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Related Items
Bottles. 2012, canvas, oil, 115x115 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bottles. 2012, canvas, oil, 115x115 cm
Alyona Prokofyeva (1988)
From 2016 surname Galaktionova. Alyona graduated Riga art school, Latvian University, receiving a visual arts teache...
Category
2010s Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Super Realist Trompe L'Oeil Framed Signed Still Life Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early American super realist trompe l'oeil still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Signed. Image size, 14H by 10L.
Category
1890s Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,475
H 19 in W 15 in D 2 in
"The Lily Pond" by Sheri Farabaugh– Painting, Serene Pondscape
Located in Denver, CO
"The Lily Pond" by Sheri Farabaugh is an oil painting on canvas, measuring 24 x 36 x 2.50 inches, presented in an elegant frame sized at 25.50 x 37.50 x 3 inches. Ready to hang, this...
Category
2010s Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,400 Sale Price
38% Off
H 24 in W 36 in
White And Pink Peonies in The Window
By Zbigniew Kopania
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
White And Pink Peonies Still Life Oil Painting, framed.
canvas size 23.5x31 framed 28.5x36
Zbigniew Kopania, artist painter, cinematographer, born December 21, 1949, in Łódź Poland.
...
Category
2010s Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Surreal Latin American Oil Painting
Located in Rochester, NY
Surreal hyper realistic trompe l'oeil oil painting by Latin American artist Victor Del Castillo. Peaches, grapes and cherries in rich brilliant colors and incredible detail. Measures...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,350 Sale Price
43% Off
H 41 in W 41 in D 1 in
Antique American Modernist Framed Large Calla Lily Flower Still Life Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist large flower still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 35H by 23L.
Category
1930s Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,180 Sale Price
20% Off
H 40 in W 28 in D 2 in
Photo Realistic Diptych Hand Paintings
By Manon Cleary
Located in Washington, DC
Exceptional pair of paintings by Manon Cleary (1942-1911). Paintings are oil on canvas. Dated 1980 and signed in the front lower right corner and on reverse. Manon Cleary's work is ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,925 Sale Price
30% Off
H 10 in W 8 in D 1 in
"Misty City", Oil Painting
By Christopher Clark
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's (US based) "Misty City" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts orange and green hued clouds arching over a water and city lights
Bio/artist statement:
Christopher has been an artist since early childhood, when he would watch Bob Ross on PBS and mimic the famed oil painter’s art with crayons. He considers himself a self-educated artist, with his studies ranging from personal training with contemporary masters, to classical academic art technique, with much inspiration from 19th Century art and the Impressionist Movement. Christopher lived in Italy for a time, immersing himself in Italian culture and art, which continues to influence his painting. His fan base has grown considerably since his return to the US, gaining the attention of Lucasfilm and Marvel Fine Art, which both signed him as an officially licensed artist in 2016. Other clients include George Lucas, Major League Baseball, Louisville Slugger...
Category
2010s American Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
"Red and green apples in the summer garden" Original Painting by Lilya Volskaya
Located in Zofingen, AG
The paintings are drawn with oil on the canvas.
The beautiful, inspiring summer landscape with apples sets you up for 100% positive and a burst of energy. This is a real vitamin boos...
Category
2010s Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil
$2,261 Sale Price
19% Off
H 23.63 in W 19.69 in D 0.6 in
Antique American School Impressionist Artist Studio Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvasboard. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Early 1900s Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
H 21 in W 17 in D 2 in
Interior - XXI Century, contemporary oil painting, Light & shadow contrasts
By Ilona Sapka
Located in Warsaw, PL
ILONA SAPKA
studied at the School of Applied Arts, "Schola Posnaniensis" in Poznan. She received her diploma from the Faculty of Painting in the studio of stained glass led by prof. ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$861 Sale Price
20% Off
H 27.56 in W 39.38 in
Oil painting on Canvas, Bathing Nude By Maria Szantho
By Maria Szantho
Located in Gavere, BE
Oil painting on Canvas, Bathing Nude By Maria Szantho
Nice and large painting " portrait of a nude Gipsy girl " painted by the female artist Maria Szantho (1897 - 1998) Hungarian sc...
Category
1960s Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,256
H 31.5 in W 39.38 in D 3.55 in
Previously Available Items
"Tipping Pointe" trompe l'oeil still life oil painting, number 2 pencil & dancer
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Tipping Pointe" is a trompe l'oeil still life oil painting of a number 2 pencil & ballet dancer balancing objects.
Mastromatteo started this painting with a pencil improbably bala...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"In the Cards" trompe l'oeil oil painting of comic page of Joker & playing cards
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Every Mastromatteo painting is riddled with meaning and double meaning. Notice every number in the deck of cards is present except for the number eight. and the Joker. However, there...
Category
2010s Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"A City Upon a Hill" trompe l'oeil oil painting of comic clip taped on grey wall
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"A City Upon a Hill" is a trompe l'oeil oil painting of comic clipping taped on a grey wall.
Framed Dimensions: 19 x 25 inches
The arts have been an integral part of Anthony Mas...
Category
2010s Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"Being and Nothingness" trompe l'oeil & modernist oil painting, red butterflies
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Being and Nothingness" is a 2023 trompe l'oeil modernist oil painting.
Mastromatteo pays homage to Malevich’s black square, and even positions it at the top left quarter of the canvas. The modernist symbol is austere, and formidable, yet it lays flat on the two-dimensional plane. Outside the square, amidst a wall of white, are little butterflies. Their angled wings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Is NOT" 2023, post-modern trompe l'oeil oil painting
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Is NOT is a present day vanitas still life. A meditation on the ephemerality of life and the things we hold dear. The fragility of the statement "time is not money" is represented in...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Regarding Prometheus, or I Will Not Play Matches
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Framed Dimensions: 13.5 x 13.5 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Lovely Mary Jane" Post-Modern painting inspired by The Bluest Eye, Toni Morison
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Lovely Mary Jane" is a Post-Modern painting inspired by The Bluest Eye by Toni Morison.
Lovely Mary Jane is a candy wrapper, taped to a blue wall. It’s trash, glorified. But this is not a political statement about commercialism or recycling. This painting was inspired by one of the top 10 banned books across the country, Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” which is about a young black girl who wishes she had blue eyes, an envy shaped from her love of her favorite candy, Mary Jane. It’s a heartbreaking notion caused by an ideal of beauty perpetuated by a marketing campaign for a sweet treat. Classical painting also hails a certain ideal of beauty… and one wouldn’t usually find something as insignificant as a candy wrapper as the focal point of their pièce de résistance. However, Mastromatteo is asking us to see that here is power in idealization, especially in something so seemingly throwaway. He’s prodding us to be more aware…to make people aware of the significance of the seemingly insignificant. The one power an artist possesses is that of forcing the viewer to look at something of his choosing…and in this case he’s asking us to look at something that may be garbage. Consider Maurizio Cattelan, whom in 2019 taped a banana to the wall with duct tape, and it later sold for $120,000…art forces the viewer to consider something that everyone is telling you to look at. Mastromatteo’s candy wrapper is taped up to the wall in a similar fashion as Cattelan’s banana…if we look long enough at the tape, we’ll notice it’s resemblance to the “not-equal” sign...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"The Three Body Problem" pink comic book trompe l'oeil of physics phenomenon
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"The Three Body Problem" is a pink comic book trompe l'oeil of a famous physics phenomenon.
Mastromatteo creates a meditation on the "Three Body Pr...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Hello, My Name Is" trompe l'oeil oil painting of nametags and sharpie on blue
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Hello, My Name Is" is a trompe l'oeil oil painting of nametags and sharpie on blue background.
Anthony Mastromatteo reintroduces himself in his first exhibition with the Grenning ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Advent
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Mastromatteo depicts a stopwatch, with the hands either falling off or holding up the watch—depending on how you see it. He depicts his sense that time is non-linear and can ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Oil, Board
The Dark (K)night
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Mastromatteo creates a trompe l'oeil painting of a page from a comic book taped onto a bright blue wall. Batman seems to burst off the page, while the page is literally peeling off t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Anthony Mastromatteo Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anthony Mastromatteo art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Anthony Mastromatteo art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Anthony Mastromatteo in oil paint, paint, board and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the Photorealist style. Not every interior allows for large Anthony Mastromatteo art, so small editions measuring 4 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Mimi Jensen, Kimberly MacNeille, and Terry Thompson. Anthony Mastromatteo art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $500 and tops out at $26,000, while the average work can sell for $5,300.