Skip to main content

Matthew James Collins Art

American, b. 1970
Tempest was painted over several days in the artist studio in Florence, Italy. The painting measures 25 x 21 with a handmade frame from Italy. This is oil on a linen panel which most artist use that have studied at the Academies in Italy. The model for this picture was a Sicilian girl who had recently moved to Florence to finish her studies. The possibilities and a new found personal freedom create a turbulence during a time of adjustment that are not always readily visible. The Tempest around us forces us to examine who we are. Artist Bio: For over 20 years, Matthew James Collins has been working as an artist in Florence, Italy. Originally from Oak Park, Illinois Matthew travelled to Italy to complete is artistic formation after receiving a BA in the History of Art and Architecture and studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His initial trip was a epiphany that changed the trajectory of his life. Walking the same streets of the Renaissance greats, like Michelangelo, Leonardo, Titian and Veronese proved to be a constant inspiration. Italy is a magic place where art and beauty permeate the very cultural fabric of society. Collins returned to live and work in Florence, Italy in 2000. The opportunity to study in depth the masterpieces of figurative art formed a unique sensibility that continues to shape his work even today. He also sought out training from the dwindling population of master craftsmen that continued artistic traditions that date back to antiquity. His artistic magnitude grew to include fresco painting and terracotta, marble and bronze statuary. Matthew practices classical techniques painting and sculpture to produce contemporary and relevant work. He shares his acquired knowledge through his teaching studio in Florence, Italy. Not limited to a single genre his oeuvre includes portraiture, landscape, decoration and figurative subjects. An accomplished portrait artist, Collins regularly completes a variety of commission work ranging from corporate executives to small children. With numerous awards the quality of Matthew's work has been recognized by the National Sculpture Society, Portrait Society of America, Art Renewal Center, Art Laguna prize (Venice, Italy), and the ModPortrait 2016(Barcelona, Spain). His paintings are represented in the permanent collection of the MEAM museum in Barcelona, Spain and Museum of the Basilica of Mary Queen of the Universe in Orlando, Florida.
to
8
1
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
9
3
2
6
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
5
5
4
4
4
9
8,230
2,806
1,652
1,317
4
9
Artist: Matthew James Collins
Breakfast at Nencioni Cafe Florence Oil Table Top Interior Morning Espresso
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
Breakfast at Nencioni Cafe Florence Oil Table Top Interior Morning Espresso 8" x 12" Look for free shipping at checkout The painting measures 8" x ...
Category

2010s Realist Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Pothos Sculpture Lost Wax Bronze Method Florence Cesello 18 x 6 x 6
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
"Pothos is one of the Ancient Greek Erotes dedicated to yearning and desire. He is the son of the West Wind "Zephryos" and "Iris," the rainbow. This is the artist proof of an edit...
Category

2010s Romantic Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Bronze

Breakfast at Goretto Cafe Florence Oil Table Top Interior Morning Espresso
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
Breakfast at Goretto Cafe Florence Oil Table Top Interior Morning Espresso 8" x 12" Look for free shipping at checkout The painting measures 8" x 12...
Category

2010s Realist Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Tempest, Oil, ARC Salon Finalist, Portrait Society of America, Florence, Italy
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
Tempest was painted over several days in the artist studio in Florence, Italy. The painting measures 25 x 21 with a handmade frame from Italy. This is oil on a linen panel which mo...
Category

2010s Realist Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Oil

"Equos" Bronze Sculpture Lost Wax Method Florence Cesello 10" x 8"
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
"Equos" A small study inspired by Classical equestrian examples, the artist in this piece balances the potential energy within the form of the horse with an emotional calm. Noun...
Category

2010s Romantic Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Bronze

The Girl from Togo Bronze Artist Proof MEAM in Barcelona Spain Figurative
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
The Girl from Togo Bronze Artist Proof MEAM in Barcelona Spain Figurative This life size bronze bust is the artist proof of "The Girl from Togo." It was personally crafted b...
Category

2010s Romantic Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Bronze, Copper

L'Hiver, Winter, Bronze Sculpture, Lost Wax Method , Romantic, Florence, Italy
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
L'Hiver, which is French for winter. An evocative title which pretty much explains the piece. Number 1 out of a production of Seven. Artist Statement: I am very happy to announce that two of my bronze works are now available in a limited edition of 7. The first one, shown above, is my vision of Eros. He is more popularly known in the Roman interpretation of a chubby baby or young boy with an bow and arrow. I have always been more intrigued with the original Greek embodiment of the this deity as a young man. More than the god of love, Eros was a personification of the power of creation. He was balanced by his antithesis was Thanatos, that of destruction. In fact, Thanatos is currently in the design process. This work will exist in an edition of 7 and 2 artist's proofs. Each piece is hand chased by myself and I apply the patina as well. The sculpture was created using the Lost Wax...
Category

2010s Romantic Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Bronze

The Champ, oil, ARC Salon Finalist, Portrait Society of America, Florence
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
The Champ was painted over several days in the artist studio in Florence, Italy. The painting measures 16 x 12 with a handmade frame from Italy. This is oil on a linen panel which ...
Category

2010s Realist Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

Teofimo, oil, ARC Salon Finalist, Portrait Society of America, Florence, Italy
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
Teofimo was painted over several days in the artist studio in Florence, Italy. The painting measures 16 x 12 with a handmade frame from Italy. This is oil on a linen panel which mos...
Category

2010s Realist Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

Related Items
Gerberas - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realistic Little Girl Portrait
By Kamil Lisek
Located in Salzburg, AT
KAMIL LISEK (born in 1980) Studied under the guidance of prof. Maciej Świeszewski at the faculty of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. He graduated with distinction obta...
Category

2010s Realist Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Linen

Still Life with Grapes
By Morston Constantine Ream
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Morston Constantine Ream (American, 1840-1898) Grapes Oil on canvas, 10 x 12 inches Framed: 22 x 24 inches (approx.) Signed at lower right: “Morston Ream” The still-life painter Mor...
Category

1880s Realist Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Grapes
Still Life with Grapes
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
H 22 in W 24 in
Antique Exceptional Bronze Draft Horse by Pierre Jules Mêne (French, 1810-1879)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Bronze Exceptional Bronze of a Draft Horse Pierre Jules Mêne (French, 1810-1879) Circa 1860s 4 3/4 (W) x 3.25 (H) As Mêne personally ov...
Category

Mid-19th Century Romantic Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Bronze

"Lemons" contemporary realist interior yellow green and blue still life
By Daniela Astone
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Lemons" is a contemporary realist interior yellow green and blue still life of fresh cut produce from the Italian countryside. Frame Dimensions 24.19 x 20.25in Daniela Astone was...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Panel, Oil, Wood Panel

'Young Man in a Yellow Brocade Waistcoat', Paris, Munich, Danish Royal Academy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Monogrammed lower right, 'DM' for David Monies (Danish, 1812-1894) and dated 1849. Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter, Peter Andreas Löser (1834–1857). Framed in a su...
Category

1940s Realist Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil

"Business District" – Framed Oil Painting of Woman on Phone in City Night Scene
By Brad Davis
Located in Denver, CO
Brad Davis’s Business District is a luminous oil painting on wood panel, framed and ready to hang, measuring 36 x 36 inches (framed to 38 x 38 inches). Executed in 2025, this work ca...
Category

2010s Realist Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Cheval de Marly, Bronze Equestrian Sculpture by Guillaume Coustou
By Guillaume Coustou
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: After Guillaume Coustou, French (1677-1746) Title: Cheval de Marly Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature inscribed Size: 22 x 19 x 9 in. (55.88 x 48.26 x 22.86 cm) This be...
Category

Early 20th Century Romantic Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Bronze

Fine 19th Century French Realist Oil Painting Chef in Kitchen Pantry Larder
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Le Chef circle of Théodule-Augustin Ribot (French, 1823 – 1891) oil on board, framed framed: 20.5 x 16.5 inches board: 15 x 12 inches inscribed verso provenance: private collection, ...
Category

19th Century Realist Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Oil

Early 20th Century Likeness of Jack London
By Robert Alexander Graham
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Likeness of Jack London Wonderful portrait of a gentleman with a striking likeness to Jack London by Robert Alexander Graham (American, ...
Category

Early 1900s Realist Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Onward Christian Soldiers - British Edwardian 1911 art religious oil painting
By Frank Owen Salisbury
Located in London, GB
This striking British Edwardian religious oil painting is by noted artist Francis 'Frank' Owen Salisbury or Frank O'Salisbury as he is largely known. Painted in 1911 it is a figurative landscape of soldiers on the battlefield. The two central characters, the 'Christian Soldiers' from the early crusades have halos and ride through the chaos on white horses. Shafts on light with angels illuminate them and also a crucifix. A very powerful Edwardian religious oil painting and an excellent example of O'Salisbury's work. painted in oil and illuminated in gold leaf. Signed and dated with monogram lower right 1911. Provenance. From Castle of Park, Aberdeenshire. A version of this painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy London in 1911 entitled the Passing of War. Condition. Oil on canvas, 36 inches by 24 inches unframed and in good condition. Frame. Housed a complementary frame, 44 inches by 32 inches framed and in good condition. Francis ("Frank") Owen Salisbury (18 December 1874 – 31 August 1962) was an English artist who specialised in portraits, large canvases of historical and ceremonial events, stained glass and book illustration. In his heyday he made a fortune on both sides of the Atlantic and was known as "Britain’s Painter Laureate". His art was steadfastly conservative and he was a vitriolic critic of Modern Art – particularly of his contemporaries Picasso, Chagall and Mondrian. His father, Henry Salisbury, described himself as a "plumber, decorator and ironmonger" (his mother was Susan Hawes), yet his son Frank would become one of the greatest society artists of his generation. One of 11 children, Salisbury was such a delicate child that he was educated at home, in the main by his student teacher sister, Emilie. He had only a few weeks formal schooling and began work by repairing bicycles at his father’s Cycle Depot in Harpenden. Uncertain as to his ability to find and maintain a job, the family determined that he be apprenticed, at the age of 15, to Henry James Salisbury, his eldest brother, who managed a major stained glass company in Alma Road, St Albans. He rapidly acquired all the practical skills of a stained glass artist and exhibited exceptional skills in the painterly detail that was applied to glass before its final firing. This led to his brother sponsoring him to attend Heatherley’s School of Art three days a week to further a career in painting. He then won a scholarship to the Royal Academy Schools which he attended for five years and where he won two silver medals and two scholarships, including the Landseer scholarship which funded his to travel to Italy in 1896. In due course he would have seventy exhibits accepted for the annual Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions, from 1899 until 1943, though he was never offered membership, which reportedly disappointed him very much. In 1901 he married Alice Maude (d. 1951), daughter of C. Colmer Greenwood, with whom he had several children, including twin daughters Monica and Sylvia. His first Royal Academy exhibit was a portrait of Alice and he often painted pictures of their children. It is for portraiture that he is best known. His speed in producing portraits stemmed from his painting his own twin daughters every morning for an hour and his career began with child portraiture and his painting the Hertfordshire gentry and members of the Harpenden Methodist Church. He had a studio at his home, Sarum Chase. A providential meeting with Lord Wakefield, founder of Castrol Oils and a Methodist philanthropist, saw his introduction to society portraiture. Salisbury’s being selected to paint the Boy Cornwell in the Battle of Jutland then brought him to the notice of Royalty. Lord Wakefield then arranged for him to paint President Woodrow Wilson whilst he was in London, but Wilson departed for Paris and the opportunity was lost. It was to be John W. Davis, American Ambassador to London, who encouraged Salisbury to go to the USA; Davis had met Salisbury at art receptions and had admired his child portraits. Twenty-five members of the Royal House of Windsor sat for Salisbury and he was the first artist to paint HM Queen Elizabeth II. In 1919 he painted a mural for the Royal Exchange, London National Peace Thanksgiving Service on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral, 6th July 1919. He painted Winston Churchill on more occasions than any other artist; the two iconic images of Churchill – The Siren Suit and Blood, Sweat and Tears are both Salisbury images. Mayoral regalia was a ready made requisite for the Salisbury style with Councillor Sam Ryder (of Ryder Cup fame) as Mayor of St Albans being the most famous of his civic images. Other significant portraits include those of Richard Burton, Andrew Carnegie (posthumous), Sir Alan Cobham, Sir Robert Ludwig Mond, Maria Montessori...
Category

1910s Realist Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Woman with Blonde Hair and White Ruffled Shirt
By Cindy Gin
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant portrait of "Kristeen" (Grace Kelly), with short blonde hair and a white ruffled shirt by Cindy Gin (Cindy Lin) (American, 20th Century). Signed and dated "C. Gin 1991" lower...
Category

1990s Realist Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Woman with Blonde Hair and White Ruffled Shirt
Portrait of a Woman with Blonde Hair and White Ruffled Shirt
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
H 23.75 in W 19.75 in D 0.75 in
"Teapot" contemporary realist still life in bright yellow, silver and peach
By Daniela Astone
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Teapot" is an oil painting by Daniela Astone. A contemporary realist still life in bright yellow, silver and peach. Daniela Astone was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1980 and raised in Po...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

Previously Available Items
Truth Uncovered by Time Bronze Sculpture Lost Wax Method Florence Cesello 12 x 5
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
The sculpture was created using the Lost Wax method and traditional bronze finishing techniques that the artist learned in Florence, Italy. The lost wax method dates back to anti...
Category

2010s Romantic Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Bronze

Eros, Bronze Sculpture, Lost Wax Method , Cesello, Florence, Italy, Antiquity
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
Eros by Matthew James Collins is the Artist Proof of an Edition of Seven. Artist Statement: I am very happy to announce that two of my bronze works are now available in a limited edition of 7. The first one, shown above, is my vision of Eros. He is more popularly known in the Roman interpretation of a chubby baby or young boy with an bow and arrow. I have always been more intrigued with the original Greek embodiment of the this deity as a young man. More than the god of love, Eros was a personification of the power of creation. He was balanced by his antithesis was Thanatos, that of destruction. In fact, Thanatos is currently in the design process. This work will exist in an edition of 7 and 2 artist's proofs. Each piece is hand chased by myself and I apply the patina as well. The sculpture was created using the Lost Wax method...
Category

2010s Romantic Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Bronze

The Reluctant Immigrant, oil, ARC Salon Finalist, Portrait Society of America
By Matthew James Collins
Located in Houston, TX
Artist Statement on The Reluctant Immigrant: The Reluctant Immigrant is a painting of a Senegalese student, Dadji, I met in Florence, Italy. He came to Europe with his mother and s...
Category

2010s Realist Matthew James Collins Art

Materials

Oil

Matthew James Collins art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Matthew James Collins art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Matthew James Collins in oil paint, paint, fabric and more. Not every interior allows for large Matthew James Collins art, so small editions measuring 4 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Jennifer Gennari, Steven Paddack, and Adrienne Stein. Matthew James Collins art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,250 and tops out at $1,800, while the average work can sell for $1,500.

Artists Similar to Matthew James Collins

Recently Viewed

View All