Sitting on the Steps of the Duomo 2009 31x68 -Huge - Florence, Italy

Year2009

Hand SignedLower Right 

Condition Excellent 

Not Framed 

Story / Additional InfoThis painting was featured in the artist's one man show in Firenze, Italy entitled "Oltre La Prospettiva" (Beyond the Perspective) in the Spring of 2010. 

Certificate of AuthenticityCertification signed and dated by artist 

Additional InformationMotivated 

LID33781

Matthew Bates - United States

Art Brokerage: Matthew Bates American Artist: b. 1970. Matthew Bates was born into an artistic family in Washington, DC in 1970. Painting has always been a part of the family life, Matthew's grandmother Constance Wigglesworth Holden an accomplished painter from Cambridge, MA studied with Fernand Léger in his Paris Studio. Matthew's Father Stephen Bates is an abstract painter and professional clarinet player at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC whose director is Placido Domingo. Since Matthew was immersed in the arts at home it was natural that Matthew took an interest in painting. His first art teacher was Percy Martin at the Sidwell Friends School where Matthew graduated with the honor of the school art award. Mr. Martin had a relaxed approach to teaching preferring to let his students experiment with several different mediums from printmaking to painting in all styles and mediums and drawing. What was important was that you worked hard, and Matthew took that to heart, spending all of his free time in the art studio. In 1988 Matthew moved out to San Francisco to study art at the Academy of Art College. The first two years were formidable and he learned everything from design techniques, to manipulation of color, to the anatomy of the human body, and most of all drawing. Listings wanted.