Montmartre painting by Matthew Holden Bates

Collect Matthew Holden Bates

A curated doorway into original oil paintings, fine art prints, metal prints, and large-format works by Matthew Holden Bates, artist and writer in Florence, Italy.

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Originals from the studio

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Prints for everyday rooms

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Large pieces for bold walls

A collecting page, not just a store.

This page brings the different ways of owning the work into one place: original paintings, traditional prints, metal prints, and large-format pieces. The aim is to make the work feel available without making it feel ordinary.

Start with the image that stays with you.

Some people begin with a print. Others want the original painting. Either way, the first decision is simple: choose the work that keeps calling after the browser tab is closed.

Paintings made slowly, with real attention.

These works come from years of looking, drawing, painting, correcting, and returning to the same question: how can paint hold the light, memory, architecture, and strange electricity of a place?

One painting can live many lives.

A collector may want the original. A reader may want a card. A designer may need a large wall piece. A first-time buyer may want a small print. The work stays itself, but the doorway changes.

Featured Works

Selected works are shown here as collecting pathways. Availability and formats may vary by platform.

Villa Cafaggio Still Life by Matthew Holden Bates

Villa Cafaggio Still Life

A quiet still life with the feeling of table, light, patience, and Tuscan silence.

Candle by Matthew Holden Bates

Candle

A small, direct image with the intimacy of a room after the world has gone quiet.

Lovers in Santa Croce by Matthew Holden Bates

Lovers in Santa Croce

A romantic Florence image with people, architecture, and the theater of public life.

Il Duomo di Firenze by Matthew Holden Bates

Il Duomo di Firenze

A major Florence subject, made for viewers who want architecture, scale, and spiritual gravity.

Radishes by Matthew Holden Bates

Radishes

A vivid still life with color, delicacy, and the small miracle of ordinary things becoming strange.

Waiting in Line at the Uffizi by Matthew Holden Bates

Waiting in Line at the Uffizi

A painting about looking, waiting, tourism, history, and the beautiful absurdity of entering the temple of art.

Sitting on the Steps of the Duomo by Matthew Holden Bates

Sitting on the Steps of the Duomo

A painting that became a story: Florence, youth, art, memory, and the beginning of a fictional life.

Montmartre by Matthew Holden Bates

Montmartre

A painting with Parisian rhythm, street life, architecture, and a long conversation between memory and surface.

Mercato di San Lorenzo by Matthew Holden Bates

Mercato di San Lorenzo

A Florence market scene with architecture, movement, color, and the everyday theater of the city.

Because art is not decoration first. It is recognition.

  • Because a painting can hold the mood of a city long after the street has changed.
  • Because a print can make a room feel chosen rather than merely furnished.
  • Because original paintings carry time inside them: the hours of looking, correcting, waiting, and returning.
  • Because collecting art is a way of saying: this image belongs in the story of my life.

Ask about a specific work.

For original paintings, custom print questions, commissions, exhibitions, licensing, or help choosing the right format, contact Matthew directly.