Matthews Gallery

Matthews Gallery A leading art gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico showing Historic + Modern + Contemporary art by master artists from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.

Art gallery in Santa Fe located at 669 Canyon Road showing modernism and contemporary art. Exhibitions have included works by Matisse, Modigliani, Mary Cassatt, Gino Severini, André Lhote, Camille Pissarro, Leger, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Francesco Clemente, etc.. Represented artists include Jamie Chase, Kate Rivers, Eric G. Thompson, Michael von Helms, Diane White. For a complete listing please see our website.

CUBIST LANDSCAPE WITH MOUNTAINS, C. 1950'SOil Pastel on Paper14 x 13.25 inches (sight); 29 x 23 inches (framed)Signed lo...
05/29/2026

CUBIST LANDSCAPE WITH MOUNTAINS, C. 1950'S
Oil Pastel on Paper
14 x 13.25 inches (sight); 29 x 23 inches (framed)
Signed lower left "Emil Bisttram"

From the Lower East Side of New York to the mountains of Taos, Emil Bisttram was a major contributor to American modernism.

Born in Hungary in 1895, Bisttram arrived in New York as a child. He received his training at some of the city's finest schools before becoming an influential teacher himself. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship which sent him to Mexico to study mural painting under Diego Rivera. There he learned from the master of most powerful mural movement of the 20th century. Afterwards, he headed straight for New Mexico.
Settling in Taos in 1931, he founded the Taos School of Art and the Heptagon Gallery, co-founded the visionary Transcendental Painting Group in 1938, and thereby spent four decades shaping the modernist art scene of northern New Mexico. Guided by the geometric principles of Dynamic Symmetry and a deep spiritual sensibility, his work moved from cubist experimentation to pure, luminous abstraction, art that sought transformative transcendence through form itself.
His influential legacy is evident in the fact that he appears in numerous museum collections, including the Smithsonian, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the New Mexico Museum of Fine Art.

Available at Matthews Gallery

"CATTAIL" TONAL SOUNDING SCUPTURE (81 RODS), C. MID 1970SBeryllium copper on brass plate40.5 x 5 x 5 inches (including b...
05/27/2026

"CATTAIL" TONAL SOUNDING SCUPTURE (81 RODS), C. MID 1970S
Beryllium copper on brass plate
40.5 x 5 x 5 inches (including base)
Rod layout - 9 x 9

Harry Bertoia lived at the intersection of art, design, and sound

Born in Italy in 1915 and shaped by the legendary Cranbrook Academy of Art in Detroit, Bertoia moved through the most influential circles of mid-century American modernism, working alongside Charles and Ray Eames, the Saarinens, and Florence Knoll. His iconic Diamond Chair redefined what furniture could be: sculpture you could sit in.
When two metal rods he was working with struck each other and rang out it was the inspiration he needed inspiration for his true calling.. From that spark was born the Sonambient series: towering assemblies of metal rods and reeds that respond to wind and touch, producing layered, haunting harmonics that blur the line between visual art and living music. For the last two decades of his life, Bertoia devoted himself entirely to this work, pushing sculpture into a dimension no artist before or since has explored quite so eloquently.
His work bridges the functional design, modernist sculpture, and experimental sound, a rare artist whose work you can see, use and hear.

Available at the Matthews Gallery, Santa Fe.

Fremont Ellis – Los Cincos Pintores founder and Southwestern Impressionist�As a boy, Fremont Ellis fell in love with Alb...
05/15/2026

Fremont Ellis – Los Cincos Pintores founder and Southwestern Impressionist
�As a boy, Fremont Ellis fell in love with Albert Bierstadt’s luminous canvases of the American Southwest. So after a brief stint as an optometrist in El Paso, he moved to Santa Fe in 1919. Then, with friends Jozef Bakos, Walter Mruk, Willard Nash, and Will Shuster, he co‑founded Los Cincos Pintores, New Mexico’s modernist artist rebels. Ellis’ landscapes blend impressionism, post‑impressionism and modernism. �
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Alfred Morang - The Last Bohemian of Santa Fe.If you walk Canyon Road in Santa Fe on an evening, it’s not difficult to i...
05/13/2026

Alfred Morang - The Last Bohemian of Santa Fe.
If you walk Canyon Road in Santa Fe on an evening, it’s not difficult to imagine Alfred Morang making his way home from Claude's Bar, cigarette in a holder, brim of his hat tilted just so, looking very French.
Born in Maine in 1901, Morang was a polymath: a violinist who performed at Boston’s Jordan Hall, a writer of short stories published in national magazines, and a painter who would become Santa Fe’s own Toulouse-Lautrec. He arrived in 1937 and stepped into the New Mexico art scene as if he had always been meant for it. He taught painting, he wrote a weekly column, he hosted a radio program called "The World of Art," and through the Morang School of Fine Art he shaped a generation of Santa Fe artists.
His landscapes carried the warmth of Monet and Bonnard, and his bar scenes carried the affection for his subjects like Toulouse-Lautrec. After his tragic death in a Canyon Road studio fire in January 1958, an unnamed Santa Fe artist offered the line about his impact on local artists that has followed him ever since: “Morang taught half of them how to paint, and the other half how to see.”
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A British Royal Connection on view in the gallery. As King Charles visits the United States, we can’t help thinking that...
04/29/2026

A British Royal Connection on view in the gallery. As King Charles visits the United States, we can’t help thinking that if he happens to stop by Santa Fe, he could see a painting once seen by his great-great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria.

The painting is “Pepys’ Introduction to Nell Gwynne” by Augustus Leopold Egg, RA. It was exhibited in Manchester in 1857 at Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, an extraordinary exhibition that drew 1.3 million visitors and was attended by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Egg’s painting is a brilliant example of Victorian narrative painting, almost cinematic in its staging. It imagines Samuel Pepys meeting the actress Nell Gwynne, who became famous both for her theatrical gifts and for her relationship with King Charles II.

A painting once seen by Queen Victoria in 1857 is now on view in the gallery, with all the history, and royal intrigue of Victorian England.

EDWARD HOPPER (American, 1882-1967) "Night Shadows", 1921."In this artwork, Hopper offers viewers a bird’s-eye view of a...
05/02/2025

EDWARD HOPPER (American, 1882-1967) "Night Shadows", 1921."
In this artwork, Hopper offers viewers a bird’s-eye view of a city street corner. He is able to evoke an entire world with only a few elements: a storefront, a fire hydrant, and a lone man about to cross the shadow on the sidewalk. The scene is based on a real New York location that also inspired his oil painting "New York Corner" (1913; Museum of Modern Art). Though the setting seems ordinary, Hopper renders it mysterious through dark tones and strong composition. His handling of light and shadow anticipates the heightened atmosphere and unsettling narratives of 1940s film noir.

We are thrilled to offer this exceptional and important work by one of Amerca's leading artists. Please see our website to learn more: https://www.thematthewsgallery.com/artists/520-edward-hopper/works/

Happy International Women’s Day! Celebrating all the amazing contributions that women artists have made throughout histo...
03/08/2025

Happy International Women’s Day!
Celebrating all the amazing contributions that women artists have made throughout history. We are proud to have showcase the work of incredible women artists whose voices and visions have shaped the art world. From trailblazing modernists to contemporary visionaries, these artists challenged conventions and enriched our cultural landscape with their powerful expressions.

We are especially grateful to manage the estate of Janet Lippincott whose innovation and creative spirit shown bright from the New Mexico desert out into the world.

Now In The Gallery - Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945)Frau mit Totem Kind (Woman with Dead Child), 1903Signed lower right, Kath...
03/07/2025

Now In The Gallery - Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945)
Frau mit Totem Kind (Woman with Dead Child), 1903
Signed lower right, Kathe Kollwitz, editioned lower left 14/50
Aquatint/etching.
Käthe Kollwitz: The Voice of Humanity in Art

Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) used her extraordinary talent to capture the raw emotions of human struggle, grief, and resilience. Known for her powerful depictions of women, mothers, and the working class, her etchings, lithographs, and sculptures speak to the suffering and strength of humanity during times of war and hardship.

Her works are not just art—they’re a cry for compassion and justice. Pieces like “The Mothers” and “Woman with Dead Child” confront us with the cost of conflict and the unbreakable bond between mother and child.

Kollwitz’s legacy reminds us of the power of art to advocate for peace and to keep us connected to our shared humanity. Her ability to transform sorrow into profound beauty ensures her voice will echo through history.

Learn more here: https://conta.cc/41GX2GN

Now In The Gallery - DAVID HOCKNEY, "Two Apples, One Lemon and Four Flowers", 1988, Lithograph in Colors. British artist...
03/06/2025

Now In The Gallery - DAVID HOCKNEY, "Two Apples, One Lemon and Four Flowers", 1988, Lithograph in Colors.

British artist David Hockney has spent over six decades transforming how we see the world. Known for his bold use of color and innovative perspectives, Hockney’s works—from the iconic California pool scenes to his expressive iPad drawings—celebrate the beauty of everyday life. His mastery of light and space continues to captivate audiences, making him one of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Learn more about this artwork here: https://www.thematthewsgallery.com/artists/434-david-hockney/overview/

Now In The Gallery - ARTHUR G. DOVE, AMERICAN, 1880-1946, RED BARNS, 1937-38, Watercolor, 6.75 x 4.625 inches (image); 1...
10/11/2024

Now In The Gallery - ARTHUR G. DOVE, AMERICAN, 1880-1946, RED BARNS, 1937-38, Watercolor, 6.75 x 4.625 inches (image); 13.75 x 11.5 inches (framed). Arthur Dove, one of the most important and influential American modernist painters, was born on August 2, 1880, in Canandaigua, New York. He is regarded as one of the first American abstract artists, and his innovative use of color and form laid the groundwork for many modernist movements that followed.

Learn more about this artwork at the link in our bio.

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669 Canyon Road
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