Business Type
Family-Owned Art Materials Manufacturer
Visual supplier profile
Art Spectrum
Manufactures and supplies artist oils, watercolours, pastels, inks, pigments, papers, canvases, brushes, and studio accessories. Works with retail partners as a family owned Australian maker and distributor, supplying professional art materials across Australia and to international specialist stores.
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Primary Focus
Artists' Oils, Watercolours, Pastels
Established
1960
Employees
11 to 50
About This Company
Produces fine art materials for painters and other artists, including artist oils, studio oils, watercolours, studio watercolours, gouache, pigmented inks, soft and extra-soft pastels, pastel primers, gessoes, varnishes, solvents, dry ground pigments, papers, pads, stretchers, bracing, brushes, easels, and studio accessories. Its products also include Colourfix paper and board, Caravaggio linens, pre-stretched canvas, cotton canvas rolls, painting and palette knives, and artist raw materials. The catalogue covers both color media and studio support items used in painting, drawing, preparation, and display.
Founded in Melbourne in the early 1960s, the company operates as a family owned manufacturer, supplier, and distributor of products made in Australia. It works through retail partners rather than direct consumer sales, and its materials are sold through specialist stores in Australia and overseas. The product development and manufacturing approach uses high performance pigments, traditional milling methods, and lightfast formulations, with some ranges developed for Australian landscapes and local painting conditions.
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