Until the turn of the century, many professional artists prepared their own artist canvas. As more and more amateurs took up artist paints & brushes, the demand for canvases prepared by traditional methods grew. In 1906 Victor Claessens founded his company and began producing top-quality artist primed linen canvas.

A century later, Claessens canvas is still being produced in the original building where it was founded. The descendents of Victor Claessens have made a conscious choice to keep a small-scale approach to artist canvas manufacturing and to honor the traditional methods for treating the product. The result is museum quality linen without equal.

The respect for tradition and experience has made Claessens canvas a household name amongst artists interested in producing the highest quality work. Utrecht is proud to be associated with one of the finest canvas brands available.  We offer both Claessens Acrylic Primed and Oil Primed Linen Canvas rolls that are shipped in a hard canister and date stamped to mark their freshness.