Painting On Copper Plate

Panel in the year 1616.

Painting on copper plate.

Oil on copper paintings were prevalent in the mid sixteenth century in italy and northern europe. Copper was especially popular as a support in the 16th and 17th century and paintings from then are as vibrant and colourful as if they had been painted yesterday. How to prime a copper plate priming is traditional when painting on copper plate. Plan on trying a variety of brushes of both natural and synthetic fibers in order to discover which ones work best for you.

Painting on copper was in pristine condition. It is a great support to work on. The use of copper as a substrate for an oil painting dates back to medieval times. Painting on copper is a different experience than painting on canvas or board.

This painting by frans snyder a flemish artist called still life with fruit wan li porcelain and squirrel was painted with oil on copper. The flemish masters and other artists including jan breughel the elder claude el greco guido reni guercino rembrandt carlo saraceni ambrosius bosschaert ii copley fielding and vernet painted on copper. The usefulness of copper in metalwork is known to all but few people realize how much it has contributed to art and painting throughout history. Copper based pigments were an important ingredient in ancient paints and the metal itself was frequently employed as a canvas on which renaissance artists painted.

I also noticed there were no cracks on the surface.