CREATED BY AN ARTIST,
FOR AN ARTIST
With over four decades at the forefront of crafting fine painting supports, Simon Liu, Inc. continues to set the standard for inspired innovation and exceptional workmanship.
Every piece handmade in Brooklyn!
EXHIBITION READY
Throughout 40-plus years spent merging modern mechanical engineering with traditional fine arts craftsmanship, Simon Liu and his dedicated team of master artisans operate from the conviction that what supports a work of art is never an adjunct element, but always an integral component. With well over one million supports made, we approach our work with the same passion, dedication, pride, and restless pursuit of excellence that artists bring to their creations.
Accordingly, the superior design, feel, and strength of our products empowers artists to maximize their creativity, assures conservators of optimal preservation and longevity, and furnishes galleries and museums with exhibition-ready pieces.
Customers include leading conservators, blue-chip artists, world-renowned museums, period-precise Hollywood production companies, and top galleries — as well as collectors, emerging talents, and students.
Whatever the project, Simon Liu‘s team takes great pride in collaborating closely to meet every challenge on our client’s singular path to a custom product of peerless quality.
Overall, what Simon Liu, Inc. builds best are relationships.
Photography by John Carges
PRODUCTS
Custom-crafted premium stretchers, panels, and canvases.
From venerable classics to cutting-edge innovations, we produce exceptional stretchers — including our American Traditional, Mechanical, A-Liu-Minum, Italian Style, French Style, and more.
We produce a comprehensive range of high-quality panels for artists and conservators — including Single-sided, Semi-Rigid, Aluminum Honeycomb, and more.
We offer premium canvas options. Raw or Pre-Primed. Linen and cotton duck.
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Enjoy our featured episode in Baumgartner Restoration’s YouTube Series Behind the Canvas for an incisive look at what it takes to make a Simon Liu, Inc. original.
Driven to Deliver
the Next Level
The Made-in-Brooklyn Backstory of
Simon's Inspired Approach and Remarkable Rise
“Throughout the ‘80s and early ‘90s, it was a constant — a dash of yellow darting along the drab, pothole-strewn streets of SoHo and surrounding blocks just as that area dominated the art world. In fact, everywhere Simon Liu’s rusty but trusty 1974 Volkswagen Beetle ventured across the five boroughs, it was hard to miss.”
Aluminum keeps bringing new possibilities to the world of fine art painting supports. Simon Liu, Inc. partners with leading European manufacturer Museo on a matchless alternative to today’s mass-market options — hardware included.
Simon’s signature A-Liu-Minum Stretcher:
Can be ordered fully-assembled or shipped in pieces for easy self-assembly
Features enhanced strength and structural integrity via a proprietary hardware system — with 100% precision keying
Comes in a wider range of available thicknesses with conveniently removable crossbars
