Hahnemuhle

Hahnemühle Traditional Artist Papers are produced according to old recipes using high quality raw materials and pure spring water. Hahnemühle combines centuries of experience with modern innovation and artists inspiration since 1584.

Crucial for the quality of a painting is the surface texture of the watercolour paper. Here one must distinguish between torchon, rough, extra rough, matte and satiny. The more exacting the technical painting demands, the more robust the paper surface must be. Inexpensive papers are made from 100% pulp, high quality and fine papers are made from 100% cotton rag. There are also watercolour papers made from 50% rag and 50% pulp.

The Hahnemühle Watercolour papers are produced on a Fourdrinier machine. In this case too, natural felt is used to obtain various surface structures. Hahnemühle FineArt offers watercolour paper to suit all requirements – with rag fiber content and surface-glued, matte and coarse - available in weights from 200 gsm to 600 gsm. These papers and boards are really “multi-talented”: they are equally suitable for watercolours, gouache, tempera, pastel, charcoal, pencil and crayons.