Colart

Colart Group
Company typePrivate
IndustryArt materials
Headquarters
London
,
England
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsAcrylics, oils, watercolor, gouache, brushes, canvases, papers, inks, graphite and colored pencils, markers, charcoal
ParentLindengruppen[1]
Websitewww.colart.com

Colart, or the Colart Group, is a large international supplier of art materials, with subsidiaries and brands such as Winsor & Newton, Liquitex and Lefranc & Bourgeois.[2][3] The group's head office is situated in London.

Colart was established in 1992 as a wholly-owned subsidiary for the art materials segment of AB Wilh. Becker. As such it is also a wholly-owned second-tier subsidiary of Lindéngruppen, a privately held company based in Höganäs, Sweden.[1][4]

The Colart Group has ten production facilities based in the UK, France, and China.[5]

In 2017, Colart became the main owner of Elephant Art, publisher of the art magazine Elephant.[6]

  1. ^ a b b. Colart – Lindéngruppen Lindéngruppen. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ Colart Warehouse Management System Central Systems & Automation Ltd. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ^ The brands Archived 2016-11-16 at the Wayback Machine Colart. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. ^ AB Wilh. Becker AB Wilh. Becker. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  5. ^ Colart Worldwide at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 August 2016) Colart. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  6. ^ Colart teams up with Elephant Art to expand global reach Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Colart International, 15 maj 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.