photos on canvas?

[zeffy]

how long has being able to put photos on canvas been around? i.e 50 years or more or less?

[dezzyroo]

M. Huber, Jan 01, 1999; 08:14 p.m.

Some possible answers. Many years ago, mail order photo finishers offered a choice of textures and sent samples in their brochure. One of those choices was a "canvas" finish. It was not real canvas, but looked like canvas. Some used a texture screen in the printing process and the print has a rough surface. Thrir prints did not last very long. Then there was a company, long out of business, who used real stretch canvas. The $20.00 16 X 20 print I have has lasted, displayed on the wall, for 40 years. Their method was to carefully peel apart the top layer of the print (the picture) and carefully put it on stretch canvas. Everyone thinks my print is a painting and I loved the result. In the many years since the real canvas people went out of business, I have searched for a replacement. The closest I came was a custom wedding/portrait photographer, who didn't really want to do it and charged an arm and a leg. He used the above peel process. Now, I see Holland Photo Imaging is offering Ink-Jet Display prints on Artist's stretch canvas. Varnish coating recommended. Estimated to not noticeably fade for over 50 years. Cost 11X14 $31.00. (Varnish extra). That's 3 ways canvas prints are done. I, too, am still looking for canvas printing.

taken from http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_ id=000LLj

Even though the text details how a photo on canvas is created, it shows that this person had one for 40 years, so in answer to your question it has been around for more than 50years, but has become more popular in the last ten years