Oil Painting Canvas Size & Format Comparisons.

The canvases used most often for hand-painted museum oil painting reproductions on canvas or portrait oil paintings from photos are based on the most desired sizes of canvas. Painting on standard-size canvases makes it simple to purchase pre-made frames from picture-frame shops for your reproduction oil painting on canvas.

What Are the Advantages of Using Standard Art Canvas Sizes?

Regular art canvas sizes will make your decor look more organized and classic when hanging more than one oil painting. With reproduction oil paintings on canvas in standard sizes, a variety of compositions can be created on the wall. You can browse for your favorite artwork from the most famous masters by the artist, color, subject , art movement , or even from the artist's biography in sizes that will best fit your home or business wall decor. To aid you with this, look at our wall art mock-up photo page to see what a hand-painted reproduction oil painting of a celebrated artist looks like in your home or office. We use the standard sizes for our portrait oil paintings , pet portraits , and house portraits . To see our painting process in action, visit our our studio or our artist's pages. If you need a custom size or a custom oil painting, we will be delighted to do it, contact us with your ideas or visit our made-to-order oil paintings page.

In most cases, the most popular size canvas is the one that follows a 3/4 formula. The height is 3/4 the width for horizontal (landscape) works of art, or the width is 3/4 the height for vertical (portrait) paintings. Keep the picture frame size an average of 1/6th of the canvas artwork's width or height.

Hand-painted replicas in oil on canvas with or without a picture frame should be large enough not to get lost in a room. In a spacious room, a small canvas by itself will not look right. The smaller the artwork, the better it will look with a large picture frame border. For all works of art, always check how deep the frame is and make sure it can accommodate the canvas on the stretcher bar.

What is the difference between using Linen or Cotton Duck Canvases?

Linen is difficult to prime and stretch for wall art, but it produces the smoothest and stiffest painting surfaces. Cotton duck canvas is the most well-known for painting and is less demanding, more adaptable to stretching, and more flexible than linen, but not suited for large artwork.

The photo sizes below are based purely on the canvas dimension, excluding the picture frame. The couch is 7 feet (2.1m) long for size comparisons.

Vertical or Portrait Painting Format

Horizontal or Landscape Format

A Horizontal or Vertical Panorama Painting Format

A Square Canvas Format

The size should be appropriate for its surroundings.

The ideal size for small rooms like a bathroom or kitchen are:

• 12 in. ×16 in. (30 cm × 40 cm)
• 16 in. × 20 in. (40 cm × 50 cm)
• 18 in. x 24 in. (45 cm x 60 cm)
• 24 in. x 18 in. (60 cm x 45 cm)
• 12 in. x 24 in. (30 cm x 60 cm)

Best proportions for medium-size rooms like a bedroom or dining room are:

• 16 in. × 20 in. (40 cm × 50 cm)
• 20 in. × 24 in. (50 cm × 60 cm)
• 20 in. × 20 in. (50 cm × 50 cm)
• 24 in. × 24 in. (60 cm × 60 cm)
• 24 in. x 30 in. (60 cm x 75 cm)
• 30 in. x 24 in. (75 cm x 60 cm)
• 16 in. x 32 in. (40 cm x 80 cm)
• 20 in. x 40 in. (50 cm x 100 cm)

The ideal dimensions for larger rooms such as a living room or family room are:

• 20 in. × 24 in. (50 cm × 60 cm)
• 24 in. × 36 in. (60 cm × 90 cm)
• 30 in. × 40 in. (75 cm x 100 cm)
• 40 in. x 30 in. (100 cm x 75 cm)
• 36 in. x 48 in. (90 cm x 122 cm)
• 48 in. x 36 in. (122 cm x 90 cm)
• 30 in. × 30 in. (75 cm x 75 cm)
• 36 in. × 36 in. (60 cm x 60 cm)
• 40 in.× 40 in. (100 cm x 100 cm)
• 24 in. x 48 in. (60 cm x 122 cm)

Finally, we have created a remarkable Then and Now, plus a Tilt-Shift painting photo section. Comparing the real oil painting locations with the artwork and making them into tilt-shift photos.