13x52 Elite Professional 1.5" Deep B2 Stretcher Frame Kit

True 4:1 Super Panorama Proportion - 13x52 Size

This dramatic 13x52 size is in the 4:1 Aspect Ratio.

The 4:1 Super Panorama proportion has gained interest with a lot of artists, providing even a more dramatic and eye-catching compositional format. The unusual proportion provides the artist with a unique perspective with which to tell their story on canvas. This proportion is called a "polyomino proportion on the order of 4", or a linear tetromino object.

Explore other sizes in this same 4:1 aspect ratio:

11x44 • 12x48 • 14x56 • 15x60 • 16x64 • 17x68 • 18x72 • 19x76 • 20x80 • 21x84 • 22x88 • 23x92 • 24x96 • 25x100 • 26x104 • 27x108 • 28x112 • 29x116 • 30x120

• Super strong Elite™ B2™ Stretcher Bar is 50% stronger than most others in its class
• For this 13x52 large size frame, the frame provides the ultimate foundation for your art with increased strength and stability
• Produces a 1.5" deep stretched canvas
• 2-1/4" wide Stretcher Bars
• All Bars have an exclusive groove on the inside perimeter of the frame to which cross braces and Diamond Corner Braces attach
• Solid Ponderosa Pine or Fir from the Pacific Northwest

Elite™ Professional 1.5" Deep B2 Bar • 1/2" Canvas Clearance

A Canvas Clearance of 1/2" is the space between the Bar and the canvas. Generally speaking, more clearance reduces the risk of the canvas touching the wood and creating unsightly lines during painting. Our design provides the optimal clearance so as not to impact your painting, but still leaving enough wood to the maximize strength of the Stretcher Bar.

No Finger Joints!

Solid Wood is far superior to finger jointed wood, which is many small pieces glued together, each with varying grain densities that absorb and shed moisture at varying rates, expanding and contracting non-uniformly as environmental conditions change, and causing the wood to bow and the finger joints to eventually fail.

A single homogeneous kiln-dried solid wood Stretcher Bar outperforms and outlasts a finger jointed Bar whose sole purpose is to save the manufacturer cost, not contribute to the archival value of artwork intended to last a millennium. As a manufacturer, Masterpiece® does its part to conserve as much wood as possible, and still provide a quality product that will out-perform any other in the marketplace.

Sustainability Promotes Social Well-Being

The forests of the world are a precious resource that must be protected for future generations. By using lumber from sustainably managed forests in our products, we can help to ensure that these valuable resources are preserved and protected. This is not only important for the environment, but also for the social and economic well-being of the communities that rely on these forests for their livelihoods.

19x58 is the Canvas Size Needed for this 13x52 Frame

Please note that you will need a canvas that is at least 6 Inches larger than the actual frame size to ensure proper stretching. This will provide ample material to stretch the canvas and attach it to the back of the frame. If you prefer to attach the canvas from the edge of the stretcher frame, you can reduce the size of your canvas by approximately 3/4" all the way around the frame. This will allow you to paint on the edge of the canvas and hang your artwork without needing a separate picture frame. And, if you ever need to remove the canvas from the frame and re-attach it, you'll have enough material to do that too.

Tight'n'Up™ Liquid Canvas Retensioner

One of our most appreciated products helps make your canvas tighter! Stretching a canvas tightly can be a challenge. Our Frame Kits include the Corner and Brace Keys that you will need to add tension, but Tight'n'Up™ Liquid Canvas Re-Tensioner is a way that you can use to add tension to the canvas without needed to use the keys. It canvas be sprayed on the back of a canvas to repair most canvas tension issues.

With Tight'n'Up™, you can add tension to just a small area, or a large area. Simply spray it lightly on the back and brush it into the canvas, and within seconds, your canvas becomes tighter and stays tighter. The more you use, the tighter it gets. Recommended for acrylic primed cotton or linen canvas. We do not recommend it for oil primed canvas because there are simply too many different types of oil primed canvas, but used conservatively at your own risk, it will tension any canvas.

From the heart of California, Masterpiece® has been weaving a legacy since 1965, curating the best Stretcher Bars North America has witnessed. Our unwavering dedication to quality and innovation has cast us in the limelight as the trendsetting stalwarts in the realm of fine-art canvases. The patents we hold are not just certificates but validations of our pursuit of perfection. Engage with our creations and feel the promise of unmatched quality, a promise that resonates with your clients and every future beholder of your masterpiece.

In my opinion, old painters did not succeed in portraying truth because they did not go about it directly. They rendered the effects instead of the things. They proceeded from man to nature instead of going from nature to man. ♦ Emile Zola

Emile Zola, primarily recognized for his literary contributions, often engaged in discussions about art, particularly given his association with the Impressionist movement. His insight here touches upon a profound shift in how artists perceived and portrayed the world around them.

The classical approach, as Zola observed, often prioritized idealized forms and symbols. This tradition saw nature through the lens of human interpretation, sometimes diluting the raw, untamed beauty of the natural world. Zola championed a more direct approach, suggesting that to capture the genuine essence of a subject, artists needed to start with nature itself. In essence, we should let nature guide our hand and our perceptions, not the other way around.

For contemporary artists, this perspective remains a powerful reminder. As we approach our subjects, be it landscapes, portraits, or abstract forms, we must strive to see beyond our preconceptions. By allowing nature, in its unfiltered state, to shape our interpretations, we invite a more authentic, undiluted truth into our art, forging a connection that speaks not just to us, but through us.

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We've curated this inspirational quote and our take on the message, plus a unique portrait we created of Emile Zola, celebrating the timeless ever-evolving act of creation. Go create your own masterpiece!