What we do

R. K. Burt and Company Ltd. is a leading London based wholesale paper supplier and distributor and was the first to introduce and supply fine art papers in bulk to the UK.

Our initial range included the now familiar mill names such as Arches, Fabriano, Hahnemühle, Lana and Rives.

The brands of the well known European mills mentioned above are complemented by others such as Canson with their Montval, Fontenay, Mi Teintes and Ingres, St. Cuthberts, with their Bockingford, Saunders Waterford and Somerset ranges, the Canaletto range from Cordenons, Clairefontaine, Schoellershammer, Zerkall, and products from Nepal and Egypt.

It is our belief that the customer, particularly in the field of fine art, demands, and should have available, the widest possible choice of fine art papers to suit his or her particular needs. This has led the extremes of our range to include inexpensive sketch pads, sheets of hand-made Egyptian Papyrus, as well as rolls of 100% cotton paper 100 yards long and weighing nearly 55kgs.

In 1999 the RKB Fat Pad range, spiral bound pads containing papers including drawing cartridge, Bockingford Watercolour, Fabriano 5, and Saunders Waterford. These economical pads provide a means for the discerning artist to work with some of these outstanding fine art papers on the move.

The increasingly widespread use of digital inkjet printing for domestic and commercial fine art uses has led us to add Canson Infinity (Baryta Photographique, Edition Etching, BFK Rives, Arches Velin Museum Rag, Rag Photographique, Rag Photographique Duo, Photogloss Premium, Photosatin Premium, Platine Fibre Rag, High Gloss, Mi-Teintes, Arches Aquarelle Rag, Montval Aquarelle, Museum Canvas, PhotoArt HD Canvas, Artist Canvas Gloss and Artist Canvas Matte) and Hahnemühle Digital ranges (Photo Rag, Photo Rag Baryta, Photo Rag Bright White, Photo Rag Satin, Photo Rag Pearl, Photo Rag Baryta, Photo Rag Ultra, Photo Rag Duo, Etching, German Etching, Natural Art Duo, Museum Etching, Albrecht Durer, Torchon, William Turner, Daguerre Canvas, Goya Canvas, Monet Canvas, FineArt Pearl, Leonardo Canvas, Bamboo, FineArt Baryta, Baryta FB, Photo Album, Sugar Cane, Gallerie Wrap and Protective spray) to our existing Somerset Enhanced, Photo Inkjet and Bockingford Inkjet products in this category.

This wide choice of fine art paper supplies is now available in bulk and in numerous formats from one London UK location, allowing rapid and economical distribution of assorted orders to be made to destinations within the UK, the EU or further afield.