Derivan Matisse

Since inception Derivan has been committed to providing the arts community with the world’s finest-quality artist acrylic colours and mediums. The company’s founders had a vision “to make Australian-made premium paint available to artists worldwide while remaining environmentally and socially responsible”. This was to be achieved while maintaining the quality and personal touch that only a family company can provide. We have succeeded in just that, and Derivan has grown from a tiny affair first registered in 1958 as Vynol Paints Pty Ltd and operating out of stables in Sydney’s inner city suburb of Kings Cross to the multinational operation it is today.