1881
A paint counter on Broadway
Emil Meininger opened a shop selling pigment, brushes and glass to Denver's sign painters and portraitists. The city was fourteen years old.
Since 1881
145 years
of the same question.
“What are you trying to make?” Everything else — the brands we carry, the depth we stock, the person who walks you to the shelf — is downstream of that. Materials for your hand.
1930
Second generation
The family took the store through the Depression by extending credit to working painters — a habit of judging a customer by their hands, not their bank, that never really left.
1987
Colorado Springs
A second floor opened south of Denver, tuned to plein-air and academic work. Same catalog, different weather.
2026
The same counter, better instruments
Eighty thousand items, two floors, and software finally built to tell you what is actually on the shelf. Nothing about the advice changes; the inventory just stops guessing.
Denver
499 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203
Mon–Sat 9–6 · Sun 11–5
Since 1881 · 24,000 sq ft
The flagship. Broadest paint, print, and framing floor in Colorado.
Colorado Springs
1683 S 8th St, Colorado Springs, CO 80906
Mon–Sat 9–6 · Sun 11–5
Since 1987 · 12,000 sq ft
The Springs shop. Same catalog, tuned for the plein-air and academy crowd.