# PIL solution from tkinter import * from PIL import ImageTk, Image tkFenster = Tk() canv = Canvas(master=tkFenster) canv.place(x=0, y=0, width=750, height=531) img = ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open("mond.gif")) # <-- PIL canv.create_image(0, 0, image=img, anchor='nw') mainloop()