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![Painting, Gray Scale Melody, L'Atlas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157715_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Passages N°107, Nagsoul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008758_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Contemporary portrait "The Inhabitants", Nataliya Bagatskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171128_1_grid.jpg)
Contemporary portrait "The Inhabitants"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,454
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![Sculpture, Medusa out of this world, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012475_1_grid.jpg)
Medusa out of this world
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 85 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 33.5 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
$1,854
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Torrent64_0802
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 41 x 60.6 x 5 cm Photography - 16.1 x 23.9 x 2 inch
$1,007
![Photography, Torrent48_0763, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1940814_1_grid.jpg)
Torrent48_0763
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 72.7 x 60.6 x 5 cm Photography - 28.6 x 23.9 x 2 inch
$1,790
![Photography, Torrent52_0773, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1940811_1_grid.jpg)
Torrent52_0773
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 60.6 x 72.7 x 5 cm Photography - 23.9 x 28.6 x 2 inch
$1,790
![Photography, Torrent51_0770, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1940808_1_grid.jpg)
Torrent51_0770
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 60.6 x 72.7 x 5 cm Photography - 23.9 x 28.6 x 2 inch
$1,790
![Photography, Torrent43_0742, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1940793_1_grid.jpg)
Torrent43_0742
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 72.7 x 60.6 x 5 cm Photography - 28.6 x 23.9 x 2 inch
$1,790
![Sculpture, Desert signe LVIII (SG249), Sylvie Guyomard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1781520_1_grid.jpg)
Desert signe LVIII (SG249)
Sylvie Guyomard
Sculpture - 50 x 40 x 5 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch
$548
![Painting, Warmin Poles - Océan et fonds marins, Janina Rossiter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1749810_1_grid.jpg)
Warmin Poles - Océan et fonds marins
Janina Rossiter
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,063
![Painting, Gentlemen prefer blondes, Patricia Gadisseur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1596108_1_grid.jpg)
Gentlemen prefer blondes
Patricia Gadisseur
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$1,230
![Painting, Left (paper) pieces : a cycle, Hansol Yoon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1468641_1_grid.jpg)
Left (paper) pieces : a cycle
Hansol Yoon
Painting - 53.4 x 38.7 x 2 cm Painting - 21 x 15.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,622
![Painting, Abstract Mountain Vol. 8 - Decomposed, Arianna Rybcenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1350828_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract Mountain Vol. 8 - Decomposed
Arianna Rybcenko
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.4 inch
$2,159
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![Painting, Heart in white- Love, Amour, Amore, Liebe 3D plaster, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172545_1_grid.jpg)
Heart in white- Love, Amour, Amore, Liebe 3D plaster
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,237
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![Painting, Graff N°2187 - XXL, Parscha Mirghawameddin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154171_1_grid.jpg)
Graff N°2187 - XXL
Parscha Mirghawameddin
Painting - 165 x 165 x 0.1 cm Painting - 65 x 65 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Sculpture, Figure marbre, Aude Herlédan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148373_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142907_1_grid.jpg)
Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur
Slim Aarons
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$2,181
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![Painting, Revenir, François-Xavier de Boissoudy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1797807_1_grid.jpg)
Revenir
François-Xavier de Boissoudy
Painting - 57 x 42 x 3 cm Painting - 22.4 x 16.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,342
![Painting, Dreamscape Gold & White - Two tone paintings, Daniela Pasqualini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1706892_1_grid.jpg)
Dreamscape Gold & White - Two tone paintings
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
$5,800
![Print, Athabasca - white, Sowat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1698774_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dans le mille - série Semi-abstrait, Jackie Spaeter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1633170_1_grid.jpg)
Dans le mille - série Semi-abstrait
Jackie Spaeter
Painting - 90 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
$1,107
![Painting, Lumière d'Asie - série Semi-abstrait, Jackie Spaeter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1633167_1_grid.jpg)
Lumière d'Asie - série Semi-abstrait
Jackie Spaeter
Painting - 90 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,107
![Print, Enso: A World Filled With silkscreen, Takashi Murakami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1483443_1_grid.jpg)
Enso: A World Filled With silkscreen
Takashi Murakami
Print - 46.8 x 39.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.4 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$2,964
![Print, Enso: Facing the Pitch-black Void, Takashi Murakami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1483434_1_grid.jpg)
Enso: Facing the Pitch-black Void
Takashi Murakami
Print - 46.8 x 39.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.4 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$2,964
![Painting, Cacao, Laurence Hubswerlin Diradourian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1395903_1_grid.jpg)
Cacao
Laurence Hubswerlin Diradourian
Painting - 48 x 36 x 2 cm Painting - 18.9 x 14.2 x 0.8 inch
$660
![Painting, Emergence, Nef](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178876_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Cheveux d'encre - Amour 5, Feng Kaixuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2086170_1_grid.jpg)
Cheveux d'encre - Amour 5
Feng Kaixuan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,013
![Painting, Cheveux d'encre - Amour 6, Feng Kaixuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2086167_1_grid.jpg)
Cheveux d'encre - Amour 6
Feng Kaixuan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,013
![Painting, Cheveux d'encre - Amour 7, Feng Kaixuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2086155_1_grid.jpg)
Cheveux d'encre - Amour 7
Feng Kaixuan
Painting - 40 x 84 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 33.1 x 0.4 inch
$1,879
![Painting, Earth and sky 210104, Don Bishop](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2050686_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gold field and sky 201227, Don Bishop](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2050683_1_grid.jpg)
Gold field and sky 201227
Don Bishop
Painting - 101.6 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$1,900
![Painting, Abstract 2386, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2013765_1_grid.jpg)
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![Sculpture, Roboclusion Stormtrooper, Vincent Sabatier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1917003_1_grid.jpg)
Roboclusion Stormtrooper
Vincent Sabatier
Sculpture - 25 x 16 x 5 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 6.3 x 2 inch
$1,454
![Painting, Abstract S2301, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1916016_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, Santa Claus, Alexander Calder](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1441512_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Santa Claus, Alexander Calder](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1441458_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Volcan II aquagravure originale, Bernard Alligand](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/940983_1_grid.jpg)
Volcan II aquagravure originale
Bernard Alligand
Print - 52 x 52 x 1 cm Print - 20.5 x 20.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,007
![Painting, Méta-Terra - série Terre, Odile Lanoix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/912633_1_grid.jpg)
Méta-Terra - série Terre
Odile Lanoix
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$940
![Painting, Extra-Terra - série Terre, Odile Lanoix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/912603_1_grid.jpg)
Extra-Terra - série Terre
Odile Lanoix
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,208
![Painting, Riva degli Schiavoni, Venise, Charles Malle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/593601_1_grid.jpg)
Riva degli Schiavoni, Venise
Charles Malle
Painting - 48 x 62 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.9 x 24.4 x 0 inch
$1,398
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![Fine Art Drawings, M16 USA, André Robillard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180831_1_grid.jpg)
M16 USA
André Robillard
Fine Art Drawings - 47 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.5 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$2,013
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![Painting, A Woman on a Blitch, Michael Gorban](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174713_1_grid.jpg)
A Woman on a Blitch
Michael Gorban
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$3,915
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![Painting, Sans titre 7, Rong Su](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165479_1_grid.jpg)
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Fond Marin (Réf.69)
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$3,132
![Sculpture, Roboclusion Street Fighter Ryu, Vincent Sabatier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1931022_1_grid.jpg)
Roboclusion Street Fighter Ryu
Vincent Sabatier
Sculpture - 25 x 16 x 5 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 6.3 x 2 inch
$1,454
![Sculpture, Roboclusion Kong Skate, Vincent Sabatier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1931016_1_grid.jpg)
Roboclusion Kong Skate
Vincent Sabatier
Sculpture - 25 x 16 x 5 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 6.3 x 2 inch
$1,454
White
In physics, white is the sum of all the colours. To the human eye, white appears to be the total absence of colour. Amongst artists, white and its many uses in art are continuously evolving and challenging those who would embrace them. Is white, then, a non-colour, or an enhancer of colours? Intangible or material? Absence or excess?
Since Antiquity, white has been appreciated for its symbolic value. In Ancient Greece, where they would paint their statues, it was a sign of incompletion, whereas the Romans believed it showed pomp and imperialist virtue. With the rise of Christianity, white was used in opposition to black in order to emphasise moral dichotomies: the pure, divine white against the darkness. In some cases, however, white was used to show sickness or death, most notably in the pallid representations of the skeletal, crucified Christ.
In the Renaissance white was used to sublimate faces and backgrounds. Da Vinci even based his sfumato technique on the soft transition from light into darkness. Throughout the history of painting, white was considered precious for its ability to reflect light. It attracts the gaze even when used in the tiniest quantities, and illuminates the subject, drawing out stunning contrasts as seen in the works of Rembrandt, or in Vermeer's famous Girl with the Pearl Earring.
With the rise of Impressionism, white was used as the brightest tone amongst shades of grey. While Manet produced canvases which were forerunners to monochromes, including The Reader, which was almost pure white, Monet delivered a stunning gradient of whites whilst recreating the snow at his home in Giverny. The first true white monochrome appeared with the arrival of Malevitch's White Square on a White Background. The artist said 'I have broken the blue boundary of colour limits, and come out into the white'.
Modernists were equally passionate about white and valued it incredibly highly. Miro in particular questioned the status of white on canvases. In his painting Woman, Bird and Star white is in parts boldly painted, but is also distinctive for its absence around the star. Picasso, on the other hand, explored white in conjunction with his famous coloured periods. Piero Manzoni became famous thanks to his 'achromatic' paintings, a series of canvases produced exclusively in shades of white. Moving into the 20th century, white became synonymous with minimalist abstraction. For artists like Kandinsky, white was a cosmic colour, associated with a spiritual search for the absolute, guiding the artists as he seek to express his emotions.
Today, white remains an ever popular subject. Roman Opalka made his name creating a series of white numbers of a white background, while Daniel Arsham reinvents white walls in galleries by letting his artwork drip down onto them. White is a colour with multiple symbolic interpretations. The colour of divinity or humility; of purity and immaculate, of emptiness and absence, but always colour. If blue has Klein and red has Rothko, it appears that no artist has yet succeeded in fully mastering white – but maybe you'll find them in our selection!