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![Painting, Séquence VI, Nash](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172303_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, De tornada al país de la nieve, Francesca Poza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172190_1_grid.jpg)
De tornada al país de la nieve
Francesca Poza
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,152
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![Painting, Paris, rue du Petit Pont, Lyne Seybel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147706_1_grid.jpg)
Paris, rue du Petit Pont
Lyne Seybel
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,063
![Painting, En el filo, Sonia Domenech](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138150_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract 2398, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128126_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tú y yo, Virginia Benedicto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2126190_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Shoot the bank on financial time (Arrows 2013), JP Malot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2125140_1_grid.jpg)
Shoot the bank on financial time (Arrows 2013)
JP Malot
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,237
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![Photography, Jeune fille à la bicyclette, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1822839_1_grid.jpg)
Jeune fille à la bicyclette
José Nicolas
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Abstrait N°446, Aurelien Grudzien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1773957_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstrait N°444, Aurelien Grudzien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1773942_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Miami Stripes 09 11bn, Luca Artioli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1738338_1_grid.jpg)
Miami Stripes 09 11bn
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
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![Painting, Abstract 21112, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1602693_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reflet d'une vieille coque, Richard Bouts](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1483812_1_grid.jpg)
Reflet d'une vieille coque
Richard Bouts
Painting - 65.3 x 54.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.7 x 21.5 x 1 inch
$1,118
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![Painting, Fenêtre sur soi - série abstraction, Dominique Arzoumanian (Darzou)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1107003_1_grid.jpg)
Fenêtre sur soi - série abstraction
Dominique Arzoumanian (Darzou)
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$593
![Print, Untitle, Jaume Rivas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/985341_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, La cage où les gens pleurent, Sandra Chevrier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/839193_1_grid.jpg)
La cage où les gens pleurent
Sandra Chevrier
Sculpture - 30 x 22 x 17 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 8.7 x 6.7 inch
$2,069
![Print, Ballet, Joan Brossa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/713934_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lx046. Lisbonne Portugal, Olivier Perrin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192765_1_grid.jpg)
Lx046. Lisbonne Portugal
Olivier Perrin
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$336
![Photography, Lx043. Lisbonne Portugal, Olivier Perrin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192763_1_grid.jpg)
Lx043. Lisbonne Portugal
Olivier Perrin
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$336
![Photography, Lx036. Lisbonne Portugal, Olivier Perrin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192756_1_grid.jpg)
Lx036. Lisbonne Portugal
Olivier Perrin
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$336
![Sculpture, The white garden, Alla Grande](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181258_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Contemporary portrait "Photo for Memory", Nataliya Bagatskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178693_1_grid.jpg)
Contemporary portrait "Photo for Memory"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 55 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,454
![Painting, Delirium Tremens, Goulwen (Leyto) Mahé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173943_1_grid.jpg)
Delirium Tremens
Goulwen (Leyto) Mahé
Painting - 130 x 195 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 76.8 x 1.6 inch
$6,711
![Fine Art Drawings, La pause, Éric Dabancourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172705_1_grid.jpg)
La pause
Éric Dabancourt
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,163
![Fine Art Drawings, L'écoute, Éric Dabancourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172704_1_grid.jpg)
L'écoute
Éric Dabancourt
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,163
![Fine Art Drawings, Fourmis, Éric Dabancourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172703_1_grid.jpg)
Fourmis
Éric Dabancourt
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$604
![Sculpture, Daft Punk Red Angel, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171861_1_grid.jpg)
Daft Punk Red Angel
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 40 x 29 x 22 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.4 x 8.7 inch
$728
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![Painting, Contemporary portrait "At Night", Nataliya Bagatskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133601_1_grid.jpg)
Contemporary portrait "At Night"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,454
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![Photography, Renaissance woman 6, Léo Caillard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1984191_1_grid.jpg)
Renaissance woman 6
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$4,250
![Painting, Formscape no. 45, Lana Matsuyama](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1957317_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Formscape no. 46, Lana Matsuyama](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1957314_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Guia DHL, Rodrigo Spinel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1870356_1_grid.jpg)
Guia DHL
Rodrigo Spinel
Fine Art Drawings - 31.8 x 24.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.5 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
![Fine Art Drawings, Guia USPS, Rodrigo Spinel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1870353_1_grid.jpg)
Guia USPS
Rodrigo Spinel
Fine Art Drawings - 31.8 x 24.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.5 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
![Fine Art Drawings, Guia Fedex, Rodrigo Spinel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1870350_1_grid.jpg)
Guia Fedex
Rodrigo Spinel
Fine Art Drawings - 31.8 x 24.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.5 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
![Painting, Residence, Lisa Daniels](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1815678_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Two Halves Make A Whole Handmade Sculpture for Home Decor, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1635801_1_grid.jpg)
Two Halves Make A Whole Handmade Sculpture for Home Decor
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 31 x 23 x 23 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 9.1 x 9.1 inch
$199
![Photography, Paradis perdu 08 - série portraits de femmes, Stéphane Vereecken](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1610979_1_grid.jpg)
Paradis perdu 08 - série portraits de femmes
Stéphane Vereecken
Photography - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,174
![Painting, Modern Geometric 2, Cátia Goffinet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1534467_1_grid.jpg)
Modern Geometric 2
Cátia Goffinet
Painting - 104 x 147 x 0.3 cm Painting - 40.9 x 57.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,901
![Sculpture, Deer, Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1440972_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Minotaure aux tétines, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1438536_1_grid.jpg)
Minotaure aux tétines
Yohan Storti
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$470
![Fine Art Drawings, Love l’herbe, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1438533_1_grid.jpg)
Love l’herbe
Yohan Storti
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$470
![Fine Art Drawings, Richard Wagner, Valerio Adami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1387974_1_grid.jpg)
Richard Wagner
Valerio Adami
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.6 inch
$3,915
![Painting, Hey what's your name?, Le Hai Linh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1369458_1_grid.jpg)
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Walls & Façades Series #8
Lana Matsuyama
Painting - 200 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,986
![Painting, Process no. 6, Lana Matsuyama](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1326279_1_grid.jpg)
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Metamorphoses of desire
Vasil Vasilev-Vaso
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$839
![Painting, Brume matinale - série paysage rural, Philippe Maillebuau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1085925_1_grid.jpg)
Brume matinale - série paysage rural
Philippe Maillebuau
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$626
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ES 12 Empire du signe
Pierre-Marc de Biasi
Print - 83 x 76 x 1 cm Print - 32.7 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,118
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Recherche de Motifs 8
François Azambourg
Painting - 217 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 85.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$1,790
![Painting, Recherche de motifs 15, François Azambourg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/912639_1_grid.jpg)
Recherche de motifs 15
François Azambourg
Painting - 135 x 99 x 0.1 cm Painting - 53.1 x 39 x 0 inch
$1,342
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!