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![Painting, Rhythm of Love, Marta Zawadzka](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207224_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vital XLIV. Scent Collection (5), Tuba Onder Demircioglu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206635_1_grid.jpg)
Vital XLIV. Scent Collection (5)
Tuba Onder Demircioglu
Sculpture - 61 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 24 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
$7,326
![Sculpture, Oxalis. Scent Collection (4), Tuba Onder Demircioglu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206634_1_grid.jpg)
Oxalis. Scent Collection (4)
Tuba Onder Demircioglu
Sculpture - 31 x 32 x 31 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 12.6 x 12.2 inch
$9,060
![Photography, Hilton Falls - 13309, Simeon Posen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203497_1_grid.jpg)
Hilton Falls - 13309
Simeon Posen
Photography - 25.4 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 10 x 12 x 2 inch
$900
![Photography, Midway Lights - 99127, Simeon Posen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203434_1_grid.jpg)
Midway Lights - 99127
Simeon Posen
Photography - 25.4 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 10 x 12 x 2 inch
$900
![Photography, 99102- Midway Lights, Simeon Posen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203432_1_grid.jpg)
99102- Midway Lights
Simeon Posen
Photography - 25.4 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 10 x 12 x 2 inch
$900
![Photography, 99101 - Midway Lights, Simeon Posen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203431_1_grid.jpg)
99101 - Midway Lights
Simeon Posen
Photography - 25.4 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 10 x 12 x 2 inch
$900
![Photography, Tokyo, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198114_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Femme au temple, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198109_1_grid.jpg)
Femme au temple
Raynald Najosky
Photography - 56 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 22 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,230
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![Photography, Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 419, Victoria Cohen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209001_1_grid.jpg)
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 419
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,300
![Print, Meltin'pot Flower Thrower - EA, Ske](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207266_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moment particulier, Hervé Souffi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205924_1_grid.jpg)
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![Sculpture, White Serenity, Amaury Maillet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195684_1_grid.jpg)
White Serenity
Amaury Maillet
Sculpture - 18 x 130 x 130 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 51.2 x 51.2 inch
$5,230
![Sculpture, Round Square All White, Amaury Maillet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195683_1_grid.jpg)
Round Square All White
Amaury Maillet
Sculpture - 90 x 80 x 70 cm Sculpture - 35.4 x 31.5 x 27.6 inch
$2,979
![Sculpture, White Mastodonte Under Red Moon, Amaury Maillet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195669_1_grid.jpg)
White Mastodonte Under Red Moon
Amaury Maillet
Sculpture - 55 x 70 x 50 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$2,979
![Painting, Against the Stream, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182739_1_grid.jpg)
Against the Stream
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,132
![Painting, Santorini, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182644_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Vase, Krisztina Serra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211571_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Hypomnema 3, Wall sculpture, Ivan Castiblanco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211369_1_grid.jpg)
Hypomnema 3, Wall sculpture
Ivan Castiblanco
Sculpture - 74.9 x 74.9 x 33.8 cm Sculpture - 29.5 x 29.5 x 13.3 inch
$2,500
![Sculpture, Hypomnema 1, Wall sculpture, Ivan Castiblanco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211367_1_grid.jpg)
Hypomnema 1, Wall sculpture
Ivan Castiblanco
Sculpture - 79.8 x 79.8 x 33.8 cm Sculpture - 31.4 x 31.4 x 13.3 inch
$2,500
![Painting, Dynamic Tiger, Jo Di Bona](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210227_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Illusion, Les Panchyshyn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207807_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 7552, Renato Spagnoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201914_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, White blossom on green (stretched), Nadine Antoniuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201821_1_grid.jpg)
White blossom on green (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 80 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$498
![Painting, Forest path 1, Alvaro Petritoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198567_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Filtered amber light, Alvaro Petritoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197207_1_grid.jpg)
Filtered amber light
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 83 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 32.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
$1,957
![Photography, Identity, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194287_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Relax with a Coffee, Sona Adalyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190806_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Philippe Zdar, (chalk), Xavier Veilhan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187923_1_grid.jpg)
Philippe Zdar, (chalk)
Xavier Veilhan
Print - 31.9 x 11.5 x 7.4 cm Print - 12.6 x 4.5 x 2.9 inch
$3,691
![Painting, Bionda, Andrea Reichhart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206466_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Radiant Glow, Diana Torje](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198858_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Elegant Luminescenece, Diana Torje](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198857_1_grid.jpg)
Elegant Luminescenece
Diana Torje
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,803
![Painting, Calm Reflections, Diana Torje](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198843_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bird Dance, Diana Torje](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198835_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Kiss me, I love you, Patrick Cornée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195674_1_grid.jpg)
Kiss me, I love you
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,579
![Painting, Primitive, Greg Bryce](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195094_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Unveiled Strata, Palak Modi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190764_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Renewed Radiance, Palak Modi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190762_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Opulência Manuelina. From the Iberia series, Celia Rogge](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213132_1_grid.jpg)
Opulência Manuelina. From the Iberia series
Celia Rogge
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 72 x 0.1 inch
$9,875
![Painting, Fleur I, Yong Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204168_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Invader Marilyn urban wall, Lasveguix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198593_1_grid.jpg)
Invader Marilyn urban wall
Lasveguix
Painting - 61 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,286
![Print, Death Ma22, Death NYC](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191866_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Khadija Tnana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190877_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tan solo, Patricia Parra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183380_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 60's idol, Fabien Novarino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182579_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, White Pigeons in Love, Tamar Nazaryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209153_1_grid.jpg)
White Pigeons in Love
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$350
![Photography, Hat and Gloves Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205985_1_grid.jpg)
Hat and Gloves Silhouette
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
$5,000
![Painting, Jake, Alexandre de Poplavsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205835_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Duality, Alexandre de Poplavsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205834_1_grid.jpg)
Duality
Alexandre de Poplavsky
Painting - 160 x 110 x 3.5 cm Painting - 63 x 43.3 x 1.4 inch
$31,317
![Painting, Amy Winehouse, Spaco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201957_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Queue de Baleine - Sculpture Raku animal marin, Naïg Oulhen dite AbeRaku](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199648_1_grid.jpg)
Queue de Baleine - Sculpture Raku animal marin
Naïg Oulhen dite AbeRaku
Sculpture - 42 x 45 x 26 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 17.7 x 10.2 inch
$1,370
![Painting, Crazy world, Davide Susca](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198506_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Kimono I, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198102_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Jesus, Dr. Love](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195556_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sweet Wave, Virginia Benedicto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194036_1_grid.jpg)
Sweet Wave
Virginia Benedicto
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,678 $1,560
![Painting, The Way to the Goal, Helen Mount](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192224_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amarylis Blanc, Virginie Cadoret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212671_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Combi WV en métal violine taggé, Kesa Graffiti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211915_1_grid.jpg)
Combi WV en métal violine taggé
Kesa Graffiti
Sculpture - 10 x 22 x 9 cm Sculpture - 3.9 x 8.7 x 3.5 inch
$336
![Sculpture, Serre-Tête, Emmanuelle Van Laere NEL-14512](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210403_1_grid.jpg)
Serre-Tête
Emmanuelle Van Laere NEL-14512
Sculpture - 85 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture - 33.5 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch
$8,277
![Painting, Pop heart, DAZ](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209168_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Crossing, Héléna Palazzi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202581_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Gefjun, Héléna Palazzi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202580_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cup of coffee and tangerine, Irina Trushkova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201842_1_grid.jpg)
Cup of coffee and tangerine
Irina Trushkova
Painting - 25 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
![Painting, Abstract 2421, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200571_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract 2415, Alex Senchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183215_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La croupe de Léda, Thierry Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216007_1_grid.jpg)
La croupe de Léda
Thierry Robert
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$559
![Photography, Courbes et craquelures, Thierry Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215439_1_grid.jpg)
Courbes et craquelures
Thierry Robert
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$559
![Painting, As Above, So Below, Fulvio Codsi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210659_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, V.I.T.R.I.O.L., Gustavo Díaz Sosa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208795_1_grid.jpg)
V.I.T.R.I.O.L.
Gustavo Díaz Sosa
Painting - 50 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$7,270
![Painting, Hombre del torrente, de la serie Wrong way to heaven (1), Gustavo Díaz Sosa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208404_1_grid.jpg)
Hombre del torrente, de la serie Wrong way to heaven (1)
Gustavo Díaz Sosa
Painting - 116 x 146 x 4 cm Painting - 45.7 x 57.5 x 1.6 inch
$9,842
![Painting, Hombre del torrente, de la serie Wrong way to heaven, Gustavo Díaz Sosa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208403_1_grid.jpg)
Hombre del torrente, de la serie Wrong way to heaven
Gustavo Díaz Sosa
Painting - 130 x 195 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 76.8 x 1.6 inch
$12,639
![Painting, Tanker, Stéphane Joannes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205811_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Sans titre, Stéphane Joannes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205801_1_grid.jpg)
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Magnolia branch - Original Artwork with Soft and Pastel colors
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,000
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Dans la tempête - Paysage de mer et voilier
Véronique Saudez
Painting - 25 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$268
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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!