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![Photography, Akvo 4, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764852_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Akvo 3, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764831_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Akvo 6, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764738_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Akvo 2, Raynald Najosky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764705_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Miami Beach NYE., Luca Artioli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1724754_1_grid.jpg)
Miami Beach NYE.
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, AC14, Stefano Mazzolini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1488666_1_grid.jpg)
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![Fine Art Drawings, C'est qui le patron, Sandra Paris](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1481265_1_grid.jpg)
C'est qui le patron
Sandra Paris
Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$200
![Painting, Abstract Green Elegance Part 2 LPT2, Roger König](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1471776_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract Green Elegance Part 2 LPT2
Roger König
Painting - 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$14,540
![Painting, Landscape with river and bridge, Harrie Sijbers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1460955_1_grid.jpg)
Landscape with river and bridge
Harrie Sijbers
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,803
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![Sculpture, Sea Horse, Alexandra Kapogianni-Beth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1384659_1_grid.jpg)
Sea Horse
Alexandra Kapogianni-Beth
Sculpture - 30 x 42 x 9 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 16.5 x 3.5 inch
$3,411
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![Photography, La solitude n'existe pas, Pierre Gély-Fort](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1258740_1_grid.jpg)
La solitude n'existe pas
Pierre Gély-Fort
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Les robots à cocktails, Pierre Gély-Fort](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1258713_1_grid.jpg)
Les robots à cocktails
Pierre Gély-Fort
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$895
![Photography, L'embarquement, Pierre Gély-Fort](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1258698_1_grid.jpg)
L'embarquement
Pierre Gély-Fort
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$895
![Photography, 008- Série Les petits peuples de Sibérie, Jacques Langevin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1258650_1_grid.jpg)
008- Série Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Photography, 007-Les petits peuples de Sibérie, Jacques Langevin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1258644_1_grid.jpg)
007-Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Photography, 006- Les petits peuples de Sibérie, Jacques Langevin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1258638_1_grid.jpg)
006- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Photography, 005- Les petits peuples de Sibérie, Jacques Langevin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1258629_1_grid.jpg)
005- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Photography, 002-Les petits peuples de Sibérie, Jacques Langevin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1258569_1_grid.jpg)
002-Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Sculpture, Pink turtle, Aperato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1232859_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Incense Debris, Shine Huang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1230471_1_grid.jpg)
Incense Debris
Shine Huang
Photography - 101.6 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
![Photography, Noce dans le Berry, L'épreuve du feu, gage de longévité, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224327_1_grid.jpg)
Noce dans le Berry, L'épreuve du feu, gage de longévité
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$839
![Photography, Grande Motte Seagulls 2V, Clemente Vergara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1222524_1_grid.jpg)
Grande Motte Seagulls 2V
Clemente Vergara
Photography - 70 x 56 cm Photography - 27.6 x 22 inch
$503
![Print, Flyer Liar, Mason Storm](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1217025_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lastro #3, Paulo Canilhas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/904464_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coleção Libertação - Liberation Collection, Paulo Canilhas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/904437_1_grid.jpg)
Coleção Libertação - Liberation Collection
Paulo Canilhas
Painting - 110 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$5,033
![Painting, Mur Blanc, Peuple Muet (white), Bze Bzeland](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/848433_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
![Photography, Vol de nuit, Dominique Jullien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/746826_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Cygnus & Laridae, Laetitia Waegel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/719382_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sans titre (Deauville), Philippe Ramette](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/715248_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre (Deauville)
Philippe Ramette
Photography - 100 x 80 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 inch
$11,856
![Photography, Pêcheur de Loire, Dominique Jullien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/702132_1_grid.jpg)
Pêcheur de Loire
Dominique Jullien
Photography - 13 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$336
![Print, It calms us both 2, Laure Prouvost](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/684267_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Éphémère Sensualité #2, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/613092_1_grid.jpg)
Éphémère Sensualité #2
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$213
![Photography, Loulou, Bernard Biancotto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/475651_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ricoché, Bernard Biancotto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/475624_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Façades 1, Louise Nevelson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/385289_1_grid.jpg)
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![Sculpture, David on the Ice Cream, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171843_1_grid.jpg)
David on the Ice Cream
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 52 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
$463
![Painting, Washing 07, Nancy Barwell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171682_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vaincre, Charlotte Pivard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161786_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vessel of sensations. Figure of a meditating woman., Sve Gri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160857_1_grid.jpg)
Vessel of sensations. Figure of a meditating woman.
Sve Gri
Sculpture - 14 x 12 x 10 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 4.7 x 3.9 inch
$805
![Painting, Voyage Nocturne, Michel Saint-Luc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157106_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Pink Champagne Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey, Richard Heeps](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156569_1_grid.jpg)
Pink Champagne Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey
Richard Heeps
Photography - 80 x 63.5 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25 x 0 inch
$927
![Photography, Orage blanc, Jean-Pierre Fleury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151427_1_grid.jpg)
Orage blanc
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 140 x 210 x 3 cm Photography - 55.1 x 82.7 x 1.2 inch
$8,232
![Painting, Serie geisha 00082, Josep Pozo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147086_1_grid.jpg)
Serie geisha 00082
Josep Pozo
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$2,013
![Painting, Imagined destinations, Winter (L’hiver), Taisia Korotkova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135650_1_grid.jpg)
Imagined destinations, Winter (L’hiver)
Taisia Korotkova
Painting - 56 x 76 x 0.2 cm Painting - 22 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,678
![Painting, L'orage II, Christine Desplanque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2121936_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Chess vase, Nina Urushadze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2100369_1_grid.jpg)
Chess vase
Nina Urushadze
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 41 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0.2 inch
$895
![Painting, Couronnement de l'amour, Yousra Hamraoui](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2048061_1_grid.jpg)
Couronnement de l'amour
Yousra Hamraoui
Painting - 80 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,342
![Painting, Edwina Wishes that Eloise would Stop Playing, Brian Nash](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038377_1_grid.jpg)
Edwina Wishes that Eloise would Stop Playing
Brian Nash
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$2,400
![Painting, Panda, Brian Nash](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038299_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bleu d’océan, Eric Munsch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2030916_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Colours of David, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012595_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Colours of Artemis, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012592_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Choose love David, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012589_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, David & Aphrodite, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012559_1_grid.jpg)
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Golden streak Artemis
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 32 x 18 x 14 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 7.1 x 5.5 inch
$265
![Sculpture, Hercules Yakuza, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012502_1_grid.jpg)
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The dark side of Athena - Handmade sculpture for home decor
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 55 x 37 x 20 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 14.6 x 7.9 inch
$331
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Medusas’ protective gaze
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 31 x 23 x 15 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 9.1 x 5.9 inch
$265
![Sculpture, Love hurts, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012253_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Power of Zeus, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012202_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fluctus Lumen Métamorphose III, Murielle Argoud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2010273_1_grid.jpg)
Fluctus Lumen Métamorphose III
Murielle Argoud
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$15,658
![Fine Art Drawings, Femme cheval crie, Caroline Crozat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008920_1_grid.jpg)
Femme cheval crie
Caroline Crozat
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$559
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Avec le chat - Scène de vie art brut
Luco
Painting - 65 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$559
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Hidden light - Green and purple
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,000
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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!