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![Sculpture, Drinking Of You, Andrew Orloski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1382148_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Requiem IV, Ann Thomson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1303638_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Banc Skate, Art Pej](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2111661_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, El túnel, Jordi Valls Capell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1967130_1_grid.jpg)
El túnel
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$8,741
![Print, Dachau, Renzo Biasion](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1349517_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Country Town, Ivan Rabuzin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1275018_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Suite Rimbaud 2, Gabor Breznay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/441381_1_grid.jpg)
Suite Rimbaud 2
Gabor Breznay
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 21 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
$503
![Painting, Home staging, Maria Lundgren](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/409306_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, La travesía del funámbulo, Concha García](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/230839_1_grid.jpg)
La travesía del funámbulo
Concha García
Sculpture - 12 x 22 x 10 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 8.7 x 3.9 inch
$2,684
![Sculpture, White bird, Isaac Choloka](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137439_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Barack, Ores](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1935537_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Parallel lives, Painting, Oil on canvas, Bronle Crosby](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1770753_1_grid.jpg)
Parallel lives, Painting, Oil on canvas
Bronle Crosby
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 7.6 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 3 inch
$7,150
![Painting, Bouille-dog, Karine Nicolleau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136833_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Scream, Nino Pedone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1474263_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Madame et Monsieur, Lætitia Disone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144046_1_grid.jpg)
Madame et Monsieur
Lætitia Disone
Sculpture - 46 x 64 x 3 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 25.2 x 1.2 inch
$10,625
![Sculpture, Illusions, ODart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1644000_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Carolyn Carlson 4, Claude Lê Anh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1149846_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Feast of Trimalchio, AES + F](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177852_1_grid.jpg)
The Feast of Trimalchio
AES + F
Photography - 42 x 55.5 x 1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 21.9 x 0.4 inch
$3,355
![Painting, Milk glass vases, Bennett Vadnais](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038401_1_grid.jpg)
Milk glass vases
Bennett Vadnais
Painting - 28 x 35.5 x 1.27 cm Painting - 11 x 14 x 0.5 inch
$5,592
![Print, Sans Titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2910, Oscar Dominguez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1905426_1_grid.jpg)
Sans Titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2910
Oscar Dominguez
Print - 32 x 46.5 cm Print - 12.6 x 18.3 inch
$10,625
![Fine Art Drawings, Le malade imaginaire de Molière, Otto II Vautier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1807956_1_grid.jpg)
Le malade imaginaire de Molière
Otto II Vautier
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 52.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 20.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,931
![Sculpture, Kore's Head Couple, Nicola D'Antino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1675248_1_grid.jpg)
Kore's Head Couple
Nicola D'Antino
Sculpture - 30 x 20 x 38 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.9 x 15 inch
$35,791
![Sculpture, White lips, Grehyni Nárvaez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1590531_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Terrasse enneigée à Venise, Aimé Venel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174108_1_grid.jpg)
Terrasse enneigée à Venise
Aimé Venel
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
$3,915
![Sculpture, Sin título, Alexis Yebra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172922_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Modules, Thierry Farcy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1961025_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vase and two flowers, Helen Zarin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2077650_1_grid.jpg)
Vase and two flowers
Helen Zarin
Painting - 101.6 x 86.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 34 x 2 inch
$3,000
![Sculpture, L'acrobate, MIZ](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1977345_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, VI, William Sorvillo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1608345_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Isabel, Diorama, Scramble, 2017, Luc Tuymans](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/886935_1_grid.jpg)
Isabel, Diorama, Scramble, 2017
Luc Tuymans
Print - 80.6 x 65.4 x 2.5 cm Print - 31.75 x 25.75 x 1 inch
$17,500
![Painting, Snoopy Vote Blue, Karl Striker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162272_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Casa, Lionel le Jeune](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1948758_1_grid.jpg)
Casa
Lionel le Jeune
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 42 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$84 $76
![Print, Blowing wind, Jeannette Deseglise](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1938762_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Cheval à bascule, MIKA L](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1936974_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, St Mark's Square, Venice, Sergio Mari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1696488_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Mobilophone, Raphaël Galley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1524411_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, The Magician, Jean Effel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1456758_1_grid.jpg)
The Magician
Jean Effel
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 13.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 5.3 x 0 inch
$224
![Fine Art Drawings, La Révolte de Budapest, Nicolas Czinober](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1414620_1_grid.jpg)
La Révolte de Budapest
Nicolas Czinober
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 21.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 8.5 x 0 inch
$391
![Print, Le fantôme de la plume, Gregory Masurovsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175557_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Meneur d'ombres, Lars Bo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1947018_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bouquet de fleurs en vase sur un fauteuil, Charles Beer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172905_1_grid.jpg)
Bouquet de fleurs en vase sur un fauteuil
Charles Beer
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,192
![Sculpture, Oui, Marie Piselli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1644204_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Table knoll, Florence Knoll](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1579152_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paradis perdus n°9, Alain Fabreal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001018_1_grid.jpg)
Paradis perdus n°9
Alain Fabreal
Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,816
![Painting, Colorful woman, Shanna Kuratli-Fröhlich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157692_1_grid.jpg)
Colorful woman
Shanna Kuratli-Fröhlich
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,355
![Design, Rocker 01, Lanzavecchia + Wai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153139_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Pelican, Zachariah NJOBO](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137435_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre, Hans Schweizer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130490_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Series: Portrait rendering #1, Keita Kushima](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160656_1_grid.jpg)
Series: Portrait rendering #1
Keita Kushima
Painting - 90 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$4,809
![Painting, To embrace the presence I am, Juan Carlos Navarro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2122176_1_grid.jpg)
To embrace the presence I am
Juan Carlos Navarro
Painting - 100 x 170 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 66.9 x 1.6 inch
$9,831
![Fine Art Drawings, Active, Valentine Bouvet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2099619_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Skeme and Lava - N.Y.C Legends, Big Daddy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/680880_1_grid.jpg)
Skeme and Lava - N.Y.C Legends
Big Daddy
Photography - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$280
![Fine Art Drawings, The winner, Will Street](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1921725_1_grid.jpg)
The winner
Will Street
Fine Art Drawings - 35.56 x 27.94 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$391
![Painting, Le visage du vent, Franco Salas Borquez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175886_1_grid.jpg)
Le visage du vent
Franco Salas Borquez
Painting - 160 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$8,433
![Print, Olivier graphique, Matthieu Astoux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/829587_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mano Veil 003, Giacomo Tuand](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179730_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Winter in Flanders, Albert Saverijs](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128174_1_grid.jpg)
Winter in Flanders
Albert Saverijs
Painting - 50 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$10,625
![Painting, A walk in the moonlight, Gordon Barker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2059320_1_grid.jpg)
A walk in the moonlight
Gordon Barker
Painting - 9.9 x 13.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 3.9 x 5.3 x 0.1 inch
$272
![Painting, Dreamer / 1, Aseum Art](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141880_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Gorille, Eddy Maniez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2088924_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Seesaw rm 02_rose, Giljung Yoon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1973775_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Which one for the people?, Alcides Calizaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1186470_1_grid.jpg)
Which one for the people?
Alcides Calizaya
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 inch
$447
![Photography, 28-Tour de France 2022 13ème étape Bourg d'Oisan-Saint-Etienne. La côte de Saint Romain en Gal., Jérémy Lempin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1976160_1_grid.jpg)
28-Tour de France 2022 13ème étape Bourg d'Oisan-Saint-Etienne. La côte de Saint Romain en Gal.
Jérémy Lempin
Photography - 30 x 40 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
$358
![Design, 2 Dining Chairs 'Tribute to Mackintosh', Frans L. Van Praet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1696911_1_grid.jpg)
2 Dining Chairs 'Tribute to Mackintosh'
Frans L. Van Praet
Design - 140 x 44 x 50 cm Design - 55.1 x 17.3 x 19.7 inch
$6,711
![Design, Tagasode Lézard 1, Genevieve Bonieux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1624614_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Reflection, Dr Sanjay Arora](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161147_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tendril promise de la série paysages en difficulté / Struggling landscapes, Holly King](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046510_1_grid.jpg)
Tendril promise de la série paysages en difficulté / Struggling landscapes
Holly King
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
$3,915
![Painting, European holiday, Lamonte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2003139_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Shadow tiger, Judith Christine Riemer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1973928_1_grid.jpg)
Shadow tiger
Judith Christine Riemer
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$548
![Print, Sans Titre, Ramon Alejandro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1265502_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Show my hand, Jiyoung Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1070844_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre, Vincent Tavernier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150053_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rocky, Allison Lefcort](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1688274_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dog, Tatyana Podmarkova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136974_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pretty Jeanne Ref BDNW4635, Duran](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1604448_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Chaman 01, Ben Leon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2114154_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Icescape with figures on the ice..., Rob van Assen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1932069_1_grid.jpg)
Icescape with figures on the ice...
Rob van Assen
Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,740
![Photography, Burnt Forest, Clint Strydom](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1833456_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Naomie Campbell catwalk, Michael Roberts](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1459236_1_grid.jpg)
Naomie Campbell catwalk
Michael Roberts
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 46 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 18.1 x 0.2 inch
$503
![Sculpture, Township home #01, José Luis Lopez Lara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2106360_1_grid.jpg)
Township home #01
José Luis Lopez Lara
Sculpture - 24.2 x 16 x 25.7 cm Sculpture - 9.5 x 6.3 x 10.1 inch
$447
![Sculpture, Manga - Rouge/Dog, Moncler Moncler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2011872_1_grid.jpg)
Manga - Rouge/Dog
Moncler Moncler
Sculpture - 32 x 30 x 16 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 11.8 x 6.3 inch
$2,989
![Print, Interior de la Iglesia de Espejo (Cordoba) en septiembre de 1937, Equipo Realidad](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/183817_1_grid.jpg)
Interior de la Iglesia de Espejo (Cordoba) en septiembre de 1937
Equipo Realidad
Print - 69 x 71 cm Print - 27.2 x 28 inch
$336
![Painting, Qualia de papier, Sablyne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1593261_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amy Winehouse, Sam Cast](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1385268_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Corner of the inn, Tamalin Baumgarten](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2123667_1_grid.jpg)
Corner of the inn
Tamalin Baumgarten
Painting - 45.72 x 45.72 x 5.08 cm Painting - 18 x 18 x 2 inch
$4,012
![Print, Make America Great Again, Max Papeschi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1731306_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, La mer et la montagne, Jérome Obiols](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1476273_1_grid.jpg)
La mer et la montagne
Jérome Obiols
Photography - 100 x 140 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0 inch
$4,138
![Fine Art Drawings, Tall Tall Grass, Harry Schwalb](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1622019_1_grid.jpg)
Tall Tall Grass
Harry Schwalb
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 6 x 1 inch
$450
![Sculpture, Study on perspective II, Noémie Goudal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/656835_1_grid.jpg)
Study on perspective II
Noémie Goudal
Sculpture - 20 x 19 x 8 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 7.5 x 3.1 inch
$503
![Photography, Urban wallpaper 10, Bruno Fontana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137650_1_grid.jpg)
Urban wallpaper 10
Bruno Fontana
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$2,684
![Sculpture, Star dog, Pipoul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136420_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flower Stall Rome, Henry Gasser](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1754916_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Bouquet de lys, Sylvie Riclet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171491_1_grid.jpg)
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!