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![Painting, Flûte, Elisabeth Delesalle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766901_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le grand départ, Philippe Seigle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1659834_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, Progress, Alan Brown](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1602054_1_grid.jpg)
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![Sculpture, Reveiller White, Carola Orieta-Sperman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1580619_1_grid.jpg)
Reveiller White
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Sculpture - 82 x 74 x 79 cm Sculpture - 32.3 x 29.1 x 31.1 inch
€10,738
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![Painting, La part des Anges - the Angels' share, Bze Bzeland](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1277157_1_grid.jpg)
La part des Anges - the Angels' share
Bze Bzeland
Painting - 42 x 29.7 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.7 inch
€250
![Painting, Cherry Blossom No. 36, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1246209_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Chinese Interior #20, Robert van der Hilst](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171743_1_grid.jpg)
Chinese Interior #20
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 49 x 42 cm Photography - 19.3 x 16.5 inch
€1,800
![Photography, Chinese Interior #48, Robert van der Hilst](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171737_1_grid.jpg)
Chinese Interior #48
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
€1,800
![Photography, Chinese Interior #36, Robert van der Hilst](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171728_1_grid.jpg)
Chinese Interior #36
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
€1,800
![Fine Art Drawings, Cross my heart and hope to die, Rossella Mercedes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/972909_1_grid.jpg)
Cross my heart and hope to die
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
€275
![Photography, Delirio Exótico #11, Paloma Castello](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/854196_1_grid.jpg)
Delirio Exótico #11
Paloma Castello
Photography - 119.9 x 82.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 32.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,455
![Photography, Delirio Exótico #9, Paloma Castello](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/854184_1_grid.jpg)
Delirio Exótico #9
Paloma Castello
Photography - 119.9 x 82.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 32.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,455
![Photography, Delirio Exótico #2, Paloma Castello](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/854163_1_grid.jpg)
Delirio Exótico #2
Paloma Castello
Photography - 82.8 x 119.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32.6 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
€1,455
![Painting, Mademoiselle I, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/535520_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Série : Pièces de mer de Castoul, Manfred Paul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/445296_1_grid.jpg)
Série : Pièces de mer de Castoul
Manfred Paul
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
€1,800
![Print, Dieu et Mon droit, Charles Lapicque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/342751_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, The floating girl, Amélie Joos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165587_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Une image de la guerre 14-72, Jean-Pierre Le Boul'ch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162903_1_grid.jpg)
Une image de la guerre 14-72
Jean-Pierre Le Boul'ch
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
€7,000
![Painting, BB Lover, Flu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160999_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Migration, Vakhtang Khelashvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159123_1_grid.jpg)
Migration
Vakhtang Khelashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 12.6 x 0 inch
€3,000
![Painting, Tiger’s skin, Vakhtang Khelashvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147820_1_grid.jpg)
Tiger’s skin
Vakhtang Khelashvili
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2.2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.9 inch
€5,000
![Painting, BWM150317, André Nadal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147746_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Communion, Noémie Pons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130763_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sailing around Greenland, Ivana Olbricht](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2062302_1_grid.jpg)
Sailing around Greenland
Ivana Olbricht
Painting - 99.1 x 99.1 x 2 cm Painting - 39 x 39 x 0.8 inch
€2,823
![Painting, The clearest image of thoughts, Andrada Anghel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026224_1_grid.jpg)
The clearest image of thoughts
Andrada Anghel
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch
€3,667
![Sculpture, Caïn, Philippe Haniez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2010141_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Black, Tomo Sakurai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2009406_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Memoir, Tomo Sakurai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2009331_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pathos 2, Tomo Sakurai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2009310_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Anata and Watashi (You & Me), Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1880880_1_grid.jpg)
Anata and Watashi (You & Me)
Newel Hunter
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€4,511
![Painting, Ascent, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1875429_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fast Track 2, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1866123_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stargazer, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1865721_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cloak & dagger, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1858866_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gathering bliss Triptych, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1858794_1_grid.jpg)
Gathering bliss Triptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 50.8 x 121.9 x 0.8 cm Painting - 20 x 48 x 0.3 inch
€3,638
![Painting, Cock of the Walk, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1858452_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Raining with sunshine, Andrada Anghel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1853289_1_grid.jpg)
Raining with sunshine
Andrada Anghel
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€2,930
![Painting, Nomads of the rainforest, Andrada Anghel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1853280_1_grid.jpg)
Nomads of the rainforest
Andrada Anghel
Painting - 76.2 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 72 x 1.5 inch
€2,188
![Painting, Sweet shades of memory XXVI, Naoko Paluszak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1852812_1_grid.jpg)
Sweet shades of memory XXVI
Naoko Paluszak
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€2,910
![Painting, A Lightness of Being, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1852227_1_grid.jpg)
A Lightness of Being
Newel Hunter
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
€4,317
![Painting, Fresh Perspectives, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1843305_1_grid.jpg)
Fresh Perspectives
Newel Hunter
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
€4,463
![Painting, Superluminal #44, Corinne Natel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1842237_1_grid.jpg)
Superluminal #44
Corinne Natel
Painting - 121.9 x 90.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 35.8 x 1.5 inch
€2,592
![Painting, Seeking Solace, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1842081_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Voyager, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1831476_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, When the spirit moves me, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1830462_1_grid.jpg)
When the spirit moves me
Newel Hunter
Painting - 101.6 x 66 x 0.3 cm Painting - 40 x 26 x 0.1 inch
€3,687
![Painting, Slow dance, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1818852_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Off center, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1818519_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flickering garden 2, Nestor Toro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1818138_1_grid.jpg)
Flickering garden 2
Nestor Toro
Painting - 71.1 x 55.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 0.7 inch
€2,115
![Painting, Odds & ends, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1817865_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The inevitable conclusion (Diptych), Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1817742_1_grid.jpg)
The inevitable conclusion (Diptych)
Newel Hunter
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 1.5 inch
€4,511
![Painting, Working On It, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1817502_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Swept Away, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1815462_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Trio, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1815003_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Siren Song, Newel Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1814484_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, When the desert blooms, Painting, Acrylic on canvas, Andrada Anghel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1771275_1_grid.jpg)
When the desert blooms, Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Andrada Anghel
Painting - 106.7 x 106.7 x 3.6 cm Painting - 42 x 42 x 1.4 inch
€2,457
![Sculpture, Rondo, Toruz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1758840_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, RBA 209216, Yigit Yazici](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1725237_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Le QG de carton., Foucaud Stéphane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1615782_1_grid.jpg)
Le QG de carton.
Foucaud Stéphane
Painting - 101.5 x 87 x 4 cm Painting - 40 x 34.3 x 1.6 inch
€1,583
![Painting, Squat de pêche à Ducos., Foucaud Stéphane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1615146_1_grid.jpg)
Squat de pêche à Ducos.
Foucaud Stéphane
Painting - 105 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 41.3 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,750
![Painting, Regality, Sergio Capitani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1579380_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Fibonacci Fragment IV, Desa Vlahutin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1572852_1_grid.jpg)
Fibonacci Fragment IV
Desa Vlahutin
Sculpture - 54 x 75 x 10 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 29.5 x 3.9 inch
€7,092
![Sculpture, Fibonacci Fragment VII, Desa Vlahutin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1572843_1_grid.jpg)
Fibonacci Fragment VII
Desa Vlahutin
Sculpture - 31 x 82 x 26 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 32.3 x 10.2 inch
€8,636
![Sculpture, Fibonacci Fragment V, Desa Vlahutin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1572837_1_grid.jpg)
Fibonacci Fragment V
Desa Vlahutin
Sculpture - 78 x 75 x 19 cm Sculpture - 30.7 x 29.5 x 7.5 inch
€8,703
![Sculpture, Fibonacci Fragment II, Desa Vlahutin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1572834_1_grid.jpg)
Fibonacci Fragment II
Desa Vlahutin
Sculpture - 101 x 40 x 40 cm Sculpture - 39.8 x 15.7 x 15.7 inch
€8,473
![Sculpture, Fibonacci Fragment I, Desa Vlahutin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1572828_1_grid.jpg)
Fibonacci Fragment I
Desa Vlahutin
Sculpture - 78 x 72 x 31 cm Sculpture - 30.7 x 28.3 x 12.2 inch
€8,283
![Sculpture, White Top 40, Red Bottom 12, Anna Celie Nastasia Meyer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504431_1_grid.jpg)
White Top 40, Red Bottom 12
Anna Celie Nastasia Meyer
Sculpture - 63 x 20 x 19 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 7.9 x 7.5 inch
€5,130
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![Print, Singerie oisive, Monkeybird](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1469520_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Imaginativ View III, Carita Schmidt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1466790_1_grid.jpg)
Imaginativ View III
Carita Schmidt
Painting - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,130
![Painting, Imaginativ View II, Carita Schmidt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1466787_1_grid.jpg)
Imaginativ View II
Carita Schmidt
Painting - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,130
![Painting, Imaginativ View I, Carita Schmidt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1466517_1_grid.jpg)
Imaginativ View I
Carita Schmidt
Painting - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,130
![Painting, Autumn Tree 3, Max Yaskin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1461408_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Creation 5, The Tree of life, Liubov Kolbina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1461261_1_grid.jpg)
Creation 5, The Tree of life
Liubov Kolbina
Painting - 119 x 119 x 4 cm Painting - 46.9 x 46.9 x 1.6 inch
€10,250
![Painting, Midnight Mystics, Corinne Lisa Costello](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457934_1_grid.jpg)
Midnight Mystics
Corinne Lisa Costello
Painting - 121 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 47.6 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
€5,914
![Painting, Poetica, Corinne Lisa Costello](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457925_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mystical Marriage #2, Corinne Lisa Costello](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1457919_1_grid.jpg)
Mystical Marriage #2
Corinne Lisa Costello
Painting - 121 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 47.6 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
€5,914
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!