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![Photography, LeaderSheep, Madiha Sebbani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2129911_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Siècles de solitude, Gabriel Froget](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2124285_1_grid.jpg)
Siècles de solitude
Gabriel Froget
Painting - 90 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,416
![Painting, Tais-toi?, Quentin Liu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2122251_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, HM 25, Hanan Milner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2120925_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Rose Notre-Dame 1, Lillia Baudo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001327_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le roi lion, Lillia Baudo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001318_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rose Notre-Dame 2, Lillia Baudo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001312_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Feast Unveiled, Inga Makarova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1994259_1_grid.jpg)
The Feast Unveiled
Inga Makarova
Painting - 200 x 300 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 118.1 x 1.6 inch
$20,132
![Photography, Demeter #6, Rani Bruchstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1887267_1_grid.jpg)
Demeter #6
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$9,015
![Photography, In side out #3, Rani Bruchstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1887261_1_grid.jpg)
In side out #3
Rani Bruchstein
Photography - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$9,015
![Painting, Audrey Hepburn Nothing is impossible 2, Gardani Art](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1852506_1_grid.jpg)
Audrey Hepburn Nothing is impossible 2
Gardani Art
Painting - 96.5 x 127 x 3.8 cm Painting - 38 x 50 x 1.5 inch
$5,900
![Painting, They Know the way, Gardani Art](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1842831_1_grid.jpg)
They Know the way
Gardani Art
Painting - 137.2 x 106.7 x 8.9 cm Painting - 54 x 42 x 3.5 inch
$7,500
![Painting, Equivoque - série Portraits hybrides, Claude Verger dite Claud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1794366_1_grid.jpg)
Equivoque - série Portraits hybrides
Claude Verger dite Claud
Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$503
![Photography, New York 50, Jean-François Mollière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1766904_1_grid.jpg)
New York 50
Jean-François Mollière
Photography - 70 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$3,601
![Painting, Want my apple too?!?, Claudia Benavente](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1755126_1_grid.jpg)
Want my apple too?!?
Claudia Benavente
Painting - 120 x 80 x 25 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 9.8 inch
$9,015
![Print, Rainy day, Sung Geun Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1730028_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Magnolia No. 46, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1692294_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, New Mexico No. 12, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682352_1_grid.jpg)
New Mexico No. 12
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$230
![Painting, Le pont du gard, Alexandre Petrus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1680384_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mar tormentoso, Francisca Morales Alliende](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1660452_1_grid.jpg)
Mar tormentoso
Francisca Morales Alliende
Painting - 34 x 49 x 1 cm Painting - 13.4 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch
$3,815
![Painting, Appalachians No. 13, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1618845_1_grid.jpg)
Appalachians No. 13
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$180
![Print, Jacqueline Danan, Gen Paul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1606791_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, The Imaginary Escape, Keziat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1518432_1_grid.jpg)
The Imaginary Escape
Keziat
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$537
![Painting, Poet no.2, Karl-Karol Chrobok](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1452147_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Nous ne sommes pas les derniers, Zoran Music](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1435695_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Nous ne sommes pas les derniers 196, Zoran Music](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1435680_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Nous ne sommes pas les derniers 190, Zoran Music](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1435674_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Passante dans un tombeau de la Vallée des Rois, Jean-Pierre Al Courty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1372872_1_grid.jpg)
Passante dans un tombeau de la Vallée des Rois
Jean-Pierre Al Courty
Painting - 92 x 73 x 1 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,803
![Painting, Mount Fortitude, Éric Robitaille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1354425_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marathon 4, Arno Lanzi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1336890_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marathon 3, Arno Lanzi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1336884_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Marathon 1, Arno Lanzi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1336869_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Park Avenue - New York, Nathalie Lemaître](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1315851_1_grid.jpg)
Park Avenue - New York
Nathalie Lemaître
Painting - 195 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 76.8 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$6,375
![Painting, Dancing city, Nathalie Lemaître](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1315077_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colorado No. 19, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1314060_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coast, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1314057_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, New Mexico No. 5, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1314051_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Les paravents, Bertrand Bataille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1238001_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Forêt rhénane, André Guillarmain](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1228827_1_grid.jpg)
Forêt rhénane
André Guillarmain
Painting - 130 x 195 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 76.8 x 0.8 inch
$3,915
![Print, French Art History (C), Vuk Vidor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/101827_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, French Art History (A), Vuk Vidor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/101767_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tigre de Bengale, Ahmed Shahabuddin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/802311_1_grid.jpg)
Tigre de Bengale
Ahmed Shahabuddin
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$6,375
![Photography, Spring love, Akif Hakan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/432711_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, De l'ombre surgit la lumière, Peggy Cardoso](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/335455_1_grid.jpg)
De l'ombre surgit la lumière
Peggy Cardoso
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$3,355
![Fine Art Drawings, Impossible behaviour-11, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181290_1_grid.jpg)
Impossible behaviour-11
Galya Popova
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,790
![Painting, Horizon Carbone (2), Christophe Ruiz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175980_1_grid.jpg)
Horizon Carbone (2)
Christophe Ruiz
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,007 $906
![Painting, Codes of black cob23, Marus Tebo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174702_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro, Manganaro, enfants à la paroisse protestante du village, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172274_1_grid.jpg)
Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro, Manganaro, enfants à la paroisse protestante du village
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$671
![Painting, Movement, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171893_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Shadok Pietre, Flo Hombecq](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166156_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nostalgie - Portrait de femme, Glad_is_murmuring](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161083_1_grid.jpg)
Nostalgie - Portrait de femme
Glad_is_murmuring
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$157
![Painting, Médite - Portrait de femme, Glad_is_murmuring](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161082_1_grid.jpg)
Médite - Portrait de femme
Glad_is_murmuring
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$157
![Sculpture, Luxury Art Toffee - Luxury Fashion, Michael Daniels](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158723_1_grid.jpg)
Luxury Art Toffee - Luxury Fashion
Michael Daniels
Sculpture - 33 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 13 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$252
![Painting, Muchas flores, Rocío Soriano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155607_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Et le pain ?, Philippe Matine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149758_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Memory insect 2, Shilpa Joglekar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2126826_1_grid.jpg)
Memory insect 2
Shilpa Joglekar
Photography - 59 x 41 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.2 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch
$503
![Painting, Confusion, Aldona Jablonska Klimczak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2107740_1_grid.jpg)
Confusion
Aldona Jablonska Klimczak
Painting - 110 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$6,487
![Sculpture, Baigneuse le baiser II, Déesse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2107350_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Two Sunning, Lisa Golightly](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2087808_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Three vases and a lid, Bennett Vadnais](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038425_1_grid.jpg)
Three vases and a lid
Bennett Vadnais
Painting - 28.5 x 26.67 x 1.27 cm Painting - 11.2 x 10.5 x 0.5 inch
$4,698
![Sculpture, Eléphant my love, Déesse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998255_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Ours époustouflant, Déesse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998240_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Le bois du cerf, Edouard Mazaré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1975923_1_grid.jpg)
Le bois du cerf
Edouard Mazaré
Photography - 83 x 113 x 0.2 cm Photography - 32.7 x 44.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,461
![Painting, Dancing in turquoise waters 02, Eric Alfaro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1972350_1_grid.jpg)
Dancing in turquoise waters 02
Eric Alfaro
Painting - 215 x 65 cm Painting - 84.6 x 25.6 inch
$13,480
![Sculpture, Back to Okiya : An Ivory Silent Ballet, Ryoko Watanabe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1968021_1_grid.jpg)
Back to Okiya : An Ivory Silent Ballet
Ryoko Watanabe
Sculpture - 170 x 85 x 30 cm Sculpture - 66.9 x 33.5 x 11.8 inch
$35,791
![Painting, Colorquantization 03, Minuitcréatif](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1954377_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vive les fleurs et le surf, Seb Paul Michel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1949133_1_grid.jpg)
Vive les fleurs et le surf
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$313
![Print, L'habillage, Frédéric Menguy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1931865_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Afghanistan, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1822959_1_grid.jpg)
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Der Pseudoschamane
Salvatore La Cola
Painting - 115 x 95 x 1 cm Painting - 45.3 x 37.4 x 0.4 inch
$7,713
![Painting, The batter, Matthias Eitner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1749162_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Green apples, Zhang Wei Guang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1694205_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vases and Fruits, Zhang Wei Guang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1694199_1_grid.jpg)
Vases and Fruits
Zhang Wei Guang
Painting - 35 x 59 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch
$13,981
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![Print, Vertical House, Clément Dezelus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1476471_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Apparente dualismo, Angioletta De Nitto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1473384_1_grid.jpg)
Apparente dualismo
Angioletta De Nitto
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$6,040
![Sculpture, Sculpture Shetani Homme Sage, Agostino Malaba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/141070_1_grid.jpg)
Sculpture Shetani Homme Sage
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 100 x 35 x 30 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 13.8 x 11.8 inch
$3,355
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![Painting, Brigitte Bardot, Efi Mashiah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1255896_1_grid.jpg)
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![Sculpture, Channel Blooming Bear, Blooming Bears](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179656_1_grid.jpg)
Channel Blooming Bear
Blooming Bears
Sculpture - 50 x 33 x 23 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 13 x 9.1 inch
$6,000
![Design, All blacks / Dan carter, Peggy Cannonge](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175085_1_grid.jpg)
All blacks / Dan carter
Peggy Cannonge
Design - 60 x 32 x 18 cm Design - 23.6 x 12.6 x 7.1 inch
$951
![Sculpture, Gypsum White Heart (3), Kseniia Redina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172114_1_grid.jpg)
Gypsum White Heart (3)
Kseniia Redina
Sculpture - 6 x 10 x 8 cm Sculpture - 2.4 x 3.9 x 3.1 inch
$559
![Sculpture, Gypsum White Heart (2), Kseniia Redina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172113_1_grid.jpg)
Gypsum White Heart (2)
Kseniia Redina
Sculpture - 6 x 9 x 8 cm Sculpture - 2.4 x 3.5 x 3.1 inch
$559
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!