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24h du Mans 1970-La Porsche 917K n°22 de Hobbs et Hailwood, 13 juin 1970.
Jacques Violet
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£357
Paris, élégance à l'Opera
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
£402
Tokyo Crossing II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 75 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
£2,671
Architecture II
Chiara Indelicato
Photography - 102 x 152 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40.2 x 59.8 x 0.2 inch
£2,322
4-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
£268
Carole Bouquet - Versailles 2023
Jacques Witt
Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
£268
Paris Tour Eiffel - Shoulder sitting
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,072
Gwada #7 - Les Saintes
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
£759
Gwada #6 - L'arrivée
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
£759
Poseïdon (Till human voices wakes us)
Kramer O'Neill
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£402
Gwada Tête Rouge #5 "Lovers"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£759
Gwada Débarcadère #4 Spending time
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£759
Gwada Debarcadére #1 Le Port
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£759
Communion à l’école Saint-Bruno avec la soeur Marie Germain
Didier Bizet
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£402
Le tigre blanc - Exposition 2023
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 61 x 80 x 0.5 cm Photography - 24 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
£625
Le Camargue - Exposition
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 77 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 30.3 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
£625
Tipis (Piezography)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 60 x 85 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.2 inch
£893
Reservoir (Piezography)
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
£491
Los Albaricoques
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
£670
Iniciación
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
£6,981
La Montagne Imaginaire
Jérome Obiols
Photography - 70 x 186 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 73.2 x 0 inch
£3,126
Cherry blossom in spring
Dmytro Bilous
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£134
The city Innsbruck, architecture, Austria
Dmytro Bilous
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£89
Windows in a house
Dmytro Bilous
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£134
Urban wallpaper 6
Bruno Fontana
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
£2,144
Urban wallpaper 9
Bruno Fontana
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
£2,144
Packard eight
Samantha Roux
Photography - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£2,144
High rise
Mathieu Fournier
Photography - 41 x 53.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.1 x 21.1 x 0.1 inch
£246
Juste avant l'église, série Les mariées de Pigalle
Lili Ruby Chomat
Photography - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
£134
11-Tour de France 2022 16ème étapes Carcassonne - Foix. Village de Chalabre.
Jérémy Lempin
Photography - 40 x 50 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 inch
£357
Nouveau départ
Xavier Dumoulin
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
£3,037
Sans titre (#10-13)
Pawel Zak
Photography - 67 x 93 x 0.1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 36.6 x 0 inch
£3,573
La niña del paraguas
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
£6,981
La colada
Jordi Valls Capell
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
£6,981
Group of Seven Awkward Moments (Lake and Mountains with Double-double)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 73.7 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29 x 20 x 0.1 inch
£3,484
Spirit of the Camargue
Drew Doggett
Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch
£1,474
L'étang sérénité / S
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
£866
Le bouquet d'Adrien
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
£500
Grande Motte Seagulls 2V
Clemente Vergara
Photography - 70 x 56 cm Photography - 27.6 x 22 inch
£402
I don't know why it's seems so funny
David Pinegar
Photography - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£15,453
Flower poem: magnolia
Jihun Ju
Photography - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£373
Flower poem: a white butterfly
Jihun Ju
Photography - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£373
Chemins de croix
Alain Longeaud
Photography - 96 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 37.8 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
£2,814
Alphaville
Alain Longeaud
Photography - 96 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 37.8 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
£2,814
Wind and storm / S
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£866
Neige et plage en Bretagne / S
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 2 inch
£866
En suspension
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
£866
Petite régate /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
£866
Flower poem: An expression of happiness only (1)
Jihun Ju
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£373
Flower poem: Shower of Venus
Jihun Ju
Photography - 59.4 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 15.7 x 0 inch
£373
Flower Poem: Peacock
Jihun Ju
Photography - 59.4 x 84.1 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 33.1 x 0 inch
£373
Flower poem: soulmate
Jihun Ju
Photography - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£373
Flower poem: cotton
Jihun Ju
Photography - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£373
Flower poem: shyness
Jihun Ju
Photography - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£373
Flower poem: even if you don't reach
Jihun Ju
Photography - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£373
Flower poem: my will
Jihun Ju
Photography - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£373
Flower poem: beautiful playing
Jihun Ju
Photography - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£373
Flower poem: In the warmth of the moonlight
Jihun Ju
Photography - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£373
Flower poem: a white butterfly
Jihun Ju
Photography - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
£373
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!