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Sainte Barbe
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£404
Femme masquée 6
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
£1,438 £1,294
Élévation au Musée - Corée
Jean-Marc Stoeffler
Photography - 37 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
£225
Waiting To Cross
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
£988
Kingston Studios - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 101 x 152 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch
£1,029
Cowboy Taxi - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£517
Grand Ecran III
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 17 x 31 x 1 cm Photography - 6.7 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch
£764
Torrent35_8603
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
£647
Torrent33_8449
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 32.9 x 48.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 19 x 0 inch
£647
Torrent28_8264
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
£647
Torrent39_9306
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
£647
Torrent13_7625
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
£647
Torrent07_6913
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 32.9 x 48.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 19 x 0 inch
£647
Big Bang
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£1,402
Dune de sel
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.2 inch
£764
Schoal of fish
Dominique Jullien
Photography - 13 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£270
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 33 x 50 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 inch
£189
Mémorial Australien 14-18
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£404
Tour d'Ulster - Guerre 14-18
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£404
Champs de bataille 14-18 #2
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£404
Champs de bataille 14-18 #1
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£404
Les Goélands
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
£404
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 33 x 50 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 inch
£189
Black-Headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) and Mediterranean Gulls (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 46 x 70 cm Photography - 18.1 x 27.6 inch
£243
Esponjas 8, 11 y 16
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34 x 0.8 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.4 x 0.3 inch
£843
Medusas 11, 12 y 13
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£843
Sal 22, 23 y 24
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£843
Algas 11, 22 y 67
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£843
Algas 23, 63 y 64
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£843
Algas 75, 83 Y 26
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£843
Algas 14, 41 y 68
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£843
Algas 88, 28, 87
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.8 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.3 inch
£843
Insta(nt)llation - Protection 2/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
£944
Insta(nt)llation - Cone in globe. 1/3
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
£944
Insta(nt)llation - Completion. 1/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
£944
Renaissance woman 6
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
£3,415
Perfect Circle
Antoine Rose
Photography - 88 x 200 x 1 cm Photography - 34.6 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
£11,322
Paradis perdu 08 - série portraits de femmes
Stéphane Vereecken
Photography - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£944
Jeune fille à la bicyclette
José Nicolas
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
£899
Experience d'Icare
Akira Inumaru
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£539
Experience d'Icare
Akira Inumaru
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£539
Experience d'Icare
Akira Inumaru
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
£539
Paris Notre Dame Cathedrale de Paris 7
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 18 x 24 x 1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
£719
Love of the rink
Antoine Rose
Photography - 88 x 88 x 1 cm Photography - 34.6 x 34.6 x 0.4 inch
£5,661
Cheval fantôme - série animaux
Henry Ausloos
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£1,573
The picture of emotions and other ailments of a sensitive human XVI
Joanna Chudy
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£674
The picture of emotions and other ailments of a sensitive human XIV
Joanna Chudy
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£674
The picture of emotions and other ailments of a sensitive human VI
Joanna Chudy
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£674
Codes esthétiques 2380
Konstantin Kornakov
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
£629
Codes esthétiques 1127
Konstantin Kornakov
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
£629
HK fragments IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,698
En bordure de Central Park, New York
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
£584
Noce berrichonne, la parade dans le village
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£674
Being and nothingness
Shulan Wang
Photography - 45 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£1,078
L'annonciation (Islande)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£674
The school kids nº3
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
£494
The school kids nº2
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
£494
The lovin' Swans
Michaël Fok Bor
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
£1,617
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!