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Painting, Hidden place, Nicolas Ruelle

Hidden place

Nicolas Ruelle

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

£844

Painting, Une touche de modernité, Eric Munsch

Une touche de modernité

Eric Munsch

Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

£933

Painting, Blue, Peach and Black Washi abstract, Jan Sullivan Fowler

Blue, Peach and Black Washi abstract

Jan Sullivan Fowler

Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch

£746

Sculpture, Le vieux pot de peinture jaune - 363, Yannick Bouillault

Le vieux pot de peinture jaune - 363

Yannick Bouillault

Sculpture - 12 x 16 x 15 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch

£400

Painting, Sacred Land, Mary Noga

Sacred Land

Mary Noga

Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

£444

Painting, Fourure, Eric Doisy

Fourure

Eric Doisy

Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

£604

Sculpture, Heruns xxl, Bernard Rives

Heruns xxl

Bernard Rives

Sculpture - 250 x 240 x 70 cm Sculpture - 98.4 x 94.5 x 27.6 inch

£24,884

Painting, Kintsugi - Upsilon, Kina Lee

Kintsugi - Upsilon

Kina Lee

Painting - 60.96 x 45.72 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.8 inch

£2,311

Sculpture, Cabeza con cuernos, Nacho Eterno

Cabeza con cuernos

Nacho Eterno

Sculpture - 39 x 16 x 18 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 6.3 x 7.1 inch

£2,053

Painting, Over-reaction: Squirreling half-eaten food in your bedroom again?!?! We can get mice!!!, Lauren Naomi

Over-reaction: Squirreling half-eaten food in your bedroom again?!?! We can get mice!!!

Lauren Naomi

Painting - 121.9 x 274.3 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 108 x 1.6 inch

£7,287

Painting, Stop wars, d'après Banksy, Patrick Cornée

Stop wars, d'après Banksy

Patrick Cornée

Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

£1,066

Print, All Things Begin and End in Eternity, Carrie Graber

All Things Begin and End in Eternity

Carrie Graber

Print - 101.6 x 38.1 cm Print - 40 x 15 inch

£933

Print, Hommage à Picasso et à Fernand Léger (noir et blanc), Erró

Hommage à Picasso et à Fernand Léger (noir et blanc)

Erró

Print - 57 x 81 x 1 cm Print - 22.4 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch

£800

Painting, The Whiskey Call, Ruslana Levandovska

The Whiskey Call

Ruslana Levandovska

Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.75 inch

£24,531

Painting, Reproduction, Damien Berrard

Reproduction

Damien Berrard

Painting - 33.5 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 13.2 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

£355

Painting, Mr Hope en rond, MrHope

Mr Hope en rond

MrHope

Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

£71

Painting, Mr Hope en rond, MrHope

Mr Hope en rond

MrHope

Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

£71

Painting, Bike Stop, Melinda Patrick

Bike Stop

Melinda Patrick

Painting - 30.5 x 22.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 1.5 inch

£259

Painting, Deck Chairs, Melinda Patrick

Deck Chairs

Melinda Patrick

Painting - 27.9 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 11 x 14 x 1 inch

£289

Photography, OMO: Untitled 15, Drew Doggett

OMO: Untitled 15

Drew Doggett

Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch

£1,368

Painting, Let's go hiking, Katharina Hormel

Let's go hiking

Katharina Hormel

Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

£1,066

Print, 13, Things Synthetic

13

Things Synthetic

Print - 70 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 22 x 0 inch

£427

Sculpture, White Corners, Simone De Rosa

White Corners

Simone De Rosa

Sculpture - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

£240

Painting, Head in the Stars, Virginie Rafaël

Head in the Stars

Virginie Rafaël

Painting - 130 x 97 x 5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 2 inch

£2,844

Painting, Hand lines, Isabelle Hirtzig

Hand lines

Isabelle Hirtzig

Painting - 42 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch

£102

Painting, Soft abstraction VI, Tamara Bakhshinyan

Soft abstraction VI

Tamara Bakhshinyan

Painting - 100 x 150 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.4 inch

£2,311

Fine Art Drawings, Drawing 427, Sumit Mehndiratta

Drawing 427

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 58 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 22.8 x 0.4 inch

£533 £453

Fine Art Drawings, Drawing 426, Sumit Mehndiratta

Drawing 426

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings - 58 x 41 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.8 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch

£533 £453

Fine Art Drawings, Composition No. 385, Sumit Mehndiratta

Composition No. 385

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 46 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

£667 £567

Painting, Composition No. 323, Sumit Mehndiratta

Composition No. 323

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 0 inch

£622

Fine Art Drawings, Drawing 335, Sumit Mehndiratta

Drawing 335

Sumit Mehndiratta

Fine Art Drawings - 76.2 x 56 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 22 x 0 inch

£622

Painting, Domenica, Pipi Pírez

Domenica

Pipi Pírez

Painting - 81 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

£3,137

Painting, Covers 13 Red 2, Joanne Freeman

Covers 13 Red 2

Joanne Freeman

Painting - 33 x 33 cm Painting - 13 x 13 inch

£1,350

Painting, Composition No.252, Sumit Mehndiratta

Composition No.252

Sumit Mehndiratta

Painting - 63 x 41 x 0.1 cm Painting - 24.8 x 16.1 x 0 inch

£444 £378

Painting, Spring Hurts., Djénina Hagenburger

Spring Hurts.

Djénina Hagenburger

Painting - 122 x 135 x 1 cm Painting - 48 x 53.1 x 0.4 inch

£3,910

Sculpture, 1+1=1, Fabienne Bonneau (Fablues)

1+1=1

Fabienne Bonneau (Fablues)

Sculpture - 30 x 22 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 8.7 x 5.9 inch

£400

Sculpture, Sculpture 680, Christa Riemann

Sculpture 680

Christa Riemann

Sculpture - 21 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch

£355

Painting, Mano Veil 005, Giacomo Tuand

Mano Veil 005

Giacomo Tuand

Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 3 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1.2 inch

£3,510

Painting, Inside, far away, Eliana Sá

Inside, far away

Eliana Sá

Painting - 107 x 162 x 0.1 cm Painting - 42.1 x 63.8 x 0 inch

£489

Painting, White Peonies, Lucy Wolanska

White Peonies

Lucy Wolanska

Painting - 70 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

£2,711

Print, Louis Vuitton Monogram, Léo & Steph

Louis Vuitton Monogram

Léo & Steph

Print - 89 x 59 x 3 cm Print - 35 x 23.2 x 1.2 inch

£5,777 £4,621

Painting, Village de campagne, Xiu

Village de campagne

Xiu

Painting - 33 x 33 x 1 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 0.4 inch

£489

Painting, Urban structure 2, Alessandra Bisi

Urban structure 2

Alessandra Bisi

Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

£2,088

Painting, Tribal, Patrick Renaud

Tribal

Patrick Renaud

Painting - 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch

£1,155

Painting, REF 10-24 - Jeune fille, Jeanne

REF 10-24 - Jeune fille

Jeanne

Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch

£267

Sculpture, Saint David, Barry Davies

Saint David

Barry Davies

Sculpture - 60 x 35 x 30 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 13.8 x 11.8 inch

£30,154

Painting, Among the mountains, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska

Among the mountains

Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska

Painting - 204 x 280 x 4 cm Painting - 80.3 x 110.2 x 1.6 inch

£24,879

Painting, This too shall pass, Mikhail Baranovskiy

This too shall pass

Mikhail Baranovskiy

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch

£1,777

Painting, Signs from above, Mikhail Baranovskiy

Signs from above

Mikhail Baranovskiy

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch

£1,066

Painting, Dream of the Thousand and One Nights Lights 2 - Rêve de Lumières des Mille et Une Nuits 2, Cecile Gonne Victoria

Dream of the Thousand and One Nights Lights 2 - Rêve de Lumières des Mille et Une Nuits 2

Cecile Gonne Victoria

Painting - 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

£258

Painting, L'aventurière, Christiane Simon-Roques

L'aventurière

Christiane Simon-Roques

Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

£1,244

Painting, Personajes en blanco y negro, Enrique Pichardo

Personajes en blanco y negro

Enrique Pichardo

Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

£538

Design, Voiles (1), Alice Aladjem

Voiles (1)

Alice Aladjem

Design - 150 x 90 x 25 cm Design - 59.1 x 35.4 x 9.8 inch

£2,533

Painting, La lune… miroir du temps, Maria-Pia Barberi

La lune… miroir du temps

Maria-Pia Barberi

Painting - 100 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

£622

Painting, 31.08.23, Simon Kroug

31.08.23

Simon Kroug

Painting - 55.5 x 46 x 0.01 cm Painting - 21.9 x 18.1 x 0 inch

£820

Painting, Golden time, Brigitte Dravet

Golden time

Brigitte Dravet

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

£3,288

Painting, Peekaboo Bitch, Isaac Pelayo

Peekaboo Bitch

Isaac Pelayo

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch

£7,298

Painting, Sheep, Menashe Kadishman

Sheep

Menashe Kadishman

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

£1,120

Painting, Corso, Françoise Dedon

Corso

Françoise Dedon

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

£4,177

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled 35, Imad Fakhry

Untitled 35

Imad Fakhry

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 inch

£332

Photography, Cosmic Dandeliomn, Sylvia Fournier

Cosmic Dandeliomn

Sylvia Fournier

Photography - 30 x 22 x 0.01 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.7 x 0 inch

£249

Fine Art Drawings, Print Alphabet rehaussé 2, Bows

Print Alphabet rehaussé 2

Bows

Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch

£178

Fine Art Drawings, Print Alphabet rehaussé 1, Bows

Print Alphabet rehaussé 1

Bows

Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0.4 inch

£178

Painting, Through the Pale Twilit Meadows, Katharina Husslein

Through the Pale Twilit Meadows

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 120 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

£3,288

Print, Ô mésange, ô peut-être, André Masson

Ô mésange, ô peut-être

André Masson

Print - 29 x 19.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 11.4 x 7.7 x 0.1 inch

£400

Print, A un passo dal cielo, Walter Valentini

A un passo dal cielo

Walter Valentini

Print - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch

£489

Photography, White Study II, Daniel Holfeld

White Study II

Daniel Holfeld

Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch

£1,955

Photography, White Study I, Daniel Holfeld

White Study I

Daniel Holfeld

Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch

£1,955

Photography, Ruba, Daniel Holfeld

Ruba

Daniel Holfeld

Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch

£1,955

Photography, Samira, Daniel Holfeld

Samira

Daniel Holfeld

Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch

£1,955

Photography, Badoor, Daniel Holfeld

Badoor

Daniel Holfeld

Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch

£1,955

Painting, 22, Victoria Shani

22

Victoria Shani

Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

£1,066

Painting, 31, Victoria Shani

31

Victoria Shani

Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

£1,244

Painting, 26, Victoria Shani

26

Victoria Shani

Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

£1,333

Painting, Panthère Rose Luxe, Vili

Panthère Rose Luxe

Vili

Painting - 30 x 21 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

£67

Sculpture, Pinçejat innovat taronja, Ferran Cartes Yerro

Pinçejat innovat taronja

Ferran Cartes Yerro

Sculpture - 27 x 27 x 6 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 10.6 x 2.4 inch

£311

Painting, Scream, Max Rey

Scream

Max Rey

Painting - 110 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

£6,976

Painting, 29, Victoria Shani

29

Victoria Shani

Painting - 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

£1,777

Painting, Moon Kiss I, Jérémie d'Angelo

Moon Kiss I

Jérémie d'Angelo

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

£2,311

Painting, Moon Kiss II, Jérémie d'Angelo

Moon Kiss II

Jérémie d'Angelo

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

£2,311

Painting, Moon Kiss III, Jérémie d'Angelo

Moon Kiss III

Jérémie d'Angelo

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

£2,311

Painting, Sixty-Nine, Jérémie d'Angelo

Sixty-Nine

Jérémie d'Angelo

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

£3,466

Painting, Husky, Miguel Guía

Husky

Miguel Guía

Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

£1,644

Painting, Piste blanche, Ralph Resch

Piste blanche

Ralph Resch

Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

£791

Fine Art Drawings, Chamonix, Paul de Chatelperron

Chamonix

Paul de Chatelperron

Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 36 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 14.2 inch

£320

Fine Art Drawings, Fabrique à glace 23 #2, Marion Chombart de Lauwe

Fabrique à glace 23 #2

Marion Chombart de Lauwe

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 49 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch

£2,577

Painting, Couleurs et formes du monde - Gabriel, architecte de couleurs, Thomas Jeunet

Couleurs et formes du monde - Gabriel, architecte de couleurs

Thomas Jeunet

Painting - 146 x 96 x 3.5 cm Painting - 57.5 x 37.8 x 1.4 inch

£3,110

Painting, Never another word, Mercedes Lagunas

Never another word

Mercedes Lagunas

Painting - 150 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0 inch

£2,397

Photography, Torrent36_8617, Yasuo Kiyonaga

Torrent36_8617

Yasuo Kiyonaga

Photography - 32.9 x 48.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 19 x 0 inch

£640

Painting, 0striconi #8, Thierry Corpet

0striconi #8

Thierry Corpet

Painting - 70 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch

£1,066

Painting, Rose 493, Aykaz Arzumanyan

Rose 493

Aykaz Arzumanyan

Painting - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

£2,879

Painting, Silence anticipation, Stanislav Lazarov

Silence anticipation

Stanislav Lazarov

Painting - 35 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

£311

Painting, Community Snapshot, Lauren Naomi

Community Snapshot

Lauren Naomi

Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 19 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 7.5 inch

£7,421

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!


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