White

Painting, Eyes on me custom skate deck skateboard, Andrew Wallas

Eyes on me custom skate deck skateboard

Andrew Wallas

Painting - 22 x 85 x 1 cm Painting - 8.7 x 33.5 x 0.4 inch

£764

Photography, Daily Life, Anaiis Lee

Daily Life

Anaiis Lee

Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

£1,078

Painting, Shifting, Verena Kloss

Shifting

Verena Kloss

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

£3,963

Painting, Dark Nomad, Karla Carranza

Dark Nomad

Karla Carranza

Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

£4,035

Fine Art Drawings, The Cat, Marie-Paulette Lagosse

The Cat

Marie-Paulette Lagosse

Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 12.6 x 0 inch

£584

Painting, Ohne Titel / without title, Gerd Kanz

Ohne Titel / without title

Gerd Kanz

Painting - 24 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

£557

Painting, Transient 1, Eri Tsujii

Transient 1

Eri Tsujii

Painting - 38 x 45.5 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 17.9 x 1.2 inch

£899

Print, Haring Dog Red, Nick Smith

Haring Dog Red

Nick Smith

Print - 54 x 61 cm Print - 21.3 x 24 inch

£1,429

Painting, Mother, April Kay

Mother

April Kay

Painting - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

£1,797

Fine Art Drawings, Chila Spirit, Martin Bradley

Chila Spirit

Martin Bradley

Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch

£2,696

Painting, Street font, Eko 1

Street font

Eko 1

Painting - 98 x 67 x 2 cm Painting - 38.6 x 26.4 x 0.8 inch

£539

Painting, Sea 2, Kira Behnert

Sea 2

Kira Behnert

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

£800 £720

Photography, Tuneis, Gilberto Perin

Tuneis

Gilberto Perin

Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch

£827

Painting, Naren, René Romero Schuler

Naren

René Romero Schuler

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

£1,168

Photography, Peak Mid Winter #1, Jonathan Moore

Peak Mid Winter #1

Jonathan Moore

Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.01 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

£750

Photography, Portrait de geisha, Daiane Soares

Portrait de geisha

Daiane Soares

Photography - 75 x 50 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 inch

£1,617

Photography, Parfums #1, Isa Marcelli

Parfums #1

Isa Marcelli

Photography - 47 x 36 cm Photography - 18.5 x 14.2 inch

£1,573

Photography, The classroom, Magnus Wahman

The classroom

Magnus Wahman

Photography - 40 x 73 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 28.7 x 0.1 inch

£1,078

Painting, Nemo propheta in patria, Derek Overfield

Nemo propheta in patria

Derek Overfield

Painting - 152.4 x 139.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 55 x 2 inch

£1,725

Painting, Minimal Chaos 2, Nicolas Delprat

Minimal Chaos 2

Nicolas Delprat

Painting - 194 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 76.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

£4,403

Painting, Abstrait Ref BDNW8099, Lutka Pink

Abstrait Ref BDNW8099

Lutka Pink

Painting - 34 x 24 cm Painting - 13.4 x 9.4 inch

£584

Painting, Scream, Nemesis

Scream

Nemesis

Painting - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 inch

£25,299

Photography, Hydrocarbure, Stéphane Martin

Hydrocarbure

Stéphane Martin

Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.04 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

£135

Sculpture, Ondé "Sable", Christian  Renonciat

Ondé "Sable"

Christian Renonciat

Sculpture - 100 x 150 x 15 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 59.1 x 5.9 inch

£14,378

Sculpture, David Bowie Bunny, Bruno Boffa

David Bowie Bunny

Bruno Boffa

Sculpture - 29 x 22 x 10 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 8.7 x 3.9 inch

£764

Print, Secuencias a dos, Ana Pérez Pereda

Secuencias a dos

Ana Pérez Pereda

Print - 31 x 74 x 1 cm Print - 12.2 x 29.1 x 0.4 inch

£1,078

Fine Art Drawings, Invité au repas 15, Roger Decaux

Invité au repas 15

Roger Decaux

Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch

£809

Print, No brilho dos olhos, Renata Andrade

No brilho dos olhos

Renata Andrade

Print - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

£449

Photography, Telltale, Solomon Jamy Brown

Telltale

Solomon Jamy Brown

Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.05 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

£1,032

Fine Art Drawings, Portraits de mains, Jean Robert (Ipoustéguy)

Portraits de mains

Jean Robert (Ipoustéguy)

Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 49 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 19.3 x 0.2 inch

£494

Painting, Sleeping hives, Andrzej Kacperek

Sleeping hives

Andrzej Kacperek

Painting - 20 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

£719

Painting, A petition, Joseph Adolphe

A petition

Joseph Adolphe

Painting - 241 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 94.9 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

£37,022

Fine Art Drawings, Ngor, Ndoye Douts

Ngor

Ndoye Douts

Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

£1,348

Photography, Untitled, Fabian Albertini

Untitled

Fabian Albertini

Photography - 30 x 20 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

£1,348

Print, The Builders, Ivo Pannaggi

The Builders

Ivo Pannaggi

Print - 50 x 70.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.8 x 0.1 inch

£683

Print, Untitled, Lucio Muñoz Martinez

Untitled

Lucio Muñoz Martinez

Print - 50 x 70.1 x 0 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.01 inch

£632

Painting, Opulence, Aurélien Guiho

Opulence

Aurélien Guiho

Painting - 150 x 200 x 8 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 3.1 inch

£12,580

Photography, Lady from the past, Eliana Barbosa

Lady from the past

Eliana Barbosa

Photography - 30.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Photography - 12 x 12 x 1 inch

£494

Painting, Golden abstract, Tanya Stefanovich

Golden abstract

Tanya Stefanovich

Painting - 71.1 x 88.9 x 2 cm Painting - 28 x 35 x 0.8 inch

£953

Painting, Daisy, Monica

Daisy

Monica

Painting - 32 x 24 x 0.01 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

£539

Painting, Loups d'Automne, Loup Y-Es-Tu ?

Loups d'Automne

Loup Y-Es-Tu ?

Painting - 46 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.4 inch

£449

Painting, #6789LV, Will $treet

#6789LV

Will $treet

Painting - 84 x 72 x 2.5 cm Painting - 33.1 x 28.3 x 1 inch

£988

Painting, Snow, Andrzej Pankowski

Snow

Andrzej Pankowski

Painting - 47 x 67 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.5 x 26.4 x 0 inch

£764

Painting, Ascension n°2, Emmanuel Pons

Ascension n°2

Emmanuel Pons

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

£3,774

Print, Ibiza meadow flower, Barry Flanagan

Ibiza meadow flower

Barry Flanagan

Print - 36.5 x 32 cm Print - 14.4 x 12.6 inch

£629

Photography, Taste of Blood, Vava Venezia

Taste of Blood

Vava Venezia

Photography - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

£1,078

Painting, Songe d'une nuit d'été, Marie Tissot

Songe d'une nuit d'été

Marie Tissot

Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

£1,078

Print, Path, Oshi Rabin

Path

Oshi Rabin

Print - 50.8 x 76.2 x 7.6 cm Print - 20 x 30 x 3 inch

£1,707

Painting, Heartland, Ford Crull

Heartland

Ford Crull

Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 inch

£10,963

Painting, Another hard day, Ronex Ahimbisibwe

Another hard day

Ronex Ahimbisibwe

Painting - 40 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 1 inch

£1,303

Print, Still life, Hannah Collins

Still life

Hannah Collins

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.02 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

£809

Painting, Skiers XII (December), Ernesto Dick

Skiers XII (December)

Ernesto Dick

Painting - 23 x 44 x 0.2 cm Painting - 9.1 x 17.3 x 0.1 inch

£1,617

Fine Art Drawings, Cascade no. 1, Jennifer Idrizi

Cascade no. 1

Jennifer Idrizi

Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 26 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.2 x 0.2 inch

£607

Photography, Full tilt, Richard Kelley

Full tilt

Richard Kelley

Photography - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

£517

Print, Sin titulo, Chema Madoz

Sin titulo

Chema Madoz

Print - 76 x 56 x 1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.4 inch

£1,123

Painting, Still life, Valentino Ghiglia

Still life

Valentino Ghiglia

Painting - 60 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch

£1,168

Painting, Sans titre - 2016, Frédéric Fau

Sans titre - 2016

Frédéric Fau

Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

£854

Painting, Lapin mouton, Michèle Corotti

Lapin mouton

Michèle Corotti

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

£719

Print, Graffaune cerfs, Daco

Graffaune cerfs

Daco

Print - 40 x 30 x 4 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

£809

Painting, Prefazione, Daniela Sandroni

Prefazione

Daniela Sandroni

Painting - 170 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 66.9 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

£14,063

Print, Inside in the Garage I., Martin Kallay

Inside in the Garage I.

Martin Kallay

Print - 30 x 45 cm Print - 11.8 x 17.7 inch

£1,078

Print, Kitchen Ponder, E.K. Waller

Kitchen Ponder

E.K. Waller

Print - 63.5 x 96.5 x 5.1 cm Print - 25 x 38 x 2 inch

£1,012

Painting, Movement, Luisa-Fernanda Debarnot

Movement

Luisa-Fernanda Debarnot

Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

£1,078

Print, Sous le réverbère, Jean-Louis Toutain

Sous le réverbère

Jean-Louis Toutain

Print - 56 x 38 cm Print - 22 x 15 inch

£494

Sculpture, Harmony in Hues - Custom guitar, SISC

Harmony in Hues - Custom guitar

SISC

Sculpture - 84 x 31 x 8.89 cm Sculpture - 33.1 x 12.2 x 3.5 inch

£3,505

Painting, Lunar coalescence, BD Griffith

Lunar coalescence

BD Griffith

Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch

£2,526

Painting, Avior, Jérôme Royer

Avior

Jérôme Royer

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

£1,348

Painting, Bleuyellow, Daan Van Doorn

Bleuyellow

Daan Van Doorn

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

£1,348

Print, Nu (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2985, Yves Tanguy

Nu (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW2985

Yves Tanguy

Print - 51 x 33 cm Print - 20.1 x 13 inch

£854

Fine Art Drawings, Invincible, Emily Redd

Invincible

Emily Redd

Fine Art Drawings - 86.4 x 63.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 25 x 0.1 inch

£2,446

Print, Emancipation, Walter Barrientos

Emancipation

Walter Barrientos

Print - 50 x 71 x 0.8 cm Print - 19.7 x 28 x 0.3 inch

£449

Painting, Kaleidoskop, Iren Orlova

Kaleidoskop

Iren Orlova

Painting - 115 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 35 x 0.8 inch

£1,707

Fine Art Drawings, Sans Titre (DED463027), Katsuko Kuroya

Sans Titre (DED463027)

Katsuko Kuroya

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

£144

Fine Art Drawings, Hellebore No. 30, Elizabeth Becker

Hellebore No. 30

Elizabeth Becker

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 inch

£126

Photography, 003- Les petits peuples de Sibérie, Jacques Langevin

003- Les petits peuples de Sibérie

Jacques Langevin

Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch

£1,078

Painting, Sugar free III, Milena Jovicevic

Sugar free III

Milena Jovicevic

Painting - 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

£584

Painting, Blanqueo, Klandestino

Blanqueo

Klandestino

Painting - 149 x 74 x 4.9 cm Painting - 58.7 x 29.1 x 1.9 inch

£854

Painting, Ondinas, Liliana Pantanali

Ondinas

Liliana Pantanali

Painting - 50 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

£1,893

Painting, Regality, Sergio Capitani

Regality

Sergio Capitani

Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

£494

Sculpture, Kiss My Diamonds, Gab

Kiss My Diamonds

Gab

Sculpture - 20 x 20 x 30 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 7.9 x 11.8 inch

£5,212

Painting, Identikit, Katherine Russell

Identikit

Katherine Russell

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1 inch

£674

Sculpture, Slap the Antarctic, Laso

Slap the Antarctic

Laso

Sculpture - 75 x 75 x 12 cm Sculpture - 29.5 x 29.5 x 4.7 inch

£449

Photography, Prayer for Kinshasa, Thiemoko Claude Diarra

Prayer for Kinshasa

Thiemoko Claude Diarra

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

£1,528

Painting, Vieil homme à la pipe, Louis Granata

Vieil homme à la pipe

Louis Granata

Painting - 32 x 23 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch

£1,438

Painting, Black&white #1, Dominik Rutz

Black&white #1

Dominik Rutz

Painting - 80 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 2 inch

£925

Photography, Hope and happiness, John Mastrogiacomo

Hope and happiness

John Mastrogiacomo

Photography - 40.6 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 24 x 2 inch

£932

Painting, Te tiny esther & coffee, Jeong Won Chun

Te tiny esther & coffee

Jeong Won Chun

Painting - 53 x 45.5 x 4 cm Painting - 20.9 x 17.9 x 1.6 inch

£1,336

Print, E., Bruno Di Bello

E.

Bruno Di Bello

Print - 69 x 34 x 0.3 cm Print - 27.2 x 13.4 x 0.1 inch

£297

Painting, Le couple, Alain Zirignond

Le couple

Alain Zirignond

Painting - 97 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

£1,483

Sculpture, Prête, Sacha Haillote

Prête

Sacha Haillote

Sculpture - 30 x 32 x 32 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 12.6 x 12.6 inch

£1,707

Print, Wanderlust, Thomas Falkner

Wanderlust

Thomas Falkner

Print - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

£1,393

Painting, Unconscious boundaries, Jakob Gold

Unconscious boundaries

Jakob Gold

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch

£2,108

Painting, Ct. 04, Mark Mazurcyk

Ct. 04

Mark Mazurcyk

Painting - 82.6 x 47 x 6.4 cm Painting - 32.5 x 18.5 x 2.5 inch

£1,771

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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