White

Print, Rosile n.1, Concetto Pozzati

Rosile n.1

Concetto Pozzati

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

€99

Painting, Solo, Elena Sokolova

Solo

Elena Sokolova

Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€425

Painting, Girl at the sea 3, Elena Sokolova

Girl at the sea 3

Elena Sokolova

Painting - 39.1 x 39.1 x 1 cm Painting - 15.4 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch

€323

Photography, Entre nous IV, Karine Payette

Entre nous IV

Karine Payette

Photography - 61 x 91.4 cm Photography - 24 x 36 inch

€2,600

Print, MBAPPLE, Wawapod

MBAPPLE

Wawapod

Print - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€60

Photography, The 3rd day #5, Cody Choi

The 3rd day #5

Cody Choi

Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0.2 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€427

Painting, My Home : Dual Pandas (2), Hong Yu

My Home : Dual Pandas (2)

Hong Yu

Painting - 190 x 95 x 25 cm Painting - 74.8 x 37.4 x 9.8 inch

€11,514

Painting, My home: Dual pandas, Hong Yu

My home: Dual pandas

Hong Yu

Painting - 251.61 x 251.61 x 19.35 cm Painting - 99.1 x 99.1 x 7.6 inch

€11,514

Painting, JM Basquiat, Spaco

JM Basquiat

Spaco

Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€280

Painting, Unique, Gisela Gaffoglio

Unique

Gisela Gaffoglio

Painting - 150 x 180 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch

€5,300

Painting, Whisper, Dima Filatov

Whisper

Dima Filatov

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

€600

Photography, The 3rd day #5, Cody Choi

The 3rd day #5

Cody Choi

Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.2 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch

€366

Photography, Dancer: Xiao Shan, Cody Choi

Dancer: Xiao Shan

Cody Choi

Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0 inch

€366

Painting, Perplexité, Martine Lallement

Perplexité

Martine Lallement

Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

€450

Painting, Girl with a dog, Elena Sokolova

Girl with a dog

Elena Sokolova

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1 inch

€387

Painting, Dreams, Laëtitia Giraud

Dreams

Laëtitia Giraud

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

€400

Painting, Sans titre, Kossi Aguessy

Sans titre

Kossi Aguessy

Painting - 200 x 150 x 10 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 3.9 inch

€18,000

Print, Ciudad supuesta CXXX, Renato Manzoni

Ciudad supuesta CXXX

Renato Manzoni

Print - 92 x 92 cm Print - 36.2 x 36.2 inch

€10,000

Print, Ciudad supuesta CLV, Renato Manzoni

Ciudad supuesta CLV

Renato Manzoni

Print - 92 x 92 cm Print - 36.2 x 36.2 inch

€10,000

Painting, Amy Dior Banksy, Spaco

Amy Dior Banksy

Spaco

Painting - 40 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 13 x 1.2 inch

€250

Painting, Sister, Dima Filatov

Sister

Dima Filatov

Painting - 120 x 73 x 0.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

€640

Painting, Not same yet not different, Heoyu

Not same yet not different

Heoyu

Painting - 38 x 190 x 1 cm Painting - 15 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch

€8,626

Photography, Watchtower MLT IV, Sven Pfrommer

Watchtower MLT IV

Sven Pfrommer

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

€1,890

Painting, Method of tenacity, Rafel Bestard

Method of tenacity

Rafel Bestard

Painting - 63 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 24.8 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

Painting, Presentation of the bride, Seth Clottey

Presentation of the bride

Seth Clottey

Painting - 127 x 203.2 x 10.2 cm Painting - 50 x 80 x 4 inch

€8,539

Photography, Akémi, Dimitri Roubichou

Akémi

Dimitri Roubichou

Photography - 30 x 30 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 inch

€400

Photography, Pivoine, Dimitri Roubichou

Pivoine

Dimitri Roubichou

Photography - 30 x 30 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 inch

€400

Photography, Ono, Dimitri Roubichou

Ono

Dimitri Roubichou

Photography - 30 x 30 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 inch

€400

Painting, Brigitte Bardot, Efi Mashiah

Brigitte Bardot

Efi Mashiah

Painting - 162.6 x 132.1 x 7.6 cm Painting - 64 x 52 x 3 inch

€6,524

Print, The Legend of Colapesce, Leo Guida

The Legend of Colapesce

Leo Guida

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€320

Painting, Louise, Niuka

Louise

Niuka

Painting - 160 x 132 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 52 x 1.2 inch

€15,000

Painting, Searching No. 3, Elizabeth Becker

Searching No. 3

Elizabeth Becker

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

€182

Painting, Radiant, Elizabeth Becker

Radiant

Elizabeth Becker

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting - 20 x 16 inch

€384

Painting, Aura No. 3, Elizabeth Becker

Aura No. 3

Elizabeth Becker

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting - 20 x 16 inch

€384

Photography, Série: Natura facit saltus - bézoard, Edgar Lissel

Série: Natura facit saltus - bézoard

Edgar Lissel

Photography - 100 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch

€8,000

Photography, Madagascar, Alaotra-Mangoro, Manganaro, enfants à la paroisse protestante du village, José Nicolas

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

€600

Painting, Martika, Pepita

Martika

Pepita

Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€400

Painting, Hokusai refugees, BYC

Hokusai refugees

BYC

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

€9,500

Painting, 80, BYC

80

BYC

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€5,200

Photography, David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Closed, Brian Duffy

David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Closed

Brian Duffy

Photography - 61 x 61 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 24 x 0 inch

€21,500

Photography, David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open, Brian Duffy

David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open

Brian Duffy

Photography - 101 x 101 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 39.8 x 0 inch

€10,500

Sculpture, Angel, Hilbertas Jatkevicius

Angel

Hilbertas Jatkevicius

Sculpture - 19 x 14 x 11.5 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 inch

€230

Painting, Auspicious fairy crane - 4, Jinxian Zhang

Auspicious fairy crane - 4

Jinxian Zhang

Painting - 69 x 139 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.2 x 54.7 x 0.2 inch

€3,900

Painting, Eclipse, Paka

Eclipse

Paka

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

€250

Painting, NASA, Fanni Mayer

NASA

Fanni Mayer

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

€2,500

Photography, Morning Rise, Drew Doggett

Morning Rise

Drew Doggett

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

€1,900

Painting, TN717, Hachiro Kanno

TN717

Hachiro Kanno

Painting - 73 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

€5,400

Painting, Infinite, Ito Dubois

Infinite

Ito Dubois

Painting - 110 x 300 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 118.1 x 1.2 inch

€28,000

Painting, A sunday morning Tic Tac Toe game, Carlos Pun Art

A sunday morning Tic Tac Toe game

Carlos Pun Art

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

€1,535

Sculpture, Pingouin des Antilles, Herve Guibert

Pingouin des Antilles

Herve Guibert

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

€4,000

Painting, Fraicheur, Veroe

Fraicheur

Veroe

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

€180

Painting, Melodie Monocromatiche - Vintage White, Daniela Pasqualini

Melodie Monocromatiche - Vintage White

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting - 22.9 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 9 x 9 x 1 inch

€336

Painting, Melodie Monocromatiche - Bianco puro, Daniela Pasqualini

Melodie Monocromatiche - Bianco puro

Daniela Pasqualini

Painting - 22.9 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 9 x 9 x 1 inch

€336

Painting, All eyes on me, Andrew Wallas

All eyes on me

Andrew Wallas

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

€450

Design, Grande Mortaio Bronzeo for Martini & Rossi, Piero Fornasetti

Grande Mortaio Bronzeo for Martini & Rossi

Piero Fornasetti

Design - 23.5 x 23.5 x 4 cm Design - 9.3 x 9.3 x 1.6 inch

€350

Sculpture, Flowerskull vert blanc, VL.

Flowerskull vert blanc

VL.

Sculpture - 19 x 19 x 8 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 7.5 x 3.1 inch

€70

Painting, Disque vinyl Basquiat, PyB

Disque vinyl Basquiat

PyB

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

€250

Painting, Ayrton Senna, Overside vs Dize156

Ayrton Senna

Overside vs Dize156

Painting - 160 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

€7,000

Fine Art Drawings, Iris, Juliette Susar

Iris

Juliette Susar

Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 31.5 inch

€2,634

Painting, Nel mondo, Bonaschi

Nel mondo

Bonaschi

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

€380

Painting, Cascade, Joyce Polance

Cascade

Joyce Polance

Painting - 147 x 101 x 0.1 cm Painting - 57.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch

€8,500

Painting, Ode - Round Painting, Daniela Pasqualini

Ode - Round Painting

Daniela Pasqualini

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

€288

Painting, Vanitas Vanitatum, Santial

Vanitas Vanitatum

Santial

Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€5,500

Painting, Reflexes, Santial

Reflexes

Santial

Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€5,500

Painting, The Perks of the Leader, Santial

The Perks of the Leader

Santial

Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€6,500

Design, Flower Bomber, Brandalised

Flower Bomber

Brandalised

Design - 36 x 35 x 8 cm Design - 14.2 x 13.8 x 3.1 inch

€2,700

Sculpture, Luxury Art Toffee - Luxury Fashion, Michael Daniels

Luxury Art Toffee - Luxury Fashion

Michael Daniels

Sculpture - 33 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 13 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch

€225

Painting, Following the light II, Kamalky Laureano

Following the light II

Kamalky Laureano

Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€6,100 €5,795

Painting, My Beautiful Garden, Elena Shichko

My Beautiful Garden

Elena Shichko

Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Painting, Job offer, Simon Richard Halimi

Job offer

Simon Richard Halimi

Painting - 130 x 162 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 0.8 inch

€42,000

Painting, Serenity, Nadya Stancheva

Serenity

Nadya Stancheva

Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€5,500

Photography, You can do what she would want, Joana Choumali

You can do what she would want

Joana Choumali

Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€15,000

Sculpture, Casse-toi pauv’con, Fabrizio Saracino

Casse-toi pauv’con

Fabrizio Saracino

Sculpture - 37 x 64 x 3.5 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 25.2 x 1.4 inch

€2,300

Sculpture, Ours blanc, MIKA L

Ours blanc

MIKA L

Sculpture - 95 x 98 x 25 cm Sculpture - 37.4 x 38.6 x 9.8 inch

€2,800

Painting, Something's gotta give, Duytter

Something's gotta give

Duytter

Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€5,400

Print, Les précaires, Jean Denant

Les précaires

Jean Denant

Print - 70 x 100 x 0.8 cm Print - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.3 inch

€400

Painting, Audrey Hepburn Nothing is impossible 2, Gardani Art

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

€5,661

Painting, They Know the way, Gardani Art

They Know the way

Gardani Art

Painting - 137.2 x 106.7 x 8.9 cm Painting - 54 x 42 x 3.5 inch

€14,392

Painting, Le petit chien blanc, Patrick Moya

Le petit chien blanc

Patrick Moya

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

€3,800

Painting, Dolly sur fond brun, Patrick Moya

Dolly sur fond brun

Patrick Moya

Painting - 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Painting, Transposition #3, Dominique Dève

Transposition #3

Dominique Dève

Painting - 29 x 21 cm Painting - 11.4 x 8.3 inch

€200

Photography, Or Not, Samzaï

Or Not

Samzaï

Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch

€430

Fine Art Drawings, Mama, Rosemary Achata

Mama

Rosemary Achata

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 23 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 9.1 inch

€320

Fine Art Drawings, Tata, Rosemary Achata

Tata

Rosemary Achata

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 23 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 9.1 inch

€320

Print, Portrait 2, Manuella Ferré

Portrait 2

Manuella Ferré

Print - 27.8 x 20.8 cm Print - 10.9 x 8.2 inch

€90

Print, De précipices en belvédères 8, Manuella Ferré

De précipices en belvédères 8

Manuella Ferré

Print - 27.8 x 20.8 cm Print - 10.9 x 8.2 inch

€125

Print, De précipices en belvédères 7, Manuella Ferré

De précipices en belvédères 7

Manuella Ferré

Print - 27.8 x 20.8 cm Print - 10.9 x 8.2 inch

€125

Print, De précipices en belvédères 4, Manuella Ferré

De précipices en belvédères 4

Manuella Ferré

Print - 27.8 x 20.8 cm Print - 10.9 x 8.2 inch

€125

Painting, La coz y el martillo, Miguel Amate

La coz y el martillo

Miguel Amate

Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1 inch

€12,520

Photography, Murmures, Samzaï

Murmures

Samzaï

Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch

€430

Painting, No title, Margret Trimborn

No title

Margret Trimborn

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

€1,700

Painting, No title, Margret Trimborn

No title

Margret Trimborn

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

€1,700

Photography, NL #42, Charles Weber

NL #42

Charles Weber

Photography - 70 x 70 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 inch

€2,600

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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