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Futura white wedding
Alla Grande
Sculpture - 27 x 37 x 9 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 14.6 x 3.5 inch
€2,900
Margueritte Daisies
David Mccrae
Photography - 20.3 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 8 x 10 x 0.1 inch
€211
Doll mouth (drool)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 99.1 x 99.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39 x 39 x 0.1 inch
€3,800
Doll mouth (drool)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 68.6 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 27 x 0.1 inch
€2,600
The stoning of St. Peter the fat fan
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 58.4 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 29 x 0.1 inch
€3,500
Martyrdom at the Rink
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 58.4 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 29 x 0.1 inch
€3,500
Martyrdom at the Ski Hill
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 58.4 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 29 x 0.1 inch
€3,500
A people's history (Terre sauvage)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 53.3 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21 x 29 x 0.1 inch
€3,500
A people's history (Girl bride, Bountiful, BC)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 53.3 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21 x 29 x 0.1 inch
€3,500
A People's History (View from Mt.Cashel)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 50.8 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 29 x 0.1 inch
€3,500
Group of Seven Awkward Moments (March Storm)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 48.3 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19 x 29 x 0.1 inch
€3,500
Group of seven awkward moments (Winter on the Don)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 55.9 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22 x 29 x 0.1 inch
€3,500
Group of seven awkward moments (Davis Strait)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 73.7 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29 x 23 x 0.1 inch
€3,500
Group of seven awkward moments (Early snow with Bob and Doug)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 73.7 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29 x 23 x 0.1 inch
€3,500
Group of seven awkward moments (In Algonquin Park)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 58.4 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 29 x 0.1 inch
€3,900
Group of seven awkward moments (northern lights)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 58.4 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 29 x 0.1 inch
€3,500
Herd-girl (gardener and memory keeper)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 73.7 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€4,000
Des mondes en extension / images-forêts BA0262
Léa Habourdin
Print - 70 x 100 cm Print - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
€4,000
La multitude déchue (dessin n° 17)
Peter Gnass
Fine Art Drawings - 78 x 53.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30.7 x 20.9 x 0.1 inch
€3,900
Se faire maître (Moine)
Eddy Firmin
Sculpture - 38.1 x 25.4 x 26.7 cm Sculpture - 15 x 10 x 10.5 inch
€3,000
Vases and Fruits
Zhang Wei Guang
Painting - 35 x 59 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch
€12,500
DJ Napoléon
Bruce Meritte
Photography - 100 x 70 x 10 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 3.9 inch
€3,000
Collection de torchons
Nathalie Gravey
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€300
Quartier de la Tour d' Elephant1
Serge Salis
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€300
Pont de Galata
Serge Salis
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€400
Two Penguins
Dr Sanjay Arora
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,650
Stage Dance
Dr Sanjay Arora
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,650
Bonne bouille X
Véronique Ball
Sculpture - 29 x 15.5 x 15.5 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 6.1 x 6.1 inch
€450
Rose garden, lichens & leaves #1
Jeanne Ridao
Painting - 91.44 x 91.44 x 3 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.2 inch
€3,900
Casa
Lionel le Jeune
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 42 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
€75
Château
Hermann Paul
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 25.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 10 x 0.1 inch
€400
Painted Work #1
Sanne De Wilde Bénédicte Kurzen
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
€7,000
Lipstick DIGI black and white limited with frame
Marc Ferrero
Print - 28 x 28 x 0.2 cm Print - 11 x 11 x 0.1 inch
€180
Fountain of the Turtles
Giuseppe Malandrino
Print - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€240
Le réconfort 9
LN Le Cheviller
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€690
Le réconfort 6
LN Le Cheviller
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€690
Le réconfort 5
LN Le Cheviller
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€690
Fête Foraine
Geoffrey Callènes
Painting - 83 x 116 x 1.5 cm Painting - 32.7 x 45.7 x 0.6 inch
€2,300
Postcards that I haven't sent yet (Schwarzwald)
Aline Schwörer
Painting - 10 x 14 x 1 cm Painting - 3.9 x 5.5 x 0.4 inch
€320
Anatomie - grande - 18
LN Le Cheviller
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€800
Anatomie - grande - 16
LN Le Cheviller
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€800
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
€200
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
€200
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
€400
Paris, élégance à l'Opera
Olivia Bonnamour
Photography - 30 x 45 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€450
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!