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Cenizas y diamantes VII
Cecilia Méndez Casariego
Painting - 33 x 45 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
€576
Reflet d'une vieille coque
Richard Bouts
Painting - 65.3 x 54.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.7 x 21.5 x 1 inch
€1,000
Cenizas y diamantes V
Cecilia Méndez Casariego
Painting - 33 x 45 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
€576
Cenizas y diamantes IV
Cecilia Méndez Casariego
Painting - 33 x 45 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
€576
Cenizas y diamantes I
Cecilia Méndez Casariego
Painting - 32.8 x 45 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.9 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
€576
Crystalized Charmander Relic
Daniel Arsham
Sculpture - 33 x 33 x 12 cm Sculpture - 13 x 13 x 4.7 inch
€6,000
Recherche de Motifs 8
François Azambourg
Painting - 217 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 85.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€1,600
Recherche de motifs 15
François Azambourg
Painting - 135 x 99 x 0.1 cm Painting - 53.1 x 39 x 0 inch
€1,200
Éolienne I (faisan)
Alzbeta Wolfová
Photography - 95 x 84 x 5 cm Photography - 37.4 x 33.1 x 2 inch
€1,200
Désiquilibre
Éric Dabancourt
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€340
The Rolling Stones Group Portrait, London, 1965
Glen Craig
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
€1,679
Woman with orange flowers
Dondi Schwartz
Painting - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
€800
Still life with milk and lemon
Irina Trushkova
Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.7 inch
€1,200
Alpine mountain
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 100.1 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€988
Majestic Alps landscape
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 100.1 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,334
Snowy mountains
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 100.1 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€988
Renaissance woman 6
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€3,800
Roboclusion Stormtrooper
Vincent Sabatier
Sculpture - 25 x 16 x 5 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 6.3 x 2 inch
€1,300
Pieces of a free soul - Diptych
Cátia Goffinet
Painting - 30 x 59.9 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€700
Inner path
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 30 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
€300
Rincón con maceta
Felisa Esteban - Maifx
Painting - 61 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 15 x 0.4 inch
€1,250
Smat156,part2
Lassana Sarr
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
€700
Brume matinale - série paysage rural
Philippe Maillebuau
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€560
Feeding The Birds
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€2,690
A girl awaiting the train
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€2,690
Volcan II aquagravure originale
Bernard Alligand
Print - 52 x 52 x 1 cm Print - 20.5 x 20.5 x 0.4 inch
€900
Golden sun, blue planet
Rebecca Nizar
Painting - 61 x 51 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 20.1 x 1.2 inch
€900
My Kid Just Ruined My Basquiat (Granit Version)
Ziegler T
Painting - 76 x 56 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22 inch
€300
One Dollar Rouge Mat
Karl Lagasse
Sculpture - 16.5 x 39.5 x 0.2 cm Sculpture - 6.5 x 15.6 x 0.1 inch
€2,300 €2,070
Fond Marin (Réf.69)
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
Roboclusion Street Fighter Ryu
Vincent Sabatier
Sculpture - 25 x 16 x 5 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 6.3 x 2 inch
€1,300
Roboclusion Kong Skate
Vincent Sabatier
Sculpture - 25 x 16 x 5 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 6.3 x 2 inch
€1,300
Perfect Circle
Antoine Rose
Photography - 88 x 200 x 1 cm Photography - 34.6 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
€12,600
Roboclusion Goldorak Mazinger
Vincent Sabatier
Sculpture - 25 x 16 x 5 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 6.3 x 2 inch
€1,050
Roboclusion Pop II
Vincent Sabatier
Sculpture - 25 x 16 x 5 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 6.3 x 2 inch
€1,050
Roboclusion Pink Floyd
Vincent Sabatier
Sculpture - 25 x 16 x 5 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 6.3 x 2 inch
€1,050
Sur le fil #5
Juliette Marie Regnier
Painting - 61 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€3,614
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
€1,050
Experience d'Icare
Akira Inumaru
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€600
Experience d'Icare
Akira Inumaru
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€600
Experience d'Icare
Akira Inumaru
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€600
Introspection
Iris C. Pollyanna
Painting - 60 x 45 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.6 inch
€1,714
Abstract Ocean #1
Daniel Marcoux
Painting - 91.4 x 122 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1.5 inch
€2,162
Fraserbourg - série mer et phares
Alain Abramatic
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€650
Sans titre - série mer et voiliers
Alain Abramatic
Painting - 80 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€750
Fuicura palabra de dio destina el mío amazonas
Walter Barrientos
Painting - 77 x 110 cm Painting - 30.3 x 43.3 inch
€1,000
Skull in the Meditation with Neon Design
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 32 x 32 x 25 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 12.6 x 9.8 inch
€732
Visions of the dreaming maiden
Sergey Khachatryan
Painting - 34 x 44 x 2 cm Painting - 13.4 x 17.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,151
Playing with mother
Sergey Khachatryan
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,439
Colpo di sole
Antonino Puliafico
Painting - 95 x 115 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch
€2,100
Private reputation of colors XII
Eyasu Telayneh
Painting - 100 x 78 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 30.7 x 2 inch
€2,000
After performance
Karen Axikyan
Sculpture - 16 x 40 x 10 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 15.7 x 3.9 inch
€2,877
Jeune fille à la bicyclette
José Nicolas
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€1,000
Montenegro. Prcanj
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€2,878
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!