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Les Aiguilles de Chamonix vues de l’Index
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,067
Desires 3
Esinulo Chiamaka Praise Chiamaka Praise
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$3,300
Thought chaos in tears
Jacqueline Dey
Painting - 50 x 59.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
$495
Lost words 1
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 62 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 24.4 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$250
A conversation with a therapist 7
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
A conversation with a therapist 6
Dzovig Arnelian
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
Parisi175 – Academic Reference N.4
Alejandro Martin Parisi
Painting - 61 x 64 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,360
La cigogne et le renard
Jean Duranel
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$1,517
Bird
Martin Bradley
Fine Art Drawings - 75 x 57 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch
$3,596
The plow on the fields
André Dunoyer de Segonzac
Print - 32 x 23 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.1 x 0 inch
$663
Vintage roller
Franck Savoye (Francky)
Painting - 60 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
$506
À la trompette
Alban Garachon
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 19.7 inch
$618
Rainy days in Manila I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Rainy days in Manila IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Rainy days in Saigon III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Rainy days in Saigon IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Rainy days in Saigon V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Rainy days in Saigon VI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Rainy days in Saigon IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Rainy days in Tokyo I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Rainy days in Tokyo III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Rainy days in Tokyo IX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Rainy days in Tokyo XII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Wild lens - Horses III
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Wild lens - Horses II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Wild lens - Horses I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Wild lens - Elephant XIX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Wild lens - Elephant XI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Wild lens - Elephant X
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Wild lens - Big Five II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,124
Wild lens - Penguins
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,124
Rainy days in New York IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Rainy days in New York V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Singapore blur II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Human crowd VIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,674
Rainy days in Hong Kong VIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Rainy days in Hong Kong X
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Rainy days in Hong Kong XIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Rainy days in Hong Kong XVI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,236
Jour de fête III
Albane de Saint Remy
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$775
L'Année du Lapin Chasseur
Marie Burel
Photography - 52 x 38 x 3 cm Photography - 20.5 x 15 x 1.2 inch
$674
50000 Reverso Iizquierdo
Rodrigo Spinel
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 14 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch
$500
Monks XXXVIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 105 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch
$1,787
Bambin dans les bras, Côte d’Ivoire
Louis Toffoli
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$449
Trois femmes sous la pluie
Frédéric Blaimont
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,596
Chicago sky I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 70 x 140 x 3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,124
Chicago art I A
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,899
Let's Exchange our Dresses
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$551 $330
Little Black and a White One Little Dress
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$551 $330
New York Color XXXIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,787
New York Color XXIX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,787
Watchtower XXI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,450
Urban mover V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 90 x 120 x 4 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,562
Passage piéton
Stéphane Martin
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.04 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$169
Contemporary portrait "Disco Club"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 100 x 65 x 2.2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.9 inch
$2,809
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!