White

Painting, Sable 2, Bridg'

Sable 2

Bridg'

Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€140

Painting, Cool chilling 2, Oshorenoya David Francis

Cool chilling 2

Oshorenoya David Francis

Painting - 114.3 x 114.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 45 x 1 inch

€1,159

Painting, Contemporary portrait "At Night", Nataliya Bagatskaya

Contemporary portrait "At Night"

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Painting, Temprança, Nuria Guinovart

Temprança

Nuria Guinovart

Painting - 60 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€3,900

Painting, Mini montagne 3, Dejun Huang

Mini montagne 3

Dejun Huang

Painting - 69 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 27.2 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Painting, Mini montagne 4, Dejun Huang

Mini montagne 4

Dejun Huang

Painting - 46 x 69 x 1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 27.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,500

Painting, Facing, Jenny Bach

Facing

Jenny Bach

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

€1,200

Painting, Farm life I, Jenny Bach

Farm life I

Jenny Bach

Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,950

Painting, Effortless II, Jenny Bach

Effortless II

Jenny Bach

Painting - 56 x 46 x 1.5 cm Painting - 22 x 18.1 x 0.6 inch

€1,300

Painting, Universe, Jenny Bach

Universe

Jenny Bach

Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,200

Print, Portrait de famille, Philippe Berry

Portrait de famille

Philippe Berry

Print - 68 x 44 x 0.1 cm Print - 26.8 x 17.3 x 0 inch

€150

Sculpture, Spectateur, Egor Plotnikov

Spectateur

Egor Plotnikov

Sculpture - 19 x 5 x 5 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 2 x 2 inch

€250

Painting, Living like water, Selene Art

Living like water

Selene Art

Painting - 79.8 x 61 x 3.6 cm Painting - 31.4 x 24 x 1.4 inch

€539

Painting, La cigarette, Benoît Montet

La cigarette

Benoît Montet

Painting - 59.9 x 30 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 1 inch

€1,238

Painting, Sur le fil#3, Juliette Marie Regnier

Sur le fil#3

Juliette Marie Regnier

Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€4,354

Sculpture, Psychopomp Hermes, Dervis Akdemir

Psychopomp Hermes

Dervis Akdemir

Sculpture - 30 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch

€182

Painting, Canrag, Stefano Mazzolini

Canrag

Stefano Mazzolini

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

€800 €720

Painting, Plumis, Ewa Bathelier

Plumis

Ewa Bathelier

Painting - 210 x 90 x 1 cm Painting - 82.7 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

€5,000

Painting, Morning Takes Shape No. 1, Jon Gilchrist

Morning Takes Shape No. 1

Jon Gilchrist

Painting - 61 x 91 x 2.54 cm Painting - 24 x 35.8 x 1 inch

€3,780

Painting, Trida, Stefano Mazzolini

Trida

Stefano Mazzolini

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

€1,500

Painting, Edera, Stefano Mazzolini

Edera

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting - 120 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

Painting, TT38SN, Stefano Mazzolini

TT38SN

Stefano Mazzolini

Painting - 130 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€800

Fine Art Drawings, CTSS, Stefano Mazzolini

CTSS

Stefano Mazzolini

Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

€700

Painting, Windy waves, Rossana Rossignoli

Windy waves

Rossana Rossignoli

Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€4,970

Painting, Fille coréenne et chat, Sounya Whang

Fille coréenne et chat

Sounya Whang

Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

€1,297

Painting, Evolución, ARTangelus

Evolución

ARTangelus

Painting - 120 x 90 x 3.4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.3 inch

€4,650

Painting, Alegría de vivir, ARTangelus

Alegría de vivir

ARTangelus

Painting - 120 x 90 x 3.4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.3 inch

€4,650

Painting, Osiria Rose, Four Winds Artistry

Osiria Rose

Four Winds Artistry

Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 1.7 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.7 inch

€2,618

Painting, Vivacity, Four Winds Artistry

Vivacity

Four Winds Artistry

Painting - 40.6 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 16 x 40 x 1.5 inch

€2,050

Painting, Interior, Ramiro Baptista

Interior

Ramiro Baptista

Painting - 50 x 50 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 inch

€600

Painting, HopeFull, Bze Bzeland

HopeFull

Bze Bzeland

Painting - 42 x 29.7 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.7 inch

€250

Painting, Turn the lights on, Roanne .

Turn the lights on

Roanne .

Painting - 76 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 15 x 0.4 inch

€2,250

Painting, Paris, La Défense, Dam Domido

Paris, La Défense

Dam Domido

Painting - 98 x 98 x 1 cm Painting - 38.6 x 38.6 x 0.4 inch

€3,500

Painting, Travelling out of a Pandemic, Daniel Marcoux

Travelling out of a Pandemic

Daniel Marcoux

Painting - 183 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 72 x 40 x 1.5 inch

€3,810

Painting, Tempête de couleurs, Daniel Marcoux

Tempête de couleurs

Daniel Marcoux

Painting - 122 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1.5 inch

€3,810

Painting, The Lost Feathers, Gudmundur Sigurdsson

The Lost Feathers

Gudmundur Sigurdsson

Painting - 51 x 61 x 4 cm Painting - 20.1 x 24 x 1.6 inch

€4,650

Painting, Bohemian, Rakel Routarinne

Bohemian

Rakel Routarinne

Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.7 inch

€2,090

Painting, Emerald Orgasm, Rakel Routarinne

Emerald Orgasm

Rakel Routarinne

Painting - 100 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1 inch

€4,970

Painting, La Mer 2, Daniel Marcoux

La Mer 2

Daniel Marcoux

Painting - 76 x 101 x 3.5 cm Painting - 29.9 x 39.8 x 1.4 inch

€2,195

Painting, La part des Anges - the Angels' share, Bze Bzeland

La part des Anges - the Angels' share

Bze Bzeland

Painting - 42 x 29.7 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.7 inch

€250

Painting, Frozen, Jacqueline Perez Saleh

Frozen

Jacqueline Perez Saleh

Painting - 73 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,250

Painting, Les amandiers, Valérie Dragacci

Les amandiers

Valérie Dragacci

Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€670

Print, Margenes 8, Erwin Bechtold

Margenes 8

Erwin Bechtold

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€600

Print, Margenes 7, Erwin Bechtold

Margenes 7

Erwin Bechtold

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€600

Print, Margenes 4, Erwin Bechtold

Margenes 4

Erwin Bechtold

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€600

Photography, Shreds of Memory V, Jakub Pasierkiewicz

Shreds of Memory V

Jakub Pasierkiewicz

Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€1,212

Photography, Shreds of Memory II, Jakub Pasierkiewicz

Shreds of Memory II

Jakub Pasierkiewicz

Photography - 70 x 100 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,212

Photography, Où est Charlie ? V, Tanguy Mendrisse

Où est Charlie ? V

Tanguy Mendrisse

Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch

€125

Print, Les Sabres, Arman

Les Sabres

Arman

Print - 40 x 26 cm Print - 15.7 x 10.2 inch

€350

Painting, White hearts - Love, Amour, Amore, Liebe 3D plaster, Nataliia Krykun

White hearts - Love, Amour, Amore, Liebe 3D plaster

Nataliia Krykun

Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€4,400

Painting, Liberty, Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Liberty

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Painting - 65 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Painting, Roadside attractions, Standa

Roadside attractions

Standa

Painting - 57 x 91 x 3 cm Painting - 22.4 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,850

Painting, Connections, Standa

Connections

Standa

Painting - 57 x 91 x 3 cm Painting - 22.4 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,850

Painting, Shelter, Standa

Shelter

Standa

Painting - 51 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 20.1 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,550

Painting, Plaza, Quentin DMR

Plaza

Quentin DMR

Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,300

Painting, Paris, rue du Petit Pont, Lyne Seybel

Paris, rue du Petit Pont

Lyne Seybel

Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€950

Painting, The sense of silence, Sandra Vibe

The sense of silence

Sandra Vibe

Painting - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€1,650

Painting, Colindantes, Deon Studio

Colindantes

Deon Studio

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

€1,850

Painting, Hope, Annalisa Baumgart

Hope

Annalisa Baumgart

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

€1,650

Painting, Dried lake, Annalisa Baumgart

Dried lake

Annalisa Baumgart

Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,650

Painting, Seaking sunlights, Annalisa Baumgart

Seaking sunlights

Annalisa Baumgart

Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,750

Painting, Rock on white - 3D textured minimalism calm modern music, Nataliia Krykun

Rock on white - 3D textured minimalism calm modern music

Nataliia Krykun

Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,500

Painting, Seda vol. 2, BeeMaz

Seda vol. 2

BeeMaz

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

€1,650

Painting, Gaia's ressonance vol. 1, BeeMaz

Gaia's ressonance vol. 1

BeeMaz

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

€800

Painting, Gaia's ressonance vol. 2, BeeMaz

Gaia's ressonance vol. 2

BeeMaz

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

€750

Painting, Kermis, BeeMaz

Kermis

BeeMaz

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

€1,400

Painting, White eagle. A keen eye., Lilya Volskaya

White eagle. A keen eye.

Lilya Volskaya

Painting - 40 x 25 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 9.8 x 0.6 inch

€800

Painting, Forged archeology, Susan Goldie

Forged archeology

Susan Goldie

Painting - 50 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,050

Painting, Russian village, Lilya Volskaya

Russian village

Lilya Volskaya

Painting - 65 x 85 x 1.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 33.5 x 0.6 inch

€1,000

Sculpture, Buste d'enfant, Pauline Couble

Buste d'enfant

Pauline Couble

Sculpture - 29 x 23 x 13 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 9.1 x 5.1 inch

€3,000

Sculpture, Homage to Jackson Pollock (white), Ad Van Hassel

Homage to Jackson Pollock (white)

Ad Van Hassel

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

€225

Painting, The uprising II, Oxana Vein

The uprising II

Oxana Vein

Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.2 inch

€1,650

Painting, The uprising I, Oxana Vein

The uprising I

Oxana Vein

Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.2 inch

€1,650

Sculpture, Homage to Chanel, Ad Van Hassel

Homage to Chanel

Ad Van Hassel

Sculpture - 20 x 24 x 4 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 9.4 x 1.6 inch

€275

Sculpture, Homage to Mickey, Ad Van Hassel

Homage to Mickey

Ad Van Hassel

Sculpture - 24 x 16 x 4 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.6 inch

€275

Sculpture, Love, Ad Van Hassel

Love

Ad Van Hassel

Sculpture - 17 x 19 x 4 cm Sculpture - 6.7 x 7.5 x 1.6 inch

€275

Painting, The escape (La huida), Sonia Domenech

The escape (La huida)

Sonia Domenech

Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

€1,980

Painting, G80049339C, Wo$h

G80049339C

Wo$h

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

€900

Painting, Ground breaking, Keziah Swinford

Ground breaking

Keziah Swinford

Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,400

Painting, Otoño, Mª Rosa Germán

Otoño

Mª Rosa Germán

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

€1,200

Photography, Un'isola nell'aria, Urs Lüthi

Un'isola nell'aria

Urs Lüthi

Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,000

Photography, Un'isola nell'aria, Urs Lüthi

Un'isola nell'aria

Urs Lüthi

Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€1,000

Painting, Homeland, Wang Dianyu

Homeland

Wang Dianyu

Painting - 30 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€850

Painting, Sin título, Miquel Ponce

Sin título

Miquel Ponce

Painting - 46 x 38 x 4 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 1.6 inch

€500

Photography, This place needs your attention, Christa David

This place needs your attention

Christa David

Photography - 25.4 x 22.86 x 2 cm Photography - 10 x 9 x 0.8 inch

€1,198

Painting, Little mermaid, Penguino

Little mermaid

Penguino

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€500

Painting, Ballerina, Penguino

Ballerina

Penguino

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€500

Photography, Valle Oscuru, Imanol Marrodán

Valle Oscuru

Imanol Marrodán

Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€850

Painting, Inhale, Henadzi Havartsou

Inhale

Henadzi Havartsou

Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch

€634

Painting, 20.08, Mccain McMurray

20.08

Mccain McMurray

Painting - 40.6 x 20.3 x 5.8 cm Painting - 16 x 8 x 2.3 inch

€526

Painting, The show must go on no.9, Painting, Acrylic on canvas, Bea Garding Schubert

The show must go on no.9, Painting, Acrylic on canvas

Bea Garding Schubert

Painting - 140 x 100.1 x 1.8 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.7 inch

€3,476

Painting, Sans titre, Pierre Célice

Sans titre

Pierre Célice

Painting - 182.5 x 214 x 3 cm Painting - 71.9 x 84.3 x 1.2 inch

€14,500

Painting, Sans titre, Pierre Célice

Sans titre

Pierre Célice

Painting - 135 x 185 x 3 cm Painting - 53.1 x 72.8 x 1.2 inch

€11,000

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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