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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
$354
Stronger Together
Bronle Crosby
Painting - 182.9 x 243.8 x 6.4 cm Painting - 72 x 96 x 2.5 inch
$12,500
May the force be with you!
Amandine André
Photography - 11.5 x 16.5 x 1 cm Photography - 4.5 x 6.5 x 0.4 inch
$84
Yellow (Santa Maria)
Carlos Estrela
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,386
Cueillette de coton
Edna De Araraquara
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,691
The kettle
Claude Billès
Photography - 100 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$2,354
New Mexico No. 12
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$230
Appalachians No. 13
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$180
The demand of the time (Black & white)
Jacob Rantzau
Print - 108 x 159 cm Print - 42.5 x 62.6 inch
$3,644
Series: Portrait rendering #2
Keita Kushima
Painting - 90 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$4,821
UberMan collage
Baptiste Laurent
Fine Art Drawings - 139 x 109 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 54.7 x 42.9 x 0.1 inch
$2,803
Don’t live without it - In the best of all possible worlds
Fringe
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$9,529
Louis loves blue - In the best of all possible worlds
Fringe
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$9,529
Sneaker Nike Air Jordan 1 Taille 43
Les Frères Guinet
Sculpture - 12 x 30 x 17 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 11.8 x 6.7 inch
$2,679
Sous le vent - Paysage marin et voiliers
Anne-Marie Bernardi
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$420
Grand largue - Paysage marin et voiliers
Anne-Marie Bernardi
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$213
Human power
Cekyka Art
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$335
Abstraction océane 10
Jeanne Aure
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$448
Sculpture lumineuse B 104
Amélie Baudin
Design - 52 x 11 x 11 cm Design - 20.5 x 4.3 x 4.3 inch
$2,803
Getting your attention
John Bacon
Painting - 145 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 57.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$5,629
The pub
Reynold Arnould
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$404
In The Restaurant
Reynold Arnould
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 31.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 12.4 x 0.1 inch
$493
Marseille station
Reynold Arnould
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 31.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 12.4 x 0.1 inch
$381
Sans titre, Exit serie
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 108 x 108 x 0.3 cm Painting - 42.5 x 42.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,410
Mr Ayrton Senna dans les rues de Monaco
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Ayrton Senna Portugal
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Ayrton Senna. GP de Hongrie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Ayrton Senna GP de Belgique
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Ayrton Senna Portugal F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,679
Ayrton Senna MacLaren. Italie. Monza
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Préparation de Ayrton Senna au GP du Brésil
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Rail de Tags
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
Mains de Joie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Mikka Hakkinen MacLaren 1997 Argentine
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,570
Alain Prost. MacLaren. Monaco 1988
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Glacier Périto Moreno 2. Patagonie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Nature dépouillé. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
Blanc manteau. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Course finie. Nioulargue. Saint Tropez
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,570
Petit et grand. Grande armada du siècle
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,570
Les ghats de Jodhpur. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,456
La grande Armada du siècle. Rouen. Voile 2
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
Fernando Alonso. MacLaren. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,570
Eddie Irvine. Tunnel de Monaco. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
Alain Prost. Portugal. F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,570
Ayrton Senna. MacLaren F1. Monaco
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,681
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!