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![Photography, In Harmony, Barry Cawston](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/919911_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Passe Temps, Arman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/895824_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Cage / Sans titre, Meteo Meteo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174077_1_grid.jpg)
Cage / Sans titre
Meteo Meteo
Painting - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.1 cm Painting - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0 inch
$729 $364
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![Painting, Cage / Sans titre, Meteo Meteo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172782_1_grid.jpg)
Cage / Sans titre
Meteo Meteo
Painting - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.1 cm Painting - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0 inch
$729 $364
![Painting, Cage / Sans titre, Meteo Meteo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172778_1_grid.jpg)
Cage / Sans titre
Meteo Meteo
Painting - 84.1 x 59.4 x 0.1 cm Painting - 33.1 x 23.4 x 0 inch
$729 $364
![Photography, Mount Fuji and the Heron, Leandro Frutos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171625_1_grid.jpg)
Mount Fuji and the Heron
Leandro Frutos
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$780
![Fine Art Drawings, K20124, Harald Kröner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162930_1_grid.jpg)
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![Sculpture, Nourritures du futur I, Angélique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162543_1_grid.jpg)
Nourritures du futur I
Angélique
Sculpture - 45 x 32 x 32 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 12.6 x 12.6 inch
$4,484
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Orsay Oner (Festival culture urbaine. Paris.)
JP Malot
Painting - 52 x 38 x 3 cm Painting - 20.5 x 15 x 1.2 inch
$1,345
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Bourgeois Big Top
Scott Troxel
Sculpture - 55.9 x 34.3 x 8.3 cm Sculpture - 22 x 13.5 x 3.25 inch
$1,570
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![Painting, Initial point 4, Alexander Lazarkov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1954923_1_grid.jpg)
Initial point 4
Alexander Lazarkov
Painting - 200 x 106 x 0.2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 41.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,063
![Painting, Ups and downs, Ventzislav Dikov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1936809_1_grid.jpg)
Ups and downs
Ventzislav Dikov
Painting - 60 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,233 $1,110
![Photography, Spiagge bianche study II, Antoine Rose](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1934325_1_grid.jpg)
Spiagge bianche study II
Antoine Rose
Photography - 88 x 200 x 1 cm Photography - 34.6 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$14,126
![Painting, Sunny home, Gago Chtchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1742706_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Enfantillages (série), Nagsoul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1536030_1_grid.jpg)
Enfantillages (série)
Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$673
![Painting, Feelings No.1, Pauline Schulze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1379292_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre - série poisson, Alexandra Baudin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1285683_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre - série poisson
Alexandra Baudin
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$729
![Painting, Le mulet - série poisson, Alexandra Baudin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1285602_1_grid.jpg)
Le mulet - série poisson
Alexandra Baudin
Painting - 33 x 66 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 26 x 0.8 inch
$729
![Painting, Paysages 656, Yongmin Huang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1266615_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysages 604, Yongmin Huang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1259583_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, Tout Prend Forme (blanc), Jacques Villeglé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/869823_1_grid.jpg)
Tout Prend Forme (blanc)
Jacques Villeglé
Print - 64 x 55 x 1 cm Print - 25.2 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,570
![Sculpture, Work Hard, Diederik Van Apple](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173977_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Never Never Give Up!, Diederik Van Apple](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173969_1_grid.jpg)
Never Never Give Up!
Diederik Van Apple
Sculpture - 33 x 16 x 15 cm Sculpture - 13 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch
$779
![Sculpture, Follow Your Heart, Diederik Van Apple](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173967_1_grid.jpg)
Follow Your Heart
Diederik Van Apple
Sculpture - 33 x 16 x 15 cm Sculpture - 13 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch
$779
![Sculpture, Long skull, Angela Gomes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139025_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untamed tiger, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2025339_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Passages N°107, Nagsoul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008758_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Torrent64_0802, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1940826_1_grid.jpg)
Torrent64_0802
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 41 x 60.6 x 5 cm Photography - 16.1 x 23.9 x 2 inch
$1,009
![Photography, Torrent48_0763, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1940814_1_grid.jpg)
Torrent48_0763
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 72.7 x 60.6 x 5 cm Photography - 28.6 x 23.9 x 2 inch
$1,794
![Photography, Torrent52_0773, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1940811_1_grid.jpg)
Torrent52_0773
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 60.6 x 72.7 x 5 cm Photography - 23.9 x 28.6 x 2 inch
$1,794
![Photography, Torrent51_0770, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1940808_1_grid.jpg)
Torrent51_0770
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 60.6 x 72.7 x 5 cm Photography - 23.9 x 28.6 x 2 inch
$1,794
![Photography, Torrent43_0742, Yasuo Kiyonaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1940793_1_grid.jpg)
Torrent43_0742
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 72.7 x 60.6 x 5 cm Photography - 28.6 x 23.9 x 2 inch
$1,794
![Fine Art Drawings, 4 petites mains, Nagsoul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1914261_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Dirty magic, Michael Alan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1907148_1_grid.jpg)
Dirty magic
Michael Alan
Fine Art Drawings - 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.5 x 0.04 inch
$1,794
![Painting, Areia, Mia Civita](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1388295_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Figure_1, Agnes von Rogister](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1319487_1_grid.jpg)
Figure_1
Agnes von Rogister
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 46 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,738
![Painting, Paysage, Plamen Rusev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/829884_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Wege und Spuren #21, Stefanie Rogge](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147515_1_grid.jpg)
Wege und Spuren #21
Stefanie Rogge
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
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![Print, Città bianca, Luigi Mainolfi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1921263_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Warmin Poles - Océan et fonds marins, Janina Rossiter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1749810_1_grid.jpg)
Warmin Poles - Océan et fonds marins
Janina Rossiter
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,065
![Photography, Audrey Hepburn Laying Down, Bert Stern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/166255_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cailloux Givrés, Zdenka Palkovic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1533228_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Enso: Facing the Pitch-black Void, Takashi Murakami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1483434_1_grid.jpg)
Enso: Facing the Pitch-black Void
Takashi Murakami
Print - 46.8 x 39.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 18.4 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$2,971
![Painting, Electric silk, Veronica Giorgia Carlotta Giannini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1448406_1_grid.jpg)
Electric silk
Veronica Giorgia Carlotta Giannini
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,626
![Painting, Liquid mirror, part 3., Veronica Giorgia Carlotta Giannini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1448388_1_grid.jpg)
Liquid mirror, part 3.
Veronica Giorgia Carlotta Giannini
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,626
![Painting, Liquid mirror, part 1., Veronica Giorgia Carlotta Giannini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1448358_1_grid.jpg)
Liquid mirror, part 1.
Veronica Giorgia Carlotta Giannini
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,626
![Painting, Unmet horizons, part 4., Veronica Giorgia Carlotta Giannini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1448349_1_grid.jpg)
Unmet horizons, part 4.
Veronica Giorgia Carlotta Giannini
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,697
![Painting, Unmet horizons, part 3., Veronica Giorgia Carlotta Giannini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1448340_1_grid.jpg)
Unmet horizons, part 3.
Veronica Giorgia Carlotta Giannini
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,661
![Painting, Unmet horizons, part 2., Veronica Giorgia Carlotta Giannini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1448334_1_grid.jpg)
Unmet horizons, part 2.
Veronica Giorgia Carlotta Giannini
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,751
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Scratch on the Wire
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 60.96 x 60.96 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$504
![Painting, Flat Layer Multi-Color, Mattia Novello](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1236990_1_grid.jpg)
Flat Layer Multi-Color
Mattia Novello
Painting - 111.8 x 111.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 44 x 44 x 2 inch
$7,500
![Photography, Jenga, Alexandra Haasz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1018167_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tengri, Alexandra Haasz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1018164_1_grid.jpg)
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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
$795
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Mémoire du temps n°15
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$874
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Le sauteur
Ariel Elizondo Lizarraga
Sculpture - 18 x 20 x 11 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 7.9 x 4.3 inch
$269
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Mémoire du temps n°55
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$661
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Abstract with red purple and gold 2
Tiny de Bruin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,469
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!