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![Print, Untitled, Lidia Masllorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139024_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Amour, Virginia Benedicto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2126193_1_grid.jpg)
Amour
Virginia Benedicto
Sculpture - 30 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$2,125 $1,891
![Print, Sans titre, Valerio Adami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085927_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Homer's fashion week - Large format, Kobalt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2002524_1_grid.jpg)
Homer's fashion week - Large format
Kobalt
Print - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$503
![Painting, Franclisa, Gbemileke Blessing Adegboro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1924827_1_grid.jpg)
Franclisa
Gbemileke Blessing Adegboro
Painting - 91.9 x 91.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 36.2 x 1 inch
$1,800
![Painting, Harmonic III, Sia Aryai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1865964_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Harmonic .IV, Sia Aryai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1865961_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, All in bloom. IV, Sia Aryai](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1859169_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, The layers get to me, Michael Alan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1686324_1_grid.jpg)
The layers get to me
Michael Alan
Fine Art Drawings - 46.7 x 34.3 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.4 x 13.5 x 0.04 inch
$1,342
![Design, Vintage Table Lamp, Carlo Nason](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1684893_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chronometer Series 4, Lena Ochkalova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1628850_1_grid.jpg)
Chronometer Series 4
Lena Ochkalova
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$671
![Painting, Chronometer Series 2, Lena Ochkalova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1628838_1_grid.jpg)
Chronometer Series 2
Lena Ochkalova
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$671
![Print, Postponed due to the pandemic!, Jay-C](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626582_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Morning Sunbathing, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1620504_1_grid.jpg)
Morning Sunbathing
Alexander Levich
Painting - 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$973
![Print, Tränen: Hirschfuß, Joseph Beuys](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/16002_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, White Silence, Gergana Stoyanova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1553004_1_grid.jpg)
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![Fine Art Drawings, Pauvre Amour 2, Agathe David](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1293213_1_grid.jpg)
Pauvre Amour 2
Agathe David
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,398
![Sculpture, Sculpture ART M-LOVE "Pearl Fluo", F&G](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1170318_1_grid.jpg)
Sculpture ART M-LOVE "Pearl Fluo"
F&G
Sculpture - 56 x 114 x 45 cm Sculpture - 22 x 44.9 x 17.7 inch
$4,921
![Painting, Mer en hiver - série Mer, Françoise Lavenu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/913851_1_grid.jpg)
Mer en hiver - série Mer
Françoise Lavenu
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Élévation au Musée - Corée, Jean-Marc Stoeffler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/894531_1_grid.jpg)
Élévation au Musée - Corée
Jean-Marc Stoeffler
Photography - 37 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$280
![Print, Sans titre (184), Miodrag Djuric (Dado)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/816813_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Planet Earth, Michael Grine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/591669_1_grid.jpg)
Planet Earth
Michael Grine
Painting - 60.5 x 121.4 x 5.4 cm Painting - 23.8 x 47.8 x 2.12 inch
$1,500
![Painting, Écumes III (SG135), Sylvie Guyomard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/530021_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, International crétin, Walter Sené](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157095_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Noises From the Outside, Lukasz Olek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153054_1_grid.jpg)
Noises From the Outside
Lukasz Olek
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,461
![Painting, Neutral Divine, KR Moehr](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2074602_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Whitefish, June Johnson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2073342_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Alpilles, Agnès Tiollier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1944345_1_grid.jpg)
Alpilles
Agnès Tiollier
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 70 x 0.18 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$895
![Print, Vague, Najia Mehadji](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1941831_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Intimate explosion, Michael Alan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1907109_1_grid.jpg)
Intimate explosion
Michael Alan
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 27.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 11 x 0.04 inch
$3,020
![Painting, Living like water, Selene Art](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1852089_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sandstorm, Eva Hoffmann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1842729_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Desert signe LV (SG246), Sylvie Guyomard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1781508_1_grid.jpg)
Desert signe LV (SG246)
Sylvie Guyomard
Sculpture - 40 x 50 x 5 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 19.7 x 2 inch
$548
![Sculpture, Desert signe LIII (SG244), Sylvie Guyomard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1781496_1_grid.jpg)
Desert signe LIII (SG244)
Sylvie Guyomard
Sculpture - 50 x 40 x 5 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch
$436
![Painting, Final Opus, KR Moehr](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1772547_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, I'm a lady, Patrick Cornée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1758669_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Caress, Saverio Filioli Uranio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1751289_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Un été outre-mer - série Les Dames de la côte, Françoise Lucq](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687839_1_grid.jpg)
Un été outre-mer - série Les Dames de la côte
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,096
![Painting, Right from the source, Manuela Karin Knaut](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1679235_1_grid.jpg)
Right from the source
Manuela Karin Knaut
Painting - 125 x 125 x 4 cm Painting - 49.2 x 49.2 x 1.6 inch
$5,826
![Print, Velveteen (Nico Gold), Fin DAC](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1618980_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans Titre, Francklin Mbungu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1523484_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nostalgie, Francklin Mbungu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1523436_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lagune 2, Francis L'Huillier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1443033_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Village en Hiver (Vosges) - série Paysage, Marie-Thérèse Chanel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1440066_1_grid.jpg)
Village en Hiver (Vosges) - série Paysage
Marie-Thérèse Chanel
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
![Print, La Chauve-Souris, Hans Bellmer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1368258_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Louis Vitton n°6, Parscha Mirghawameddin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1363704_1_grid.jpg)
Louis Vitton n°6
Parscha Mirghawameddin
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
![Painting, Georgian Man, Nina Narimanishvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1341042_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Kate Moss Finger Red, Death NYC](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329897_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Spinta Tire, Mattia Novello](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1237008_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Close Touching God, Mattia Novello](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1236930_1_grid.jpg)
Close Touching God
Mattia Novello
Sculpture - 71.1 x 71.1 x 5.1 cm Sculpture - 28 x 28 x 2 inch
$8,000
![Photography, El Dandy, James Sparshatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1204254_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moi premis, Walter Sené](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1195575_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Women, Kirill Postovit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1000527_1_grid.jpg)
Women
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.1 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$3,009
![Print, Sans titre 4, Antonio Asis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/890427_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre 2, Antonio Asis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/890409_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Abstract Composition, Hans Richter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/680898_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Élément jaune (PM15), Palmi Marzaroli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/534107_1_grid.jpg)
Élément jaune (PM15)
Palmi Marzaroli
Painting - 49 x 63 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.3 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch
$2,572
![Painting, Embruns, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173383_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cheveux de comète, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173379_1_grid.jpg)
Cheveux de comète
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$2,774
![Painting, Siestes short ancres marines, Pascal Astier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171932_1_grid.jpg)
Siestes short ancres marines
Pascal Astier
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$2,237
![Painting, Shadow Guzzler nr. 2, Marek Uhlir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170451_1_grid.jpg)
Shadow Guzzler nr. 2
Marek Uhlir
Painting - 70.1 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$750
![Painting, Among the White Birch, Lee Passarella](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167892_1_grid.jpg)
Among the White Birch
Lee Passarella
Painting - 45.7 x 45.7 x 6.4 cm Painting - 18 x 18 x 2.5 inch
$875
![Painting, Have you seen the moon tonight? 3, Laura Spring](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167628_1_grid.jpg)
Have you seen the moon tonight? 3
Laura Spring
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 2 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.8 inch
$600
![Print, Man on Stilts, Annora Spence](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165937_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Force, Lionel Chevalier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152682_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, White dream, Hayk Miqayelyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142041_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, City II, Yichao Sun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139925_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mémoire du Temps 46, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136054_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du Temps 46
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,416
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n° 41 : Archéologie du temps, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091768_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n° 41 : Archéologie du temps
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 146 x 114 x 3.5 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 1.4 inch
$5,581
![Painting, Palimpeste 1, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091765_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n° 42, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091714_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n° 42
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$4,004
![Photography, White tiger #4, Brad Wilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2090031_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Favorite hands, Jason Piken](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068107_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Motion Sickness, Ethan Newman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2054733_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'énigme de l'attachement Ghost Town Part I & II, Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1946562_1_grid.jpg)
L'énigme de l'attachement Ghost Town Part I & II
Kevin-Ademola Sangosanya
Painting - 60 x 42.5 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 16.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,013
![Painting, Mémoire oubliée N°12, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1925766_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire oubliée N°12
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,463
![Painting, Blue soul, Vern Rollin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1831794_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, HK fragments IV, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1552209_1_grid.jpg)
HK fragments IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,114
![Fine Art Drawings, Sculptures Duo, Moon Shin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1551567_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Come dance with me, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1527162_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Temporary Shelter, Teona Yamanidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449213_1_grid.jpg)
Temporary Shelter
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$3,132
![Painting, Open Heart Restart, Seema Mathew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1373484_1_grid.jpg)
Open Heart Restart
Seema Mathew
Painting - 55 x 80 x 0.3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,801
![Photography, Spotty face beauty, Faie Davis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1356477_1_grid.jpg)
Spotty face beauty
Faie Davis
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$925
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![Photography, George Tabori, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171596_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Roger Willemsen, Detlev Schneider](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171551_1_grid.jpg)
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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!