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![Painting, Farm life I, Jenny Bach](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2106267_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Effortless I, Jenny Bach](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2106261_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Effortless II, Jenny Bach](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2106258_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Foglia - '643' Fable, Elio Martinelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2087676_1_grid.jpg)
Foglia - '643' Fable
Elio Martinelli
Design - 43 x 46 x 46 cm Design - 16.9 x 18.1 x 18.1 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Ground breaking, Keziah Swinford](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2087055_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Invisible sun, Iryna Kitaieva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2062110_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Juliette and her Greyhound - Dog sitter - Fashion, Artemisia Fine Art](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2036910_1_grid.jpg)
Juliette and her Greyhound - Dog sitter - Fashion
Artemisia Fine Art
Fine Art Drawings - 54.9 x 54.9 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.6 x 21.6 x 2 inch
€1,135
![Sculpture, Golden boy Hermes - Handmade sculpture for home decor, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012529_1_grid.jpg)
Golden boy Hermes - Handmade sculpture for home decor
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 30 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
€222
![Painting, Joker par Aiiroh & Namisen, Aiiroh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1956657_1_grid.jpg)
Joker par Aiiroh & Namisen
Aiiroh
Painting - 75 x 75 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0 inch
€900 €810
![Print, Death G598, Death NYC](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1940406_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Inhale, Henadzi Havartsou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1875609_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Modern peek, KR Moehr](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1831356_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Establishment, Christel Haag](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1831275_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Holy moly 1, Christel Haag](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1830660_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Distraction, KR Moehr](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1818720_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Soften my edges, KR Moehr](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1818435_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Softer still, KR Moehr](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1817841_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sur le fil#3, Juliette Marie Regnier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1734171_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Painting, Morning Takes Shape No. 1, Jon Gilchrist](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1598829_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Sculpture, Sunday, Desa Vlahutin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1572855_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, The Path of the Squares, Desa Vlahutin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1572822_1_grid.jpg)
The Path of the Squares
Desa Vlahutin
Sculpture - 50 x 40 x 20 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 15.7 x 7.9 inch
€4,024
![Painting, Windy waves, Rossana Rossignoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1508067_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, White Top 37, Anna Celie Nastasia Meyer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504434_1_grid.jpg)
White Top 37
Anna Celie Nastasia Meyer
Sculpture - 23 x 16 x 11 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 6.3 x 4.3 inch
€2,330
![Sculpture, White Top 39, Black Bottom 21, Anna Celie Nastasia Meyer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504410_1_grid.jpg)
White Top 39, Black Bottom 21
Anna Celie Nastasia Meyer
Sculpture - 56 x 16 x 15 cm Sculpture - 22 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch
€4,490
![Sculpture, Black Bottom 21, Red Bottom 10, White Half Dot, Anna Celie Nastasia Meyer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504401_1_grid.jpg)
Black Bottom 21, Red Bottom 10, White Half Dot
Anna Celie Nastasia Meyer
Sculpture - 51 x 27 x 22 cm Sculpture - 20.1 x 10.6 x 8.7 inch
€4,730
![Painting, Evolución, ARTangelus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1477446_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Alegría de vivir, ARTangelus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1477443_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Interior, Ramiro Baptista](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1440627_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, I love this mess, Alison Aplin Artist](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1420308_1_grid.jpg)
I love this mess
Alison Aplin Artist
Painting - 76 x 91 x 4 cm Painting - 29.9 x 35.8 x 1.6 inch
€2,890
![Painting, Loppy the lopsided vase, Alison Aplin Artist](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1420296_1_grid.jpg)
Loppy the lopsided vase
Alison Aplin Artist
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€3,290
![Painting, Turn the lights on, Roanne .](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1381275_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract Ocean #1, Daniel Marcoux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1323504_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract Ocean #1
Daniel Marcoux
Painting - 91.4 x 122 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1.5 inch
€2,162
![Painting, Travelling out of a Pandemic, Daniel Marcoux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1323501_1_grid.jpg)
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](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1323498_1_grid.jpg)
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](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1320702_1_grid.jpg)
The Lost Feathers
Gudmundur Sigurdsson
Painting - 51 x 61 x 4 cm Painting - 20.1 x 24 x 1.6 inch
€4,650
![Painting, Together In Electric Dreams, Kelly Jenkins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1320279_1_grid.jpg)
Together In Electric Dreams
Kelly Jenkins
Painting - 46 x 46 x 4 cm Painting - 18.1 x 18.1 x 1.6 inch
€2,590
![Painting, Bohemian, Rakel Routarinne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1320210_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emerald Orgasm, Rakel Routarinne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1320189_1_grid.jpg)
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](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1315731_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Crystalized Charmander Relic, Daniel Arsham](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307499_1_grid.jpg)
Crystalized Charmander Relic
Daniel Arsham
Sculpture - 33 x 33 x 12 cm Sculpture - 13 x 13 x 4.7 inch
€6,000
![Sculpture, A tire d'aile, Arsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1303563_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Shifting, Verena C. Kloos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1270005_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Salty Tears, Verena C. Kloos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1269999_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Frozen, Jacqueline Perez Saleh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1166700_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, WOMAN AND BOTTLES, Jordi Maragall](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1009773_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Poema visual 4, Joan Brossa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/713997_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Michelin China White, Li Lihong](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/709845_1_grid.jpg)
Michelin China White
Li Lihong
Sculpture - 28.5 x 27 x 24 cm Sculpture - 11.2 x 10.6 x 9.4 inch
€2,500
![Photography, Où est Charlie ? V, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/664095_1_grid.jpg)
Où est Charlie ? V
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€125
![Photography, Ambre, Arnaud Ele](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/623172_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les Sabres, Arman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/267775_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bureau Vu Exterieur, Robin Obitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180988_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vu 3 Miroirs 3, Robin Obitz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180987_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hyperrêve, Leonardo Cremonini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179006_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Neon IV, Paulo Gnecco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175004_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marea, Ana Reynolds](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174812_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Peace, Helen Mount](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172384_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Breaking bad again, Marcelo Novo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170449_1_grid.jpg)
Breaking bad again
Marcelo Novo
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
€1,290
![Painting, The Forest Brook - original sunny landscape, winter painting, Nikolay Dmitriev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153050_1_grid.jpg)
The Forest Brook - original sunny landscape, winter painting
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 25 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€930
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n°67, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151105_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n°67
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€260
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n°66, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151104_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n°66
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€260
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n°59, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151103_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n°59
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€260
![Fine Art Drawings, Swirling, Eduarda Tavares](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139164_1_grid.jpg)
Swirling
Eduarda Tavares
Fine Art Drawings - 59.4 x 42 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch
€1,300
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n°64, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138913_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n°64
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€260
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n°54, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138906_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n°54
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€260
![Painting, Cool chilling 2, Oshorenoya David Francis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138249_1_grid.jpg)
Cool chilling 2
Oshorenoya David Francis
Painting - 114.3 x 114.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45 x 45 x 1 inch
€1,164
![Painting, Temprança, Nuria Guinovart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2132809_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled (Red/White), JonOne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2127247_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The sunny february day - winter landscape painting, Nikolay Dmitriev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2123046_1_grid.jpg)
The sunny february day - winter landscape painting
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 21.5 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 8.5 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
€800
![Painting, Harmony of the zodiac: pisces/virgo axis, Tiny de Bruin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2119995_1_grid.jpg)
Harmony of the zodiac: pisces/virgo axis
Tiny de Bruin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,450
![Painting, Home to me, LaPosto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2110230_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Olgiati, Art-I-Texture by Frida Awrohum](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2094054_1_grid.jpg)
Olgiati
Art-I-Texture by Frida Awrohum
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,050
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n° 37, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091762_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n° 37
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€220
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n° 35, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091756_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n° 35
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€220
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n°34, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091753_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n°34
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€220
![Painting, Mémoire du temps n°31, Anne-Marie Mary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091750_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire du temps n°31
Anne-Marie Mary
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€220
![Painting, The blues, Sofya Zhura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039814_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, The goddess of the hunt - Handmade sculpture for home decor, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012484_1_grid.jpg)
The goddess of the hunt - Handmade sculpture for home decor
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 44 x 22 x 15 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 8.7 x 5.9 inch
€160
![Print, AstroBoy par Aiiroh & Namisen, Aiiroh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1999200_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Un'isola nell'aria, Urs Lüthi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1990146_1_grid.jpg)
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](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1990095_1_grid.jpg)
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](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1975251_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 20.08, Mccain McMurray](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1851912_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The show must go on no.9, Painting, Acrylic on canvas, Bea Garding Schubert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1815564_1_grid.jpg)
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
€3,493
![Painting, Qué estás buscando?, Guadalupe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1684806_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstrait 1636, Thomas Danel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1676037_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Medusas’ Protective Gaze, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1633623_1_grid.jpg)
Medusas’ Protective Gaze
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 31 x 23 x 15 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 9.1 x 5.9 inch
€247
![Painting, Fishing for absurdity, Palina Kasino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626147_1_grid.jpg)
Fishing for absurdity
Palina Kasino
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
€2,337
![Painting, Tons over tons, Palina Kasino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626135_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Seagull, Wang Dianyu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1594173_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plaster Bear, Wang Dianyu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1594170_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Soul Sediment t #1, Joseph Di Bella](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1592646_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Soul Sediment #7, Joseph Di Bella](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1592643_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Soul Sediment #4, Joseph Di Bella](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1592640_1_grid.jpg)
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!