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![Painting, Winter etude, Alexander Shandor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1730622_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The kettle, Claude Billès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1724793_1_grid.jpg)
The kettle
Claude Billès
Photography - 100 x 75 x 0.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
€2,100
![Design, Vintage Murano Glass Vase Model 5357, Aureliano Toso](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1684308_1_grid.jpg)
Vintage Murano Glass Vase Model 5357
Aureliano Toso
Design - 39 x 14 x 14 cm Design - 15.4 x 5.5 x 5.5 inch
€3,400
![Painting, Valsesia (black and red), Mario Domenicale](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1645986_1_grid.jpg)
Valsesia (black and red)
Mario Domenicale
Painting - 28 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
€180
![Painting, Untitled, Irena Skalik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616340_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Irena Skalik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616337_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Space: is NOT the final frontier, Rene Gagnon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1426101_1_grid.jpg)
Space: is NOT the final frontier
Rene Gagnon
Print - 55.88 x 76.2 x 0.2 cm Print - 22 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€380
![Print, Hommage à Hans Arp, Bernhard Heiliger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1291284_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Space Solution IX., Petr Strnad](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1181217_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Art laboratory #2, Eugenia Jaeger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1031703_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Fragment cathédrale, Florence Jarrige](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/909984_1_grid.jpg)
Fragment cathédrale
Florence Jarrige
Sculpture - 20 x 30 x 15 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 11.8 x 5.9 inch
€3,500
![Photography, Phénomènes, Untitled (Volcano eruption #7), Marina Gadonneix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/657177_1_grid.jpg)
Phénomènes, Untitled (Volcano eruption #7)
Marina Gadonneix
Photography - 29 x 22.4 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.4 x 8.8 x 0.1 inch
€140
![Print, Vivre oiseau IX, Carl-Henning Pedersen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/570165_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Eroded attaché, Daniel Arsham](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/543772_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Spatial Anomaly, Colleen Wolstenholme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/398707_1_grid.jpg)
Spatial Anomaly
Colleen Wolstenholme
Sculpture - 89 x 89 x 26 cm Sculpture - 35 x 35 x 10.2 inch
€7,250
![Sculpture, Doggy dog, L'Archange Di Roma](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178542_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Sebastian Picker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177773_1_grid.jpg)
On the verge of a nervous breakdown
Sebastian Picker
Painting - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€3,500
![Painting, Mummy, Sebastian Picker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177743_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Peace, Rest in Peace, Sebastian Picker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177685_1_grid.jpg)
Peace, Rest in Peace
Sebastian Picker
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€3,000
![Painting, Pope, Sebastian Picker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177678_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pedaling through the past, Kamo Ohanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171820_1_grid.jpg)
Pedaling through the past
Kamo Ohanyan
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
€340
![Print, L’existant-Deux figures sortant, Jan Siversten](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171436_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Whiskers on keys, Kamo Ohanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167117_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Midnight prowl, Kamo Ohanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166321_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Diptyque, La Havane home and Garden, Thomas Henriot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158809_1_grid.jpg)
Diptyque, La Havane home and Garden
Thomas Henriot
Fine Art Drawings - 97 x 137 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 38.2 x 53.9 x 0.1 inch
€5,000
![Painting, Atardecer, Alejandro Quincoces](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149533_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Circulus Black, Jeff Robb](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136008_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Wabi - Vase 13, Lesia Danilina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085249_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Solo, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051211_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Girl at the sea 3, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051028_1_grid.jpg)
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
€343
![Painting, Stronger Together, Bronle Crosby](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2044455_1_grid.jpg)
Stronger Together
Bronle Crosby
Painting - 182.9 x 243.8 x 6.4 cm Painting - 72 x 96 x 2.5 inch
€12,127
![Painting, Far, far, far, Cho HuiYeon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1993338_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amitaba, Antoine H2o](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1938204_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, May the force be with you!, Amandine André](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1892025_1_grid.jpg)
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
€75
![Painting, Girl with a dog, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1858182_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Yellow (Santa Maria), Carlos Estrela](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1786920_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow (Santa Maria)
Carlos Estrela
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€3,020
![Painting, Cueillette de coton, Edna De Araraquara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1786680_1_grid.jpg)
Cueillette de coton
Edna De Araraquara
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,400
![Painting, Wintertide, Ludovic Laffineur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1692207_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, On a sunny day, Ludovic Laffineur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1692183_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait 7, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1495926_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Portrait 4, Manuella Ferré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1495911_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysage islandais, Erica Boimare](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1451796_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Marilyn was here, Richard Lindner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1257909_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Be Tender, Michael Knigin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1158990_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La fin du monde, Dominique Sosolic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/722085_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les Bogues 9, Cehel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181156_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Anatomica 2, Damien Valero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179439_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Anatomica 29, Damien Valero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179434_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, CF005944, Eru Narayana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171689_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The demand of the time (Black & white), Jacob Rantzau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168665_1_grid.jpg)
The demand of the time (Black & white)
Jacob Rantzau
Print - 108 x 159 cm Print - 42.5 x 62.6 inch
€3,250
![Painting, Peace, Laurent Folco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158242_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Hypnotica, Isobel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156370_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, UberMan collage, Baptiste Laurent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142888_1_grid.jpg)
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
€2,500
![Painting, Don’t live without it - In the best of all possible worlds, Fringe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2126445_1_grid.jpg)
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
€8,500
![Painting, Louis loves blue - In the best of all possible worlds, Fringe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2126433_1_grid.jpg)
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
€8,500
![Painting, Ducking love, Fringe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2125278_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Provence, Guy Charon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2122467_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le village au loin, Guy Charon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2122443_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sneaker Nike Air Jordan 1 Taille 43, Les Frères Guinet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2102907_1_grid.jpg)
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
€2,390
![Painting, Terebelum, Adele Bessy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093793_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bellatrix, Adele Bessy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091729_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Golf, Bruno Helgen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992873_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Radiator, Bartek Stypka](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1991940_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sous le vent - Paysage marin et voiliers, Anne-Marie Bernardi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1991613_1_grid.jpg)
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
€375
![Painting, Grand largue - Paysage marin et voiliers, Anne-Marie Bernardi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1991610_1_grid.jpg)
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
€190
![Fine Art Drawings, Human power, Cekyka Art](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1991568_1_grid.jpg)
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
€299
![Painting, Abstraction océane 10, Jeanne Aure](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1984560_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction océane 10
Jeanne Aure
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
€400
![Design, Sculpture lumineuse B 104, Amélie Baudin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1979094_1_grid.jpg)
Sculpture lumineuse B 104
Amélie Baudin
Design - 52 x 11 x 11 cm Design - 20.5 x 4.3 x 4.3 inch
€2,500
![Painting, Getting your attention, John Bacon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1960887_1_grid.jpg)
Getting your attention
John Bacon
Painting - 145 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 57.1 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
€5,021
![Painting, Arctic Area, Elena Mardashova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1903011_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, The pub, Reynold Arnould](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1901286_1_grid.jpg)
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
€360
![Fine Art Drawings, In The Restaurant, Reynold Arnould](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1900623_1_grid.jpg)
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
€440
![Fine Art Drawings, Marseille station, Reynold Arnould](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1900566_1_grid.jpg)
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
€340
![Sculpture, Héron, François Galoyer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1801653_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Exit serie, Baptiste Laurent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1783173_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre, Exit serie
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 108 x 108 x 0.3 cm Painting - 42.5 x 42.5 x 0.1 inch
€2,150
![Painting, Paysage aléatoire birds, Thomas Berthier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1755462_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract 31, Iryna Kastsova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1598406_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Autumn rhythms, Iryna Kastsova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1559817_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cristina, Erni Vales](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1460067_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sunday Morning Donut Run, Amy Nelder](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1288038_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Grande Renversée, Matthieu Exposito](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1232130_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Odile 2, Nadel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1008822_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rest on the river, Ana Muñoz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1001601_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mr Ayrton Senna dans les rues de Monaco, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/932532_1_grid.jpg)
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
€1,500
![Photography, Ayrton Senna Portugal, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/932526_1_grid.jpg)
Ayrton Senna Portugal
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Ayrton Senna. GP de Hongrie, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/931854_1_grid.jpg)
Ayrton Senna. GP de Hongrie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Ayrton Senna GP de Belgique, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/931821_1_grid.jpg)
Ayrton Senna GP de Belgique
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Ayrton Senna Portugal F1, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/931755_1_grid.jpg)
Ayrton Senna Portugal F1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,498
![Photography, Ayrton Senna MacLaren. Italie. Monza, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/931674_1_grid.jpg)
Ayrton Senna MacLaren. Italie. Monza
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
![Photography, Préparation de Ayrton Senna au GP du Brésil, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/931605_1_grid.jpg)
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
€1,500
![Photography, Rail de Tags, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/907005_1_grid.jpg)
Rail de Tags
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
![Photography, Mains de Joie, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/907002_1_grid.jpg)
Mains de Joie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
![Photography, Mikka Hakkinen MacLaren 1997 Argentine, Dominique Leroy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/905706_1_grid.jpg)
Mikka Hakkinen MacLaren 1997 Argentine
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
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!