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Sainte Barbe
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$499
Femme masquée 6
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,776 $1,598
Élévation au Musée - Corée
Jean-Marc Stoeffler
Photography - 37 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$277
Waiting To Cross
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 76 x 101 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0 inch
$1,221
Kingston Studios - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 101 x 152 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.8 x 59.8 x 0 inch
$1,271
Cowboy Taxi - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$638
Grand Ecran III
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 17 x 31 x 1 cm Photography - 6.7 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch
$943
Torrent35_8603
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
$799
Torrent33_8449
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 32.9 x 48.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 19 x 0 inch
$799
Torrent28_8264
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
$799
Torrent39_9306
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
$799
Torrent13_7625
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19 x 13 x 0 inch
$799
Torrent07_6913
Yasuo Kiyonaga
Photography - 32.9 x 48.3 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13 x 19 x 0 inch
$799
Big Bang
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,732
Dune de sel
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0.2 inch
$943
Schoal of fish
Dominique Jullien
Photography - 13 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$333
Courrèges
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 40 x 26.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 10.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,110
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 33 x 50 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 inch
$233
Mémorial Australien 14-18
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$499
Tour d'Ulster - Guerre 14-18
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$499
Champs de bataille 14-18 #2
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$499
Champs de bataille 14-18 #1
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$499
Les Goélands
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$499
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 33 x 50 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 inch
$233
Black-Headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) and Mediterranean Gulls (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 46 x 70 cm Photography - 18.1 x 27.6 inch
$300
Esponjas 8, 11 y 16
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34 x 0.8 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.4 x 0.3 inch
$1,000
Medusas 11, 12 y 13
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Sal 22, 23 y 24
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 11, 22 y 67
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 23, 63 y 64
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 75, 83 Y 26
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 14, 41 y 68
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 88, 28, 87
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.8 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.3 inch
$1,000
Insta(nt)llation - Protection 2/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,165
Insta(nt)llation - Cone in globe. 1/3
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,165
Insta(nt)llation - Completion. 1/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,165
Renaissance woman 6
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$4,218
Perfect Circle
Antoine Rose
Photography - 88 x 200 x 1 cm Photography - 34.6 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$13,986
Paradis perdu 08 - série portraits de femmes
Stéphane Vereecken
Photography - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,165
Jeune fille à la bicyclette
José Nicolas
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,110
Experience d'Icare
Akira Inumaru
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$666
Experience d'Icare
Akira Inumaru
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$666
Experience d'Icare
Akira Inumaru
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$666
Paris Notre Dame Cathedrale de Paris 7
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 18 x 24 x 1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$888
Love of the rink
Antoine Rose
Photography - 88 x 88 x 1 cm Photography - 34.6 x 34.6 x 0.4 inch
$6,993
Cheval fantôme - série animaux
Henry Ausloos
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,942
The picture of emotions and other ailments of a sensitive human XVI
Joanna Chudy
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$832
The picture of emotions and other ailments of a sensitive human XIV
Joanna Chudy
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$832
The picture of emotions and other ailments of a sensitive human VI
Joanna Chudy
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$832
Codes esthétiques 2380
Konstantin Kornakov
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$777
Codes esthétiques 1127
Konstantin Kornakov
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$777
HK fragments IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,098
En bordure de Central Park, New York
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$721
Noce berrichonne, la parade dans le village
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$832
Being and nothingness
Shulan Wang
Photography - 45 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,332
L'annonciation (Islande)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$832
The school kids nº3
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$610
The school kids nº2
Frederic Pasquini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$610
The lovin' Swans
Michaël Fok Bor
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,998
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!