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![Painting, 20.07, Mccain McMurray](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170698_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Social statue, Palina Kasino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626153_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sign Abstractionism, Wang Keliang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1594398_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Days Departed Impasse #5, Joseph Di Bella](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1592637_1_grid.jpg)
Days Departed Impasse #5
Joseph Di Bella
Painting - 50.8 x 49.5 x 1 cm Painting - 20 x 19.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,098
![Painting, Sac en coton, André Saraiva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1489278_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Pinkie with Green Marks, Liz Zorn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167996_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Eglogue citadine II, Rose Passalboni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1602864_1_grid.jpg)
Eglogue citadine II
Rose Passalboni
Painting - 25 x 25 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,188
![Print, Sans titre (136), Philippe Favier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/792453_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre 4, Vincent Mauger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176170_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le saladier, Laurence Gasior](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1301220_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Wifredo Lam](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1159038_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tempête tropicale - Paysage abstrait, Nicole Gérard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1990830_1_grid.jpg)
Tempête tropicale - Paysage abstrait
Nicole Gérard
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,537
![Sculpture, Abstract composition in white, Tonino Maurizi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1938933_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract composition in white
Tonino Maurizi
Sculpture - 28 x 21 x 3 cm Sculpture - 11 x 8.3 x 1.2 inch
$1,398
![Design, Empreintes, César Baldaccini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479540_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Spray Stoz 2, Stoz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1265466_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Allées et venues en paysage moelleux n°3, Éléonore Deshayes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1522158_1_grid.jpg)
Allées et venues en paysage moelleux n°3
Éléonore Deshayes
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,472
![Painting, George Condo, Mariana Bunimov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1092225_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Acqua, Michel Gueranger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1899558_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Mécanique des Fluides, Sozyone Gonzalez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1545255_1_grid.jpg)
La Mécanique des Fluides
Sozyone Gonzalez
Print - 40 x 50 x 4 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$894
![Sculpture, La frôleuse de blés, Grégory Poussier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1338666_1_grid.jpg)
La frôleuse de blés
Grégory Poussier
Sculpture - 80 x 40 x 35 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 15.7 x 13.8 inch
$15,652
![Photography, Neiges Megève, Adrianna MJW](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192325_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstract painting HR481, Radek Smach](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1842693_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract painting HR481
Radek Smach
Painting - 89.9 x 70.1 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,810
![Painting, Chambre #2, Liu Xin Tao](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/12387_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Abstraction, Moon JANG CHULL](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1197084_1_grid.jpg)
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![Fine Art Drawings, Sans nom, Michel Soubeyrand](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1487256_1_grid.jpg)
Sans nom
Michel Soubeyrand
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 27 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 10.6 inch
$1,398
![Photography, Neck Tattoo, Warwick Saint](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/257563_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Acrobate 2, Amélie Joos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165725_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, You look at me sadly, Nevo 1, Nevelin Ivanov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1912659_1_grid.jpg)
You look at me sadly, Nevo 1
Nevelin Ivanov
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$168
![Painting, Arguments for Nothing, Lena Ochkalova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1628856_1_grid.jpg)
Arguments for Nothing
Lena Ochkalova
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,006
![Painting, Dialog, Agnes von Rogister](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1336725_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mild Blush, Max Kulich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170674_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Invisible touch 856, Iryna Kitaieva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2062104_1_grid.jpg)
Invisible touch 856
Iryna Kitaieva
Painting - 88.9 x 88.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 35 x 35 x 2 inch
$1,916
![Sculpture, #11, Natasha Bernardo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1761312_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gredos, Anna Banana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1760388_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La interna contradicción, Uxue Con X](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1693866_1_grid.jpg)
La interna contradicción
Uxue Con X
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,892
![Sculpture, Sleipnir Mini Grund VIII 87751, Duilio Forte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1589979_1_grid.jpg)
Sleipnir Mini Grund VIII 87751
Duilio Forte
Sculpture - 51 x 45 x 30 cm Sculpture - 20.1 x 17.7 x 11.8 inch
$559
![Fine Art Drawings, Head 1, Lætitia Disone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1968093_1_grid.jpg)
Head 1
Lætitia Disone
Fine Art Drawings - 23.5 x 17.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.3 x 6.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,006
![Painting, Cold river, Eva Llorens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1917747_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Waterline (indigo) II, Heidi Carlsen-Rogers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1818885_1_grid.jpg)
Waterline (indigo) II
Heidi Carlsen-Rogers
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 4.6 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1.8 inch
$2,000
![Painting, Turn the page, Vern Rollin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1815444_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Wedding, Inga Makarova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1613283_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Cats, Marie-Paulette Lagosse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/969975_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, UTMB, Alexis Berg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/287509_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Steve Mc Queen le Mans, Vincent Gachaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128351_1_grid.jpg)
Steve Mc Queen le Mans
Vincent Gachaga
Sculpture - 85 x 80 x 12 cm Sculpture - 33.5 x 31.5 x 4.7 inch
$2,795 $2,376
![Painting, Say it with a smile, Jacqueline Doyle Allison](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1815576_1_grid.jpg)
Say it with a smile
Jacqueline Doyle Allison
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$1,495
![Print, Ritual, Francisco Zuniga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1543749_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled Gap, Francisco Montoya Cázarez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1425183_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled Gap
Francisco Montoya Cázarez
Fine Art Drawings - 27.5 x 34 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.8 x 13.4 x 0.1 inch
$805
![Print, Moma E 2017 1042, Aldema Design & Art](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1289982_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Clair obscur, Didier Colomès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1409052_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Bolchoi XV, Gérard Uféras](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/115132_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Pivellina Table Lamp, Gio Ponti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2087730_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, No name, Vast](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1660779_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Une longue route, Nel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1609770_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Alice Heine (1857-1925), épouse du Prince Albert 1er de Monaco, buste en marbre blanc par Fabio Stecchi (1855-1928), 1892, Carole. Palais Princier de Monaco, Julien Spiewak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1258431_1_grid.jpg)
Alice Heine (1857-1925), épouse du Prince Albert 1er de Monaco, buste en marbre blanc par Fabio Stecchi (1855-1928), 1892, Carole. Palais Princier de Monaco
Julien Spiewak
Photography - 70 x 50 x 5 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 2 inch
$4,360
![Painting, Trash, Sophie Valette](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/958509_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Ray Smith](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153144_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vanity tribute to Andy, Ron English](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1978560_1_grid.jpg)
Vanity tribute to Andy
Ron English
Sculpture - 68 x 54 x 45 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 21.3 x 17.7 inch
$15,093
![Painting, The dark side of the light, Jérôme Garrido](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1600617_1_grid.jpg)
The dark side of the light
Jérôme Garrido
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$950
![Photography, Glimpse, Alexander Benz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1434273_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Petite Poterie blanche, Verog](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1089609_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nico in der Wueste, Andreas Fux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1083291_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled #10, Josef Nadj](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/15439_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, G_43, Alina Aldea](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1154991_1_grid.jpg)
G_43
Alina Aldea
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,062 $850
![Sculpture, 60lb of Dust, 2kg of Sand, 32g of Ash, Sun K. Kwak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1123026_1_grid.jpg)
60lb of Dust, 2kg of Sand, 32g of Ash
Sun K. Kwak
Sculpture - 91.4 x 609.6 x 5.1 cm Sculpture - 36 x 240 x 2 inch
$72,000
![Photography, Paranoïd #11, David De Beyter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/699339_1_grid.jpg)
Paranoïd #11
David De Beyter
Photography - 30 x 41 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch
$391
![Painting, Genèse 1, Dominique Foyer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1802628_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Linea nera, Steso Primo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180256_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, When it rains, R.J Hohimer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150430_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Figure Sketch, Robert Goodnough](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1543572_1_grid.jpg)
Figure Sketch
Robert Goodnough
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
![Print, Sans titre, Pello Irazu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/877224_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Machet 1, Rodrigo Zuliani Hauck Zampol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2126229_1_grid.jpg)
Machet 1
Rodrigo Zuliani Hauck Zampol
Sculpture - 30 x 30 x 3.8 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.5 inch
$800
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![Painting, Resting my bones, Prisca Akua Kwaning](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1776699_1_grid.jpg)
Resting my bones
Prisca Akua Kwaning
Painting - 115 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 45.3 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,135
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![Painting, Black & white soul II, Cecile Filipe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1029630_1_grid.jpg)
Black & white soul II
Cecile Filipe
Painting - 44 x 34 x 2 cm Painting - 17.3 x 13.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Codes of black, Marus Tebo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174701_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Broken Mirror White, Daniel Arsham](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180119_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Naturaleza en movimiento, Carolina Bellachi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151538_1_grid.jpg)
Naturaleza en movimiento
Carolina Bellachi
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.4 inch
$1,118
![Painting, A fine balance, Bernadette Youngquist](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1605477_1_grid.jpg)
A fine balance
Bernadette Youngquist
Painting - 41 x 41 x 1 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch
$1,789
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![Fine Art Drawings, Smat156,part2, Lassana Sarr](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1322052_1_grid.jpg)
Smat156,part2
Lassana Sarr
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$783
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![Painting, The Blue Chimney, Elena Borstein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1964484_1_grid.jpg)
The Blue Chimney
Elena Borstein
Painting - 132.1 x 188 x 4.1 cm Painting - 52 x 74 x 1.6 inch
$24,596
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!