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Fine Art Drawings, The Thinker, Rossella Mercedes

The Thinker

Rossella Mercedes

Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.4 x 0 inch

£167

Painting, Traits commun, Franck H Perrot

Traits commun

Franck H Perrot

Painting - 69 x 50.5 x 1 cm Painting - 27.2 x 19.9 x 0.4 inch

£1,063

Print, Marilyn, Devin Miles

Marilyn

Devin Miles

Print - 50 x 50 x 2.3 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.9 inch

£1,418

Painting, Verre renversé, Georges Rohner

Verre renversé

Georges Rohner

Painting - 65 x 93 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch

£11,960

Sculpture, White Top 38, Red Bottom 12, Red Dot, Anna Celie Nastasia Meyer

White Top 38, Red Bottom 12, Red Dot

Anna Celie Nastasia Meyer

Sculpture - 51 x 20 x 19 cm Sculpture - 20.1 x 7.9 x 7.5 inch

£4,758

Painting, Creation 8, Liubov Kolbina

Creation 8

Liubov Kolbina

Painting - 179 x 119 x 4 cm Painting - 70.5 x 46.9 x 1.6 inch

£13,334

Painting, Untitled, Anne and Patrick Poirier

Untitled

Anne and Patrick Poirier

Painting - 38.5 x 70 x 5 cm Painting - 15.2 x 27.6 x 2 inch

£6,024

Print, En Cuba, Julio Larraz

En Cuba

Julio Larraz

Print - 70 x 90 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch

£1,595

Sculpture, Harmony in Hues - Custom guitar, SISC

Harmony in Hues - Custom guitar

SISC

Sculpture - 84 x 31 x 8.89 cm Sculpture - 33.1 x 12.2 x 3.5 inch

£3,455

Sculpture, Sauvage, Grégoire Devin

Sauvage

Grégoire Devin

Sculpture - 48 x 45 x 20.3 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 17.7 x 8 inch

£3,670

Print, Le soliste, Gen Paul

Le soliste

Gen Paul

Print - 36.6 x 27.8 x 0.1 cm Print - 14.4 x 10.9 x 0 inch

£266

Design, Dear Ugly Future, Volkan Aslan

Dear Ugly Future

Volkan Aslan

Design - 55 x 27 x 34 cm Design - 21.7 x 10.6 x 13.4 inch

£5,316

Print, Les seins miraculeux, Sophie Calle

Les seins miraculeux

Sophie Calle

Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch

£319

Painting, Gliding Towards Tomorrow, Kpe Innocent

Gliding Towards Tomorrow

Kpe Innocent

Painting - 80 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch

£3,987

Photography, The Path, Icy & Sot

The Path

Icy & Sot

Photography - 86 x 124 x 5 cm Photography - 33.9 x 48.8 x 2 inch

£4,873

Painting, Iceberg, Charo Velasco

Iceberg

Charo Velasco

Painting - 115 x 146 x 5 cm Painting - 45.3 x 57.5 x 2 inch

£1,063

Print, The Red Line, Mario Padovan

The Red Line

Mario Padovan

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

£213

Painting, Summer, Stefan Kulev

Summer

Stefan Kulev

Painting - 46 x 38 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 1.2 inch

£611

Sculpture, Spacecolour 4, Udo Zembok

Spacecolour 4

Udo Zembok

Sculpture - 51 x 50 x 4.2 cm Sculpture - 20.1 x 19.7 x 1.7 inch

£7,088

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled 1, David Paul Kay

Untitled 1

David Paul Kay

Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 6.3 x 0 inch

£532

Photography, Le Doute, Charles Pétillon

Le Doute

Charles Pétillon

Photography - 60 x 86 cm Photography - 23.6 x 33.9 inch

£3,544

Sculpture, Cercle silence, Marc Mugnier

Cercle silence

Marc Mugnier

Sculpture - 150 x 150 x 50 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 59.1 x 19.7 inch

£5,227

Painting, Drawings for invisible hands #2, Sooyeon Hong

Drawings for invisible hands #2

Sooyeon Hong

Painting - 78.7 x 54.4 cm Painting - 31 x 21.4 inch

£2,691

Painting, Van Gogh, Noa Grayevsky

Van Gogh

Noa Grayevsky

Painting - 76 x 76 x 2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

£2,658

Painting, While The World Decay (Fluro), Snik

While The World Decay (Fluro)

Snik

Painting - 48.7 x 102.7 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.2 x 40.4 x 0.1 inch

£3,544

Print, Sans titre, Josep Riera i Arago

Sans titre

Josep Riera i Arago

Print - 57 x 77 x 0.02 cm Print - 22.4 x 30.3 x 0 inch

£443 £399

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Odonchimeg Davaadorj

Sans titre

Odonchimeg Davaadorj

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 41.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.3 inch

£975

Sculpture, Cobra I, Veronica Jurkowitsch

Cobra I

Veronica Jurkowitsch

Sculpture - 106 x 40 x 14 cm Sculpture - 41.7 x 15.7 x 5.5 inch

£10,499

Painting, If I could walk this way, Jon Petro

If I could walk this way

Jon Petro

Painting - 121.92 x 106.68 x 5 cm Painting - 48 x 42 x 2 inch

£5,169

Painting, White shield, Kevin Brewerton

White shield

Kevin Brewerton

Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 inch

£3,507

Sculpture, Neurone Totem 3, Kathy Le Vavasseur

Neurone Totem 3

Kathy Le Vavasseur

Sculpture - 30 x 7 x 7 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 2.8 x 2.8 inch

£1,019

Photography, The Basketball game, Paul Almasy

The Basketball game

Paul Almasy

Photography - 69.5 x 49.6 x 1 cm Photography - 27.4 x 19.5 x 0.4 inch

£775

Painting, Anémones, Vinciane Closset

Anémones

Vinciane Closset

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

£1,506

Design, Empreintes, César Baldaccini

Empreintes

César Baldaccini

Design - 27 x 27 x 12 cm Design - 10.6 x 10.6 x 4.7 inch

£1,329

Fine Art Drawings, Série dialogue avec l'histoire avec l'histoire de l'art 1, Soly Cissé

Série dialogue avec l'histoire avec l'histoire de l'art 1

Soly Cissé

Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

£753

Photography, Silent, Emilie Mori

Silent

Emilie Mori

Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch

£797

Photography, Debbie Harry, Coney Island, NY. August 7, 1977, Bob Gruen

Debbie Harry, Coney Island, NY. August 7, 1977

Bob Gruen

Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 11 x 14 x 2 inch

£1,142

Painting, Repaire, Michel Beltrami

Repaire

Michel Beltrami

Painting - 65 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 39.4 x 2 inch

£1,506

Print, Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 114, Nadine Van Der Straeten

Jeanne Hébuterne - Planche 114

Nadine Van Der Straeten

Print - 59.4 x 42 x 1 cm Print - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0.4 inch

£523

Sculpture, Balance Series #10, Lana Matsuyama

Balance Series #10

Lana Matsuyama

Sculpture - 25 x 25 x 15 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 5.9 inch

£300

Photography, Sail, Oriane Brune

Sail

Oriane Brune

Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

£709

Photography, Bicicletas, Crianças e Outras Alegrias, Geraldo Pestalozzi

Bicicletas, Crianças e Outras Alegrias

Geraldo Pestalozzi

Photography - 29.7 x 42 cm Photography - 11.7 x 16.5 inch

£443

Painting, Sea and moon, Josep Miquel Paufila

Sea and moon

Josep Miquel Paufila

Painting - 50 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

£1,329

Painting, XXXL Abstract Antarctica (Diptych), Susan Wooler

XXXL Abstract Antarctica (Diptych)

Susan Wooler

Painting - 100.1 x 199.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

£2,165

Painting, Wedding, Inga Makarova

Wedding

Inga Makarova

Painting - 60 x 84 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.1 x 0 inch

£2,038

Painting, Le Guide, Geoffrey Callènes

Le Guide

Geoffrey Callènes

Painting - 80 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

£1,595

Photography, Femme dans le désert, Emmanuelle Barbaras

Femme dans le désert

Emmanuelle Barbaras

Photography - 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

£620

Photography, HEtresencompagnie #09, Corinne Bresson

HEtresencompagnie #09

Corinne Bresson

Photography - 40 x 40 x 4 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

£399

Painting, Paloma sobre papeles, Josep Escarrant

Paloma sobre papeles

Josep Escarrant

Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

£195 £97

Fine Art Drawings, Two in the Pool, Carrie Graber

Two in the Pool

Carrie Graber

Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 48.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 19 inch

£1,427

Sculpture, Eternal Becoming, Luca Izzo

Eternal Becoming

Luca Izzo

Sculpture - 30 x 25 x 35 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 9.8 x 13.8 inch

£3,987

Photography, Nouveau départ, Xavier-Alexandre Pons

Nouveau départ

Xavier-Alexandre Pons

Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

£1,860

Print, Nkisi # 3, David Makala

Nkisi # 3

David Makala

Print - 90 x 70 x 3 cm Print - 35.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

£4,078

Fine Art Drawings, Every day is indigenous peoples day, Michael Alan

Every day is indigenous peoples day

Michael Alan

Fine Art Drawings - 295.9 x 58.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 116.5 x 22.9 x 0.04 inch

£975

Design, We All Make the Flowers Grow III (White), Josh Sperling

We All Make the Flowers Grow III (White)

Josh Sperling

Design - 35 x 42 x 8.9 cm Design - 13.8 x 16.5 x 3.5 inch

£1,995

Fine Art Drawings, Typofigures_1, Agnes von Rogister

Typofigures_1

Agnes von Rogister

Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 45 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

£1,373

Fine Art Drawings, Sans-titre, Gianfranco Baruchello

Sans-titre

Gianfranco Baruchello

Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 12 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 4.7 inch

£2,215

Fine Art Drawings, Without identity, Maurizio Gracceva

Without identity

Maurizio Gracceva

Fine Art Drawings - 103 x 72 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 40.6 x 28.3 x 0 inch

£1,329

Photography, Pink or black 03, Camargue, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Pink or black 03, Camargue

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch

£443

Painting, Gateway to Universe, Chris Barley

Gateway to Universe

Chris Barley

Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

£1,533

Painting, 210, Harleen X

210

Harleen X

Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch

£532

Print, Circle three, Paul Manwaring

Circle three

Paul Manwaring

Print - 91.4 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Print - 36 x 36 x 0.1 inch

£449

Painting, Nilam I, Bera Saskia

Nilam I

Bera Saskia

Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

£3,108

Painting, Cocacola 6, Granados

Cocacola 6

Granados

Painting - 104 x 74.5 cm Painting - 40.9 x 29.3 inch

£797

Sculpture, Horse, Gelitin

Horse

Gelitin

Sculpture - 132 x 60 x 100 cm Sculpture - 52 x 23.6 x 39.4 inch

£4,341

Sculpture, Hope, Benjamin Dearnley

Hope

Benjamin Dearnley

Sculpture - 27 x 13 x 12 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 5.1 x 4.7 inch

£6,202

Painting, Totem, Clément Reinaud

Totem

Clément Reinaud

Painting - 81 x 65 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.6 inch

£3,189

Print, Seaside, 1 Woman, 2 Men, Katherine Bradford

Seaside, 1 Woman, 2 Men

Katherine Bradford

Print - 53.3 x 58.4 x 1.27 cm Print - 21 x 23 x 0.5 inch

£12,231

Fine Art Drawings, Sans-titre, Loïc Le Groumellec

Sans-titre

Loïc Le Groumellec

Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 7.9 inch

£1,285

Fine Art Drawings, Un homme et une femme, Jean-Luc Celereau de Clercq

Un homme et une femme

Jean-Luc Celereau de Clercq

Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

£842

Photography, Grandma Divers IX, Alain Schroeder

Grandma Divers IX

Alain Schroeder

Photography - 120 x 80 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

£2,215

Painting, Vent sur le lac (PM01), Palmi Marzaroli

Vent sur le lac (PM01)

Palmi Marzaroli

Painting - 32 x 32 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch

£1,152

Print, Untitled, Hans Richter

Untitled

Hans Richter

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

£664

Painting, Emerald abstract painting SA765, Radek Smach

Emerald abstract painting SA765

Radek Smach

Painting - 100.1 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

£1,280

Painting, Double trouble, ODart

Double trouble

ODart

Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

£1,152

Sculpture, Wave, Ok Nam Lee

Wave

Ok Nam Lee

Sculpture - 60 x 60 x 10 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 23.6 x 3.9 inch

£3,136

Print, Chicago Blues, Mezzo

Chicago Blues

Mezzo

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.7 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.3 inch

£177

Sculpture, Deadline, Stefan Nikolaev

Deadline

Stefan Nikolaev

Sculpture - 36 x 131 x 6 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 51.6 x 2.4 inch

£11,517

Painting, Le chant des machines, Gwendoline Hausermann

Le chant des machines

Gwendoline Hausermann

Painting - 99 x 102 x 3 cm Painting - 39 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch

£1,949

Painting, Coffee to go (espresso), Ties Ten Bosch

Coffee to go (espresso)

Ties Ten Bosch

Painting - 40 x 30 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 inch

£1,373

Sculpture, Globulo, Melinda Infante

Globulo

Melinda Infante

Sculpture - 200 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 78.7 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch

£1,595

Design, Lampe UNE, Arnaud Pohl

Lampe UNE

Arnaud Pohl

Design - 21 x 15.5 x 10.5 cm Design - 8.3 x 6.1 x 4.1 inch

£1,063

Print, Black and White, Jean Dewasne

Black and White

Jean Dewasne

Print - 63 x 110 x 0.2 cm Print - 24.8 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch

£868

Painting, Ennio, Art'No

Ennio

Art'No

Painting - 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

£700

Print, Spray Stoz 2, Stoz

Spray Stoz 2

Stoz

Print - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

£133

Photography, Hanami #3, Marcel Antelo

Hanami #3

Marcel Antelo

Photography - 70 x 100 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 inch

£1,639

Painting, Sans titre, Julius Baltazar

Sans titre

Julius Baltazar

Painting - 100 x 81 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 2 inch

£7,974

Painting, Social statue, Palina Kasino

Social statue

Palina Kasino

Painting - 42 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch

£1,731

Painting, Sign Abstractionism, Wang Keliang

Sign Abstractionism

Wang Keliang

Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

£1,683

Painting, Days Departed Impasse #5, Joseph Di Bella

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

£1,663

Painting, Sac en coton, André Saraiva

Sac en coton

André Saraiva

Painting - 39.5 x 35.5 x 1 cm Painting - 15.6 x 14 x 0.4 inch

£1,329

Painting, Green Fantasy Marble, Lilly Diana

Green Fantasy Marble

Lilly Diana

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

£1,568

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!


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