White Painting

White is in a class of its own, it is the sum of all colors, but paradoxically, white is considered a non-color. In Western culture, white is associated with purity, the divine, innocence, marriage, perfect balance and even perfection.

Great artists have been fascinated by white throughout history, including Gustave Courbet, Claude Monet, Lucio Fontana, Kasimir Malevich, Robert Ryman, Piero Manzoni, Doug Wheeler...

White paintings are usually bright and soften the walls on which they are hung. Art Shortlist has selected for you white paintings, real pictorial sweetnesses!