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[[Image:Aivazovsky.jpg|140px|left]]
[[Image:Aivazovsky.jpg|140px|left]]
'''Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky''' (Theodosia, [[Crimea]], 1817 - Theodosia, 1900) was a [[Russia]]n painter famous for his ''seascapes''.
'''Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky''' (Theodosia, [[Crimea]], 1817 - Theodosia, 1900) was a [[Russia]]n [[painter]] famous for his ''[[Gallery of Seascapes|seascapes]]''.
:: ''"Perhaps no one in [[Europe]] has painted the extraordinary beauty of the sea with so much feeling and expressiveness as Aivazovsky has".'' V. Adasov.
:: ''"Perhaps no one in [[Europe]] has painted the extraordinary beauty of the sea with so much feeling and expressiveness as Aivazovsky has".'' V. Adasov.
Some of his marine landscapes are: ''The Bay of Naples by Moonlight'' (1842), ''Seashore. Calm,'' (1843), ''Malta. Valetto Harbour,'' (1844), ''Tenth Wave'' (1850), ''Moonlit Night'' (1849), ''The Sea Koktebel.'' (1853) and ''Storm of the Black Sea'' (1854). He worked also on paintings with naval warfare as the subject. He left more than 6,000 pictures, and became the most prolific Russian painter of his time.
Some of his marine landscapes are: ''The Bay of Naples by Moonlight'' (1842), ''Seashore. Calm,'' (1843), ''Malta. Valetto Harbour,'' (1844), ''Tenth Wave'' (1850), ''Moonlit Night'' (1849), ''The Sea Koktebel.'' (1853) and ''Storm of the Black Sea'' (1854). He worked also on paintings with naval warfare as the subject. He left more than 6,000 pictures, and became the most prolific Russian painter of his time.
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William Turner]] (1775-1851) and Aivazovsky met in Rome, in 1842. Turner had just seen, at an exhibition, some paintings by Aivazovsky and got literally overwhelmed. [http://www.keghart.com/Pilikian_Aivazovsky]
*[[Russian painting]]
*[[Russian painting]]
*[[Maritime Painting Gallery]]
*[[Maritime Painting Gallery]]
*[[Marine Painting Gallery]]