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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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[[File:Ivan Aivazovsky, Scenes of Life in Cairo, 1880s.jpg|thumb|center|450px|Scenes of Life in Cairo, 1880s.]] | [[File:Ivan Aivazovsky, Scenes of Life in Cairo, 1880s.jpg|thumb|center|450px|Scenes of Life in Cairo, 1880s.]] | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
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*[[Gallery of Russian painting]] | *[[Gallery of Russian painting]] | ||
*[[Gallery of Seascapes]] | *[[Gallery of Seascapes]] | ||
*[[Painting Schools]] | *[[Painting Schools]] | ||
*[[Joaquin Clausell]] | *[[Joaquin Clausell]] | ||
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*[http://www.armsite.com/painters/aivazovsky/ Ivan Aivazovsky] | *[http://www.armsite.com/painters/aivazovsky/ Ivan Aivazovsky] | ||
*[http://www.abcgallery.com/A/aivazovsky/aivazovskybio.html Ivan Aivazovsky] Olga's Gallery. | *[http://www.abcgallery.com/A/aivazovsky/aivazovskybio.html Ivan Aivazovsky] Olga's Gallery. | ||
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Revision as of 15:21, April 26, 2014
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Theodosia, Crimea, 1817 - Theodosia, 1900) was a Russian painter famous for his 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.
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.
"Born a mortal, he left immortal memories". In his tombstone.
Petite gallery
Towers on the Rock Near Bosporus.
The Coast at Amalfi.
Shipwreck.
The Ninth Wave.
The Ninth Wave.
Note: Two versions of "The Ninth Wave".
See also
External links
- Ivan Aivazovsky
- Ivan Aivazovsky Olga's Gallery.
