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Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky


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Հովհաննես Կոստանդինի Այվազովսկի

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky
Иван Константинович Айвазовский

The portrait of Ivan Aivazovsky, by Aleksey Tyranov, 1847

Born July 29, 1817(1817-07-29)
Feodosiya, Crimea
Died May 5, 1900 (aged 82)
Feodosiya, Crimea
Nationality Armenian
Field Painting, Drawing
Movement Romanticism

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Ukrainian: Іва́н Костянти́нович Айвазо́вський, Russian: Иван Константинович Айвазовский, Armenian: Հովհաննես Այվազովսկի - Hovhannes Aivasovsky, originally Aivazian) July 29, 1817 – May 5, 1900) was a painter of Armenian descent living and working Crimea, most famous for his seascapes, which constitute more than half of his paintings.


Life

Aivazovsky was born in the town of Feodosiya, Crimea (Russian Empire) to a poor Armenian family. His parents family name was Aivazian. Some of artist's paintings bear a signature, in Armenian letters, "Hovhannes Aivazian" (Հովհաննես Այվազյան). His talent as an artist earned him sponsorship and entry to the Simferopol gymnasium №1 and later the St.Petersburg Academy of Arts, from which he graduated with the gold medal. Earning awards for his early landscapes and seascapes, he went on to paint a series of portraits of Crimean coastal towns before traveling throughout Europe. In later life, his paintings of naval scenes earned him a longstanding commission from the Russian Navy.

In 1845, Aivazovsky went to Constantinople upon the invitation of Sultan Abdülmecid, a city he was to travel to eight times between 1845-1890. During his long sojourn in Constantinople, Aivazovsky was commissioned for a number of paintings as a court painter by the Ottoman Sultans Abdülmecid, Abdulaziz and Abdulhamid, 30 of which are currently on display in the Ottoman Imperial Palace, the Dolmabahce Museum and many others at various other museums in Turkey.

Success

Due to his long life in art, Aivazovsky became the most prolific Armenian painter of his time. He left over 6,000 works at his death in 1900. With funds earned during his successful career as an artist he opened an art school and gallery in his home town of Feodosiya.

As of 2006, Aivazovsky's works have been auctioned for as much as $3,200,000, and his international reputation continues to grow. On June 14, 2007 his painting "American Shipping off the Rock of Gibraltar" sold for 2,710,000 pounds, "the highest price paid at auction for Aivazovsky".[1] He is also said to be the most forged of all Armenian painters.


Bracing the Waves.jpg


Fishermen on the Shore.jpg



Fishing Boats In A Harbor.jpg



Landscape With Windmills.jpg



Moonlit Seascape With Shipwreck.jpg




Nocturnal Voyage.jpg



Panorama of Constantinopole.jpg





Ship At Sea.jpg




Storm.jpg




The Caucasus.jpg




The Harbor At Odessa On The Black Sea.jpg



The Rescue.jpg




The Shipwreck.jpg




View Of The Ayu Dag, Crimea.jpg