Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (29 July 1817 – 2 May 1900)

1. Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (29 July 1817 – 2 May 1900)

Gavrilova Alexsandra, 341 gr

2. Biography

• a Russian Romantic
painter;
• the greatest master of
marine art;
• He was born into an
Armenian family in the
Black Sea port of
Feodosia in Crimea.

3. Education

• Feodosia's St. Sargis
Armenian Church;
• Taught drawing by Jacob
Koch;
• 1833 – Studying at the
Imperial Academy of
Arts;
• 1837 – Graduation with a
gold medal.

4. A visit to Europe

• Early 1840s;
• Successful exhibitions;
• J. M. W. Turner’s
admiration for “The
Bay of Naples on a
Moonlit Night”;
• a gold medal from the
Académie royale de
peinture et de sculpture.

5. Rainbow (1873)

• “to be worthy of Aivazovsky's brush“ by Anton
Chekhov means “to be worthy to describe something
lovely”;
• 6,000 paintings;
• His works are seascapes, battle scenes, Armenian
themes and portraitures.
Rainbow (1873)

6. American Shipping off the Rock of Gibraltar (1873)

Ship "Twelve Apostles" (1878)

7. Lake Maggiore in the Evening (1892)

Sea coast at night. Near the
beacon

8. Valley of Mount Ararat (1882)

Oath Before the Battle of
Avarayr (1892)

9. View of Tiflis (1869)

View of
Constantinople (1856)

10. Thank you for attention!