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Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817 - 1900) was a Russian painter of Armenian descent, most famous for his seascapes, which constitute more than half of his paintings. Brother of Armenian Catholic bishop Gabriel Aivazian, born in the town of Feodosiya, Crimea, he spent his childhood in poverty. His talent as an artist earned him sponsorship and entry to the Simpheropol gymnasium and later the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, where he graduated with the gold medal. In 1838 he was sent to the Crimea for two years for independent study where he painted the beautiful works Seashore and Moon over Gurzuf. In 1840 he went abroad, returning only in 1844. He was accorded the title of academician and tasked with painting all the major Russian military ports on the Baltic Sea. In the 1840s during his stay in Italy Aivazovsky's painting gained its own individual style, and by 1850 his art was fully mature. In later life, his paintings of naval scenes earned him a longstanding commission from the Russian Navy. He was also commissioned by the Ottoman Sultan to paint various artworks which are still hang in Turkish museums. His work also hangs in the most renowned museums throughout the world, including New York's Metropolitan Museum and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. With funds earned during his successful career as an artist he opened an art school and gallery in his home town of Feodosiya. Aivazovsky himself was accomplished in many areas, played the violin, was an architect, and dabbled in archeology

Due to his long life in art, Aivazovsky became the most prolific Russian painter of his day and he left over 6000 works at his death in 1900. He is reputed to be a favorite among forgers. On May 1, 2003, a 3.5 m tall bronze statue of Ayvazovsky was unveiled near the Yerevan chamber music hall in the Armenian capital, created by the sculptor Yuri Petrosyan. (Armeniapedia)

Aivazovsky portrait by Tyranov

A storm off the coast of Nice (1885)

A Storm - 1854 The State Russian Museum - Saint Petersburg

A storm off the coast of Odessa (1898)

Crash (Shipwreck)1876 Aivazovsky National Art Gallery Feodosiya, Ukraine

Aivazovsky's painting of his second wife Anna Burnazian (1882)

Teenager portraitNational Gallery of Armenia

San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice 1847

American Shipping off the Rock of Gibraltar (1873)

Stormy Sea National Gallery of Armenia

Among the waves

1898The Aivazovsky

Art Gallery, Feodosia,

Ukraine

Battle of Çesme at Night1848The Aivazovsky Art Gallery, Feodosia, Ukraine

Battle of Navarino 1848

Before the storm,Feodosia 1850Presidential Palace Armenia

Boat Ride by Kumkapi in Constantinople 1846Peterhof Palace Museums, Saint Petersburg

Bracing The Waves1890

Brig Mercury Attacked by Two Turkish Ships (1892) Theodosia Art Gallery, Crimea

Chaos (The Creation) 1841Museo Armeno, Venice, Italy

Tower shipwreck

1847

Christopher Columbus 1880Art Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan

Constantinople, la mosquée de Top-Kahné 1884Musée des Beaux-Arts de Brest

Yerevan, Aivazovsky’s statue by the sculptor Yuri Petrosyan

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Descent of Noah from Ararat (1889), National Gallery of Armenia

Fishermen on the seashore, 1852.

Yerevan, National Gallery of Armenia

Gregory the Illuminator The Baptism of the

Armenian People 1892

Aivazovsky National Art Gallery

Mkrtich Khrimian near

Echmiadzin 1895

Aivazovsky National Art

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Decuman Wave 1850State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Ship Twelve Apostles 1897 Theodosia Art Gallery, Crimea

Moscow in Winter from the Sparrow

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Ship in a Stormy Sea off the Coast 1895

View Of The Ayu Dag Crimea 1868

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The Disembarkation of Christopher Columbus with

Companions on Three Launches, on Friday

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1892

Flock of sheep with herdsmen, sunset1860-70

Byron in

Venice

Galerie Köller, Zürich

Pushkins Farewell

to the Sea 1887

The Central

Pushkin Museum, Pushkin,

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View of Yalta 1895

Battle of Vyborg Bay June 25th

1790 1846

Breakers on the Crimean Coast. 1892

Yerevan, Aivazovsky’s statue by the sculptor Yuri Petrosyan

Stormy Sea 1868The Tretyakov Gallery,

Moscow, Russia

Constantinople by Moonlight 1846

Malta Valetta Harbour 1844 The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Reval (heute Tallinn) in Estland1845 Galerie Koller Zürich

Odessa by Moonlight (Moon over Odessa) 1846 Regional Art Museum, Kaluga

On the Island of Crete 1867The Aivazovsky Art Gallery, Feodosia, Ukraine

Sailing ship 1870

Seashore Calm 1843

The Battle in the Chios Channel 1848

Storm 1886

The Leander tower in Constantinople 1848Tretyakov Gallery

Storm, 1851 Saint Petersburg, State Russian Museum

The Landing of Subashi 1839

The Rainbow, 1873The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The Black Sea 1881The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The Great Roads at Kronstadt. 1836The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

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The Sea Koktebel 1853Aivazovsky National Art Gallery,

Feodosiya, Ukraine

View of Tiflis 1868

Towers on the Rock Near Bosporus 1859

Moonlit Night in Constantinople in 1862

Chumaks in Little

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View of Kerch 1839

Jesus walking on water

1888

Jesus walking on water

1890

Lake Maggiore in the Evening

1892

The Galata Tower by Moonlight 1845

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Shipwreck survivors 1886 Presidential Palace Armenia

Storm rocky shores 1875 Presidential Palace Armenia

The Bay of Naples on misty morning1874

Niagara falls 1893National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

Night at Gurzof 1891 Stormy Sea in Night 1849

Sea coast at night. Near the beacon 1837Aivazovsky National Art Gallery

Passage of the Jews through the Red Sea 1891

Sea hurricane, 1850. Yerevan, Presidential Palace Armenia

Moonlight Presidential Palace Armenia

Stormy Sea in Night 1849 Storm on the Sea 1894

The Crimean landscape. Gurzufe Night 1865

Then he came down from Mount Ararat 1889

Seascape with a steamer 1886

Ship Paris, 1854 Saint PetersburgCentral Naval Museum

Shipwreck survivors 1844

Storm on the sea, 1850Yerevan, National

Gallery of Armenia

Storm 1851

Loading Provisions off the Crimean Coast

Ice on Dnipro

Ships in a Storm

View of St. Petersburg 1888

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