Ivan AivazovskyToperfect Art supplies Ivan Aivazovsky biography and painting knowledge, which is useful for painters and art fans. Ivan Aivazovsky Paintings, is the most distinguished seascape painter in Russia. He is the most productive Armenian painter of his time, leaving 6,000 odd paintings.On June 4th 2007, Ivan Aivazovsky famous painting on canvas American Shipping off the Rock of Gibraltar sold for 2,710,000 pounds. The distinctive feature of Ivan Aivazovsky paintings is his ability to depict different sunlight and moonlight in nearly transparent layers. A series of paintings of naval battles painted in the 1840s brought his dramatic skills to the fore, with the flames of burning ships reflected in water and clouds. Ivan Aivazovsky landscape paintings for sale on Toperfect include scenes of peasant life in Ukraine and city life in İstanbul. |
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Ivan Aivazovsky BiographyRussian Academic Classical artistborn 1817 - died 1900 Russian Seascape Paintings Master Armenian: Հովհաննես Այվազովսկի Russian: Иван Константинович Айвазовский At the turn of the 19th century, the Armenian merchant Konstantin (Gevork) Aivazovsky moved to Theodosia from Poland. The Armenian church of the city recorded on July 17, 1817, the birth of "Hovhannes, son of Gevork Ayvazian" in the register of births and baptisms. His father operated a small store in Theodosia and his mother was employed in the lace and embroidery industry. Borth worked diligently in order to support their five children. |
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The Governor of Theodosia recognized the talent of young Hovhannes and helped him enter high school in Simferopol and in 1833 St. Petersburg Academy of Art where Ivan Aivazovsky studied under M. Vorobyov, a renowned Russian landscape painter and the French marine painter F. Tanner, and where Konstantinovich graduated with honours at 20 years of age. He was sent to study in Italy and returned a recognised master. Delacroix spoke of him with great respect and Turner described him as a genius. Always true to his motto, "For me, to live means to work," Ivan Aivazovsky created around 6,000 paintings. His house in his native town was turned into a museum dedicated to his memory even during his lifetime. |
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| One of the greatest seascape artists of his time, Ivan Aivazovsky conveyed the movement of the waves, the transparent water, the dialogue between sea and sky with with virtuoso skill and tangible verisimilitude. The artist also often turned to themes from Armenian and Russian history. The originality of Ivan Aivazovsky painting is largely determined by his national character and temperament. Armenian culture has an ancient tradition of the creative value of light, and the knowledge of light was one of the most important elements in his art, giving the artist's canvases a dreamy and emotional feel. |
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| Following the massacres of the Armenians in Turkey, many refugees came to Theodosia, where Ivan Aivazovsky provided shelter and food, and helped families relocate. So incensed was Konstantinovich with the treatment of the Armenians in Turkey that he painted a series of canvases condemning the massacres, which were exhibted in Moscow. Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky also renounced the medals which has been presented to him by the Sultan. His own emotional involvement with the massacres produced the paintings, The Armenian Massacres of Trevizond, Shiploaded Armenians, and Armenians Thrown into the Sea Alive. | |||||||
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In a letter
addressed to Catholicos Khrimian in
Etchmiadzin, Ivan Aivazovsky wrote: "I am deeply
distressed to hear of the appalling,
unprecendented massacre of the helpless
Armenians". |
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