Ivan Ajvazovskij

(1817–1900) armenisk-rysk konstnär

Ivan Ajvazovskij (1817–1900) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Ivan Ajvazovskij belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.

Ivan Ajvazovskij was born in Feodosiia and died in Feodosiia. Ivan Ajvazovskij trained at Simferopol gymnasium №1 and Imperial Academy of Arts. Ivan Ajvazovskij studied under Maxim Vorobiev. Ivan Ajvazovskij worked in Vienna, Khedivate of Egypt, Paris, and Berlin. Wikidata associates Ivan Ajvazovskij with Romanticism. Ivan Ajvazovskij became a member of Imperial Academy of Arts, Academy of Fine Arts of Rome, and Academy of Fine Arts, Florence. The awards include Knight of the Legion of Honour, Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, Order of the White Eagle, and Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class. The students included Arkhip Kuindzhi.

The best-known works include ‘The Ninth Wave’, ‘Brig “Mercury” Attacked by Two Turkish Ships’, and ‘Night at the Rodos island’. The works belong mainly to the genres marine art, landscape painting, and military art. The catalogue has 250 works by Ivan Ajvazovskij with free images. The dated works span the years 1770–1900. Works by Ivan Ajvazovskij are held by several collections, among them Feodosia National Gallery I. K. Aivazovsky, Armeniens nationalmuseum, Russian Museum, and Ryska museet.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include John Phillip, Aleksandr Agin, Ignacio Merino, Alexandre Antigna, and Julius Lange.

• Realism
• Nionde vågen
• Brig “Mercury” Attacked by Two Turkish Ships
• The Black Sea
• Rainbow
• A Moonlit Night on the Bosphorus
• The Wrath of the Seas
• The Maiden's Tower
• A. S. Pushkin at the Black Sea coast
• Descent of Noah from Ararat