Alexander Theobald Van Laer (1857-1920) was an American painter, born at Auburn, New York.
He studied at the Art Students League of New York Related Paintings of Alexander Theobald Van Laer :. | Summer times | Saints Matthew,Catherine of Alexandria and John the Vangelist | Scenes from the Passion of Christ | Romantic scenery. | Annunciation | Related Artists:
Wilmot Pilsbury,RWS1840-1908
Louis Aston KnightAmerican Painter, 1873-1948
Ivan Aivazovsky July 29, 1817 C May 5, 1900) was a Russian painter of Armenian descent, most famous for his seascapes, which constitute more than half of his paintings.Aivazovsky was born in the town of Feodosiya, Crimea, to a poor Armenian family. His parents family name was Aivazian. Some of artist's paintings bear a signature, in Armenian letters, "Hovhannes Aivazian" (Յովհաննէս Այվազեան). 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 Istanbul upon the invitation of Sultan Abdelmecid, a city he was to travel to eight times between 1845-1890.