1844-1927   Related Paintings of Vasilii Dmitrievich Polenov :. | Hampstead Heath looking to Harrwo | jeune homme en redingote | utflykt pa landet | Mill Pond- Moors Mill | Portrait of Sir Henry Thompson |
Related Artists:
Wassnezow, Wiktor Michajlowitsch
painted Drei Koniginnen des unterirdischen Reiches in 1879
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.
William Small
British , 1843 - 1929