Ivan Aivazovsky Boat Ride by Kumkapi in Constantinople Painting ID:: 79990 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-537346.jpg
Boat Ride by Kumkapi in Constantinople Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 37 cm
Date 1846(1846)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Gunboat off Crete Painting ID:: 79995 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-577855.jpg
Gunboat off Crete Oil on canvas, 103 x 156 cm
Date 1897(1897)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Battle of cesme at Night Painting ID:: 80901 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-788674.jpg
Battle of cesme at Night Battle of Çesme at Night; Material and Dimensions: Oil on canvas, 193 x 183 cm, Location: I. K. Aivazovsky Museum, Theodosia
Date 1848(1848)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Little Russian Ox Cart in Winter Painting ID:: 83597 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-459334.jpg
Little Russian Ox Cart in Winter Oil on canvas, 34 x 41.5 cm
Date 1866(1866)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Winter Scene in Little Russia Painting ID:: 83599 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-697936.jpg
Winter Scene in Little Russia Oil on canvas, 36 x 45.5 cm
Date 1868(1868)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Moscow in Winter from the Sparrow Hills Painting ID:: 83601 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-334399.jpg
Moscow in Winter from the Sparrow Hills Oil on canvas, 46 x 72 cm
Date 1872(1872)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Loading Provisions off the Crimean Coast Painting ID:: 83780 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-567447.jpg
Loading Provisions off the Crimean Coast Oil on canvas, 30 x 45.5 cm
Date 1876(1876)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Frozen Bosphorus Under Snow Painting ID:: 83782 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-447853.jpg
Frozen Bosphorus Under Snow Oil on canvas, 80 x 130 cm
Date 1874(1874)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Exploding Ship Painting ID:: 83783 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-589957.jpg
Exploding Ship Oil on canvas, 67 x 96.5 cm
Date 1900(1900)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Ox Cart Crossing a Flooded Plain Painting ID:: 83785 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-884537.jpg
Ox Cart Crossing a Flooded Plain Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 105.5 cm
Date 1897(1897)
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Ivan Aivazovsky View of Moscow from the Sparrow Hills Painting ID:: 83787 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-775833.jpg
View of Moscow from the Sparrow Hills Oil on canvas, 106 x 190 cm
Date 1851(1851)
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Ivan Aivazovsky A Rocky Coastal Landscape in the Aegean with Ships in the Distance Painting ID:: 83788 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-597658.jpg
A Rocky Coastal Landscape in the Aegean with Ships in the Distance Oil on canvas, 116 x 152 cm
Date 1884(1884)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Venice Painting ID:: 83867 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-663595.jpg
Venice Oil on canvas, 130 x 170 cm
Date 1874(1874)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Lake Maggiore in the Evening Painting ID:: 83868 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-753977.jpg
Lake Maggiore in the Evening Oil on canvas, 109 x 160 cm
Date 1858(1858)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Sunset over the Golden Horn Painting ID:: 83869 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-564747.jpg
Sunset over the Golden Horn Oil on canvas, 120 x 167 cm
Date 1866(1866)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Dusk on the Golden Horn Painting ID:: 83870 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-348768.jpg
Dusk on the Golden Horn Oil on canvas, 56 x 81.3 cm
Date 1845(1845)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Fishermen Returning Near Naples Painting ID:: 83872 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-945934.jpg
Fishermen Returning Near Naples Oil on canvas, 129 x 167 cm
Date 1874(1874)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Icebergs in the Atlantic Painting ID:: 83876 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-658968.jpg
Icebergs in the Atlantic Oil on canvas, 110.5 x 130.5 cm
Date 1870(1870)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Constantinople Sunset Painting ID:: 83878 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-376499.jpg
Constantinople Sunset Oil on canvas, 214 x 333 cm
Date 1899(1899)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Ships in a Storm Painting ID:: 83892 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-766396.jpg
Ships in a Storm Oil on canvas, 80.5 x 117 cm
Date 1860(1860)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Ship in a Stormy Sea off the Coast Painting ID:: 83893 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-973947.jpg
Ship in a Stormy Sea off the Coast Oil on canvas, 59 x 86.5 cm
Date 1895(1895)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Shipwreck on the Black Sea Painting ID:: 83895 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-456354.jpg
Shipwreck on the Black Sea Oil on canvas, 44 x 60 cm
Date 1875(1875)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Rescue at Sea Painting ID:: 83897 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-482797.jpg
Rescue at Sea Oil on canvas, 95 x 125 cm
Date 1872(1872)
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Ivan Aivazovsky View of Yalta Painting ID:: 83899 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-937778.jpg
View of Yalta Oil on canvas, 52 x 78 cm
Date 1867(1867)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Sebastopol Painting ID:: 83902 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-578957.jpg
Sebastopol Oil on canvas, 28.3 x 38.7 cm
Date 1852(1852)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Constantinople Painting ID:: 83913 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-368684.jpg
Constantinople Oil on canvas, 125 x 195 cm
Date 1856(1856)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Gunboat off Crete Painting ID:: 83916 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-394566.jpg
Gunboat off Crete Oil on canvas, 103 x 156 cm
Date 1897(1897)
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Ivan Aivazovsky The Island of Rhodes Painting ID:: 83921 new24/Ivan Aivazovsky-373654.jpg
The Island of Rhodes Oil on canvas, 91 x 126 cm
Date 1861(1861)
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Ivan Aivazovsky Storm Painting ID:: 84452 new25/Ivan Aivazovsky-349998.jpg
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.