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Ivan Aivazovsky
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, Hovhannēs Ayvazyan, Ivan Konstantinovich Aiwasoffski, Ivan Konstantinovich Alwasoffski, Ivan Haivazovsky, Hovhannēs Ayvazean, Hovhannēs Kostandinian Ayvaziantsʻ, Ivan Konstantinovič Ajvazovskij
Russian marine painter (1817–1900)
Ivan Aivazovsky was a Russian painter famous for his dramatic seascapes and maritime scenes during the 19th century. His prolific work and masterful depictions of the ocean made him one of the most celebrated artists of his era and a significant figure in Russian art history.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ivan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Feodosiia
- Place of death
- Feodosiia
- Sibling
- Gabriel Aivazovsky
- Occupation
- art collector
- Educated at
- Imperial Academy of Arts
- Employer
- Imperial Russian Navy
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Award
- Order of Osmanieh
- Student of
- Maxim Vorobiev
- Field of work
- marine art
- Genre
- Romanticism
- Movement
- Romanticism
- Image
- Aivazovsky - Self-portrait 1874.jpg
- Work location
- United States
- Residence
- Feodosiia
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- Commons category
- Ivan Aivazovsky
- date of birth
- 1817-07-29
- date of death
- 1900-04-19
- Commons gallery
- Иван Константинович Айвазовский
- Commons Creator page
- Ivan Aivazovsky
- topic's main category
- Category:Ivan Aivazovsky
- ethnic group
- Armenians
- influenced by
- Théodore Géricault
- name in native language
- Հովհաննես Այվազյան
- place of burial
- St. Sarkis Church (Feodosia)
- member of
- Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
- birth name
- Հովհաննես Այվազյան
- student
- Arkhip Kuindzhi
- civil rank
- Active Privy Councillor
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Works in European collections
7 objects attributed to Ivan Aivazovsky, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Aivazovsky's signature in Russian, 1850 Aivazovsky's signature in Armenian on oil painting from 1899
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian: Иван Константинович Айвазовский; 29 July [O.S. 17 July] 1817 – 2 May [O.S. 19 April] 1900) was a Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art. Baptized as Hovhannes Aivazian, he was born to Armenian parents in the Black Sea port of Feodosia in Crimea and was mostly based there.
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