
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky Painting Reproductions Gallery 1 of 16
1817-1900Armenian (active in Russia) Romantic Painter
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian: Иван Константинович Айвазовский, Armenian: Hovhannes Aivazovsky July 29, 1817 - 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". His talent as an artist earned him sponsorship and entry to the Simferopol gymnasium №1 and later the St.Petersburg Academy of Arts, 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 Abdulmecid, a city he was to travel to eight times between 1845-1890. During his long sojourn in Istanbul, Aivazovsky was commissioned for a number of paintings as a court painter by the Ottoman Sultans Abdulmecid, Abdulaziz and Abdulhamid, 30 of which are currently on display in the Ottoman Imperial Palace, the Dolmabahce Museum and many others at various other museums in Turkey.
Due to his long life in art, Aivazovsky became the most prolific Russian painter of his days. He left over 6,000 works at his death in 1900. With funds earned during his successful career as an artist he opened an art school and gallery in his home town of Feodosiya.
Aivazovsky's works have been auctioned for as much as $3,200,000, and his international reputation continues to grow. He is also said to be the most forged of all Russian painters.
378 Paintings of Aivazovsky
State Russian Museum St. Petersburg Russia
The Ninth Wave
$950
$48.93
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
Among the Waves
$690
$60.05
The Tretyakov Gallery Moscow Russia
The Black Sea
$701
$86.64
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
Ice Mountains in Antarctica, Icebergs
$912
$59.62
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
The Battle of Chesma, 25-26 June 1770
$1249
$69.53
State Russian Museum St. Petersburg Russia
View of Constantinople by Moonlight
$953
$48.52
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
White-Caps on the Coast of the Crimea
$884
$48.52
The Tretyakov Gallery Moscow Russia
The Rainbow
$912
$57.09
Private Collection
Night. A Blue Wave
$630
$72.46
The Tretyakov Gallery Moscow Russia
Ukrainian Landscape at the Moon
$862
$48.52
Museum of Russian Art Kiev Ukraine
The Volga at Zhigulev Hills
$899
$71.62
The Odessa Fine Arts Museum Odessa Ukraine
The Windjamer, Sailing-Ship
$884
$54.28
Art Gallery Yerevan Armenia
View of Feodosia
$1026
Unknown Location
The Vicinities of Yalta at Night
$785
$48.52
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
Shipwreck
$969
$59.36
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
The Maria in a Gale
$1041
$48.52
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
Storm in the North Sea
$925
$54.55
The Grand Palace at Peterhof St. Petersburg Russia
Storm on the Sea at Night
$716
State Russian Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Storm at Cape Aya
$1088
$48.53
Art Gallery Echmiadzin Armenia
Shipwreck
$953
$53.74
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
The Battle in the Straits of Chios, 24 June 1770
$1350
$69.65
Naval Engineering Academy St. Petersburg Russia
The Battle of Navarino, 20th October 1827
$1364
$50.53
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
Storm in Arctic Ocean
$912
$52.54
The Grand Palace at Peterhof St. Petersburg Russia
The Bay of Naples
$785
$48.53