
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky Painting Reproductions Gallery 11 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.
379 Paintings of Aivazovsky
Private Collection
Sunset over the Venetian Lagoon
$943
$55.65
Private Collection
Bordighera
$872
$47.42
The Odessa Fine Arts Museum Odessa Ukraine
Pushkin on the Shore of the Black Sea
$881
$66.08
Central Naval Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Battle of Vyborg Bay, 25 June 1790
$1107
$58.26
Private Collection
Pushkin Looking out to Sea from the Crimean Coast
$573
$47.42
Private Collection
Ox Train on the Sea Shore
$468
$47.42
Private Collection
Swimmers at Dawn
$842
$47.42
Private Collection
Russian Warship off the Beach
$481
Presidential Palace Ankara Turkey
Turkish Coastal Scene
$963
$47.42
Private Collection
Turkish Coastal Scene, Ship off the Beach
$1008
$47.42
Private Collection
The Sea Shore
$676
$47.42
Private Collection
On the Beach at Sunset
$773
$47.42
Private Collection
Calm Sea
$866
$47.42
Museum of History and Reconstruction Moscow Russia
View of Moscow from the Sparrow Hills
$1104
Private Collection
St. Petersburg: St. Isaac's Cathedral on a Frosty Day
$1842
$56.19
Private Collection
Steamship and Rafts off St. Petersburg
$864
$47.42
Private Collection
View along the Neva in St. Petersburg with the ...
$759
$47.42
Private Collection
The Acropolis in Athens
$423
$47.42
Private Collection
A Rocky Coastal Landscape in the Aegean with ...
$918
$54.62
Private Collection
Capriccio of Ottoman Coastal Scene on a Moonlit Night
$892
$47.42
Monastery of Saint Lazarus Venice Italy
Mount Ararat
$308
$47.42
Georgian Museum of Art Tbilisi Georgia
View of Tiflis
$1426
$47.42
Peterhof Palace Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Constantinople, Galata and the Golden Horn
$1924
$75.90
Private Collection
View of Vesuvius on a Moonlit Night
$727
$85.02