
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky Painting Reproductions Gallery 2 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
Museum of Armenian Congregation of Mhitarists Venice Italy
Chaos: Creation of the World
$684
$50.86
Museum of Armenian Congregation of Mhitarists Venice Italy
The Neapolitan Beacon
$756
The Tretyakov Gallery Moscow Russia
The Neapolitan Gulf in the Early Morning
$407
The Tretyakov Gallery Moscow Russia
The Venetian Lagoon
$388
The Grand Palace at Peterhof St. Petersburg Russia
Venice
$1031
The Tretyakov Gallery Moscow Russia
Seashore
$518
$53.91
The Tretyakov Gallery Moscow Russia
At the Crimean Coast
$502
$48.07
State Russian Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Great Raid in Kronstadt
$960
$56.30
Regional Art Museum Kaluga Russia
View Odesa in a Moonlight Night
$1182
$48.07
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
Seacoast at Night. At a Beacon
$669
$49.66
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
The Sea at Koktebel
$960
$64.64
The Lviv Art Gallery Lviv Ukraine
The Crimean Coast
$769
$48.07
Private Collection
Boat on the Nile with Pyramids of Gizeh
$1084
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
Caucasus Mountains from the Sea
$779
$48.07
Central Naval Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Squadron of the Black Sea Fleet Entering Sevastopo
$709
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
Napoleon on Saint Helena
$721
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
Niagara Falls
$684
$55.90
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
The Black Sea Fleet at Feodosia
$1031
$48.07
Museum of Russian Art Kiev Ukraine
The Acropolis in Athens
$929
$51.33
State Russian Museum St. Petersburg Russia
The Wave, the Billow
$915
$48.07
San Trovaso Venice Italy
Pushkin bids Farewell to the Black Sea
$990
$48.07
The Odessa Fine Arts Museum Odessa Ukraine
Pushkin by the Cliffs of Gurzuf in the Crimea
$709
$57.48
State Russian Museum St. Petersburg Russia
View of the Sea by Moonlight
$726
$49.94
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
Sunrise in Yalta
$669
$48.07