
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky Painting Reproductions Gallery 4 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
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
The Bay of Naples in the Morning
$763
$49.65
State Russian Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Seashore, Calm
$736
$48.70
Central Naval Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Revel (now Talinn)
$805
$48.70
State Russian Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Malta, Valletta Harbour
$865
$48.70
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
Shipwreck
$820
$48.70
Central Naval Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Kronstadt, the Menshikov Fort
$766
$48.70
Central Naval Museum St. Petersburg Russia
The Kronstadt Roads
$1339
$48.70
Museum of Russian Art Kiev Ukraine
View of Capri
$887
$50.05
Peterhof Palace Museum St. Petersburg Russia
The Bay of Naples
$848
$50.85
Peterhof Palace Museum St. Petersburg Russia
View of a Bay near Venice
$805
$48.70
Peterhof Palace Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Coffee House by the Ortakoy Mosque in Constantinople
$957
$48.70
Peterhof Palace Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Boat Ride by Kumkapi in Constantinople
$1003
$48.70
Peterhof Palace Museum St. Petersburg Russia
A Sea View
$718
Naval Engineering Academy St. Petersburg Russia
The Battle of Revel, 9 May 1790
$874
$51.13
Peterhof Palace Museum St. Petersburg Russia
The St. Petersburg Stock Exchange
$703
$51.25
I. K. Aivazovsky Museum Feodosia Ukraine
St. Petersburg, the Smolny Convent
$665
$50.59
The Grand Palace at Peterhof St. Petersburg Russia
Peterhof, View of the Palace and Great Cascade
$693
$48.70
The Tretyakov Gallery Moscow Russia
View of the Leander Tower, Constantinople
$633
$54.61
The Odessa Fine Arts Museum Odessa Ukraine
Sea View with a Chapel on the Shore
$833
$48.70
State Russian Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Moonlight Night
$766
$48.70
State Museum-Reserve Pavlovsk Russia
Morning at Sea
$633
$51.39
State Museum-Reserve Pavlovsk Russia
Storm at Sea
$598
$49.76
Private Collection
Shipping on the Black Sea
$240
Private Collection
The Coast of the Dardanelles
$436