
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky Painting Reproductions Gallery 9 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
Private Collection
American Shipping off the Rock of Gibraltar
$1213
$53.01
Private Collection
Ice on Dnieper
$1032
$48.70
Private Collection
The Lifeboat
$472
$48.70
Private Collection
Sunset over Constantinople
$459
$48.70
Private Collection
Ship at Sea
$900
$70.09
Private Collection
Among the Waves
$1017
$48.70
Private Collection
Shipping off the Ayu Dag
$700
$48.70
Private Collection
Calm Waters
$731
$48.70
Private Collection
View of Constantinople in Moonlight
$599
$48.70
Private Collection
Ships Passing through a Canal in Moonlight
$678
$48.70
Private Collection
Shipping off the Dutch Coast
$992
$48.70
Private Collection
Caucasus
$46.37
Private Collection
Sailing through the Haze
$899
$56.70
Private Collection
High Seas
$46.37
Private Collection
Vessels in Full Sail by Moonlight
$46.37
Private Collection
A Market Scene in Constantinople
$943
$91.26
Private Collection
The Survivor
$1073
$48.70
Private Collection
Vessels in a Swell at Sunset
$899
$60.33
Private Collection
An American Steamer in Heavy Seas
$459
$48.70
Private Collection
Watching Ships at Sunset
$433
$48.70
Private Collection
Ukrainian Harvest
$741
$88.85
Private Collection
The Ottoman Fleet
$871
$48.70
Central Naval Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Review of the Black Sea Fleet
$1179
$70.15
State Russian Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Russian Squadron on the Sevastopol Roadstead
$1819
$48.70