Ivan Aivazovsky

1817–1900 · Romanticism & Landscape

Biography

Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900), born in Feodosia on the Black Sea, was Russia’s greatest marine painter and official painter to the Russian Navy. His luminous seascapes made him famous across Europe.

Paintings in this gallery (1)

The Ninth Wave

Ivan Aivazovsky · 1850

Famous works elsewhere

Brig “Mercury” Attacked by Two Turkish Ships 1892
Night at the Rodos island 1850
The Black Sea 1881
Descent of Noah from Ararat 1887
The Maiden's Tower 1848
A. S. Pushkin at the Black Sea coast 1887