Saturday, December 16, 2023

 Ivan Aivazovsky
(1817 - 1900)
 
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky  was a Russian-Armenian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art. Baptized as Hovhannes Aivazian, he was born into an Armenian family in the Black Sea port of Feodosia in Crimea and was mostly based there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Aivazovsky
 

The Caucasus
1863
Oil on Canvas
41 x 63 cm
Private Collection


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