Ivan konstantinovich aivazovsky biography

Summary of Ivan Aivazovsky

Over half of Ivan Aivazovsky's approximately 6,000 paintings are maritime subjects and of these the most enduringly powerful are his turbulent seascapes that made him the success of the late Russian Empire.

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However, as momentum for change grew in late-nineteenth-century Russia, Aivazovsky's technical prowess and prolific output remained tied to his successful formula. His attachment to Romanticism remained especially apparent in his paintings of storm-tossed vessels dwarfed by natural grandeur, while his patriotic attachment to the Russia of old remained apparent in his paintings of naval victories.

A younger generation of Russian artists, who engaged more creatively with a changing world, quickly eclipsed Aivazovsky in importance, but the market for his work remains buoyant to this day and his best seascapes still communicate a raw energy.

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• Aivazovsky was one of the last great academicians in the Russian art world, a product of the ne Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky Biography and Paintings RADYG