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B Biography Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900) - the greatest Russian marine painter, author of the immortal "Ninth Shaft." The most prolific artist - wrote more than 6 thousand paintings. Due to the huge heritage, it is at the same time one of the most forged artists in the world. Widely known in the West, works are regularly sold at auctions, including Sotheby's.

Aivazovsky was primarily a marine. Often the plot of the picture is only a pretext for writing sea waves, as, for example, in the painting "Napoleon on the island of St. Helena", where the figure of Napoleon occupies a negligible space on the canvas. The method of the artist's work was that he did not write his paintings from nature, but restored them from memory, with the help of schematic drawings.

Working methods The technician's work, the selection of paints and materials were changed by the artist several times. These changes, of course, were not caused by changes in the master's purely external taste preferences, but were determined by new creative tasks that the master permitted and in which even the appearance of the painting, its painting surface, plays a role as one of the means of expression in painting. These changes were due to the processes in the development of Russian painting that occurred during the nineteenth century.

Most famous paintings «9 shaft»

«Black Sea»

«Night on the Black Sea»

Personal life He received the title of academician and by imperial decree was counted among the Chief Naval Staff as an artist with the right to wear the uniform of the Navy Ministry. In subsequent years, Aivazovsky's career took shape happily. In 1845, as part of the Russian Geographical Society, he went on a journey to the shores of Asia Minor and the Greek islands. In the late 1860s, the artist made a long journey through the Caucasus and Transcaucasia - he visited Ossetia, Dagestan, Georgia, and Armenia. This period includes a cycle of amazing mountain landscapes. He was in Egypt at the opening of the Suez Canal.

a continuation As soon as finances were allowed, Aivazovsky settled in his native Theodosia, where he bought a plot and built a house on it, resembling in style Italian palazzo. The mansion was always full of guests - many visitors wanted to see the famous artist and his work. Over time, Aivazovsky turned it into a private museum, open to visitors, and added a gallery. Today it is the building of the Feodosia National Art Gallery. Aivazovsky. In 1848, he married the governess Julia Grefs, who bore him four daughters. The marriage ended in divorce: the wife had a difficult character, preferred to live in St. Petersburg and did not approve of her husband’s love for the Crimean home and for traveling. In the end, she left him and began to live separately, while bringing her husband into great debts. In 1877, he sold the petition to the Synod of Echmiadzin for divorce. In 1882, the 65-year-old Aivazovsky combined his second marriage with a young widow of a Theodosian merchant Anna Burnazyan (Sarkizova). With the newlywed, he took a new journey through the countries of the Mediterranean.