+ Expand

Description: Aiwazowsky, Iwan KonstantinowitchIwan Konstantinowitsch Aiwazowsky (zugeschrieben) (1817 Feodossija - Feodossija 1900) Sonnenuntergang vor Aju-Dag an der Krimküste. Vor der Küste liegt ein Segelschiff der Russischen Föderation. Öl auf Leinwand. Unten rechts in Kyrillisch signiert. 29,7 x 42 cm

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky (attributed). Sunset off Ayu Dagg in the Crimea. Oil on canvas. Lower right signed in Cyrillic. 29,7 x 42 cm 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 and later the St.Petersburg Academy of Arts, from 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 Constantinople upon the invitation of Sultan Abdülmecid, a city he was to travel to eight times between 1845-1890. During his long sojourn in Constantinople, Aivazovsky was commissioned for a number of paintings as a court painter by the Ottoman Sultans Abdülmecid, 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.