Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “View of Moscow from the Sparrow Hills”

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1. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “View of Constantinople”Written in oil on canvas in 1852 (according to another version in the 1870s), has a size of 121.5 by 195 cm. After being sold at Christie’s London auction in 2006 for more than 1.6 million pounds sterling in a private collection. This is one of several paintings depicting the ancient capital from different angles […]...
2. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “View of St. Petersburg”Aivazovsky’s painting “View of Petersburg”, referring to the late period of the artist’s work, is relatively little known to the general public. First of all, Aivazovsky – marine painter. And most of his work is connected with the sea. Sometimes as an exception he painted other pictures. In the canvas “View of Petersburg” there is […]...
3. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “View of the Venice Lagoon”The canvas was painted in oil on canvas in 1841 in the style of romanticism, in the landscape genre. The artist’s childhood passed near the sea, which formed his boundless love for seascapes, ships, and hikes. Therefore, he, like no one else, could register all the details, convey exactly the historical events. Aivazovsky traveled to […]...
4. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Sea View”In 1867, when the era of romanticism flourishes, Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky wrote his famous painting “Sea View”. The size of the picture is 61×83 oil on canvas. Thanks to the outstanding talent of the artist’s paintings have the status of national wealth. In his paintings he often depicted the sea, in his paintings it seemed […]...
5. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “View of Ayu-Dag”Created in 1868, materials – oil on canvas, size – 22 by 29 cm. Located in a private collection of paintings. The picture is named in honor of the mountain Ayu-Dag (Bear Mountain) on the southern coast of Crimea, which resembles a bear lying on the belly. Her silhouette is manifested in the predawn haze […]...
6. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “View of Tiflis”The picture was created in 1869. Before the viewer appears Tiflis, the southern city with a characteristic nature. In the foreground we see a group of people. The majestic mountains that rise on the horizon, give the whole creation a special flavor. They seem to merge with the sky, just as solemn and grand. The […]...
7. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “View of the Leander Tower”In his masterpiece “The View of the Leandrova Tower in Constantinople,” the talented one expressed all his emotions and impressions from the trip to the city of Istanbul. This tower was built in the XII century. It is located on a tiny rock near the strait of Istanbul harbor. It was used as a lighthouse […]...
8. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “View of Constantinople and the Bosphorus”On the canvas, everything came together in a single space. Here the shores are inhabited by people, and the calm sea and the horizon and the sky… Everything is somehow quiet and serene. Meanwhile, this is the Turkish coast, it is not very calm. But it’s not that. It’s amazing how a painter subtly understands […]...
9. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “View of the seashore in the vicinity of St. Petersburg”Aivazovsky – the most famous of Russian marine painters. Almost all his life he wrote only the sea – seascapes and sea battles. “View of the seaside in the vicinity of St. Petersburg” – one of the not quite typical of his paintings. The sea on it is not the main character, as usual – […]...
10. Description of the painting by Peter Vereshchagin “View of the Moscow Kremlin”Petr Petrovich Vereshchagin (1834-1886) was a Russian landscape painter of the nineteenth century, the author of numerous panoramic views and everyday sketches. Born in the city of Perm, traveled a lot. His brushes belong to landscape images of various places in the Urals, Central Russia, Volga region, the Baltic Sea, Transcaucasia and other regions of […]...
11. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Sevastopol”The theme of the glorious city of Sevastopol occupies a special place in the work of the artist Aivazovsky. This city has managed to win a special love and a special place in the heart of an outstanding marine painter. Aivazovsky painted episodes of the protection of the Black Sea and the Crimea peninsula in […]...
12. Description of the painting by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky “St. George Monastery”The popular marine painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky is a unique leader of the creators of the marine theme. A large number of paintings by the author, dedicated to the sea, he, like no one understood the full depth of the sea and beauty. The creation of the painting “St. George Monastery” falls on the year […]...
13. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Among the Waves”“Among the Waves” is the canvas of the hand of master-marine painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, written by him in 1898, when his creator had already crossed the eighty-year mark. The canvas captures us with its noisy waves. We observe an all-consuming and boundless, azure, ultramarine, steel, turquoise, blue-green, emerald, dazzling white sea. The picture is […]...
14. Description of the painting by Ivan Shishkin “View on the island of Valaam”The painting was painted by Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin in 1858. The painter depicted the island of Valaam on canvas. We see the most beautiful time – summer. All the greens are so juicy that it is simply impossible not to rejoice. The painter managed to convey her freshness and beauty. How many shades of green […]...
15. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Shipwreck”The painting was painted in oil on canvas in 1876. Aivazovsky tried to depict the storming sea as accurately as possible, its beauty, power and greatness. At the same time, he wanted to cause the viewer not the fear of big waves, but the delight of contemplating the limitless possibilities of the element of nature. […]...
16. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Storm on the North Sea”Ivan Aivazovsky – Russian marine painter, of Ukrainian origin. His fate played a cruel joke with him when he set off on a journey through the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea. This event determined his fate. Since then, the sea has become the only source of inspiration and captured the thoughts of the […]...
17. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Ice Mountains in Antarctica”The picture of the world-famous marine painter I. Aivazovsky was painted in 1870 and combines the undoubted artistic merit with cognitive value. The work was created to perpetuate the achievement of the Russian navigators Bellingshausen and Lazarev, who discovered Antarctica during their expedition. In that era, the achievement of this kind was simply a tremendous […]...
18. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Sea Coast”Perhaps no one, as Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky did not confess his love for the sea. The painter was born in Feodosia and from an early age absorbed the noise of coastal waves, the play of colors, the restless nature of the sea element. In his paintings, the sea is always the main character. It lives, […]...
19. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Gurzuf”The romantic marina “Gurzuf”, written by Aivazovsky in 1859, is distinguished by a special color scheme: the bright azure lagoon, the clear waters that peacefully carry the fishing boat far from the coast amazes the viewer with its exceptional beauty. Underwater landscape, skillfully written by Aivazovsky thin strip stretched in the foreground. The port town […]...
20. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Alushta”Ivan Aivazovsky created the painting “Alushta” in 1878, now it is kept in the art gallery of Theodosia, bearing the name of the artist. The landscape depicts the Crimean city of Alushta. The image of the usual southern town transfers to the canvas master. The view of the audience opens a wonderful picture of a […]...
21. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Fishermen on the beach”In the very heyday of Russian culture of the 19th century, the formation of the great painter Ivan Aivazovsky took place. He was born in the seaside town of Feodosia. Since childhood, the boy’s life was filled with the sound of the surf, the overflow of sun glare on the water, the ships moored to […]...
22. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “In Cairo”“Evening in Cairo” – one of the most beautiful and mysterious paintings, world famous, painter Ivan Aivazovsky, written in 1870. It can rightly be called an artistic masterpiece, which has no analogues in the whole world. On his canvas, the author depicted a panoramic view of the most spectacular and legendary places in Cairo, ranging […]...
23. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Russian squadron in the Sevastopol raid”Today, the painting canvas by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky is kept in the State Russian Museum of St. Petersburg. This work of the artist was commissioned by the emperor in 1846, the plot of the painting is the appearance of Emperor Nicholas I in the port of Sevastopol, inspecting the entire city and checking the navy […]...
24. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Foggy Morning in Italy”Created in 1864, used canvas and oil, size – 208 by 149 cm. Located in the Feodosia Picture Gallery. IK Aivazovsky, Theodosius, Crimea. In 1840, Ivan Konstantinovich went on a four-year journey through European countries. It began with a visit to the original Mecca of the artistic world – Italy, which presented such great artists […]...
25. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Bathing Sheep”Created in 1877, materials – oil on canvas; dimensions – 46 by 62 cm. Exhibited at the Art Museum named after V. P. Sukachev, Irkutsk, Russia. An impressed artist dedicated several works to this topic, the most famous of which is in Odessa. This is distinguished by pastel ease, it is hard to believe that […]...
26. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Sunrise”During his long and rich creative life, Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky wrote about 6,000 canvases made in different techniques of painting and graphics and on very different subjects. Most of his paintings have a certain plot and a peculiar staging, and there is always a landscape part on them, including some favorite theme of the artist […]...
27. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Moonlight”The artist knew how to love the sea and the night, which allowed him to create masterpieces of ordinary things that open to the eyes of many people, but they do not notice all the beauty of the moment. One of the best paintings of the night Aivazovsky is his canvas “Moonlight”. The first thing […]...
28. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Brig” Mercury “, attacked by two Turkish ships”The famous Russian marine painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky is the author of a number of canvases in which the main characters are huge and majestic sailboats, a lot of sea and endless sky. The painting “Brig” Mercury “, attacked by two Turkish ships, was painted by the artist in 1892, many years after the events […]...
29. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “During the harvest in Ukraine”In Aivazovsky, it is rare to find canvases where there is a terrestrial landscape. After all, all its basic canvases, in one way or another, are connected with the sea, with sea distances and with incidents in the expanse of water. And then suddenly a rural landscape, and even some. In terms of its power, […]...
30. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Chaos. World creation”Unlike other paintings, “Chaos. Creation of the World “- not such a famous painting by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky. But without exaggeration, we can say that it is one of the most impressive works of the artist. Despite the fact that Aivazovsky undoubtedly refers to marine painters, biblical themes often appear in his works. “Chaos. Creation […]...
31. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Sea Bay”The most famous marine painter, I. K. Aivazovsky, wrote thousands of paintings about the sea that inspired him. The painter was interested in storm and calm, sunrise and sunset, winter and summer. He knew how to skillfully capture all the conditions and shades of the sea weather. Now these masterpieces are available to the general […]...
32. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Ship among the stormy sea”The painting was created in 1887, oil on canvas. On it, the artist demonstrates the greatness of the natural element, which he worshiped all his life. Aivazovsky was in love with the sea and admired all his states: from complete calm to an all-destructive storm. The artist saw the raging sea more than once: both […]...
33. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Thunderstorm”Written in oil on canvas in 1889. Size: 144.5 by 109.5 cm. Stored in the Feodosia Picture Gallery. IK Aivazovsky, Theodosius, Crimea. This work, like many in the work of this artist, is devoted to the elements of the sea. At this time, he pays special attention to the outbreak of bad weather, which took […]...
34. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “From calm to a hurricane”If Shishkin in Russian painting is recognized as the greatest master of landscapes of the Russian hinterland. Now Aivazovsky is known to us, first of all, for his seascapes. This trend in painting is called Morenism. Aivazovsky all his life, mostly depicted on his canvases only the sea or ocean. The water surface on his […]...
35. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Brig” Mercury “after the victory over two Turkish courts”Written in oil on canvas in 1848, dimensions: 123.5 by 190 cm. Exhibited at the Mikhailovsky Palace (Russian Museum), St. Petersburg, Russia. On the canvas of the famous artist depicted the return of “Mercury” under the command of A. I. Kazarsky after the heroically won victory over two ships of Turkey. The clash occurred during […]...
36. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Seascape”The famous marine painter Aivazovsky has several canvases depicting serene sea scenes. They strike with the color scale of the gentle and at the same time saturated colors, which play brightly in the rays of the sun. This canvas was written in 1870. Before the eye of the observer the most beautiful seascape. It’s getting […]...
37. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Big Raid in Kronstadt”The painting, written by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky in 1836, is currently stored in the State Russian Museum, in St. Petersburg. The artist’s picturesque marina depicts the Kronstadt seaport. The stormy sky hanging menacingly over the Gulf of Finland in the background of the picture inspires a feeling of anxiety, but the blue of the sky […]...
38. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Malakhov Kurgan”Year of creation – 1893, used canvas and oil, size: 71 by 84 cm. Located in the Feodosia Picture Gallery. IK Aivazovsky, Theodosius, Crimea. The creation of this picture is devoted to an interesting story, written by the famous Soviet art historian L. A. Wagner. In 1892, Ilya Konstantinovich spent the winter in a small […]...
39. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Rainbow”The great Russian marine painter, Aivazovsky, in response to critics’ statements about his already outdated style of creativity in 1873, painted the painting Rainbow, which marked a new period in his work. It is only at first sight that a wreck of a sailboat on a canvas, characteristic of Aivazovsky, arises before the viewer. But […]...
40. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Storm on the Black Sea”“The Storm on the Black Sea” – a masterpiece of Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky is considered a real confirmation of his talent. In his work, the master depicts the wild elements, which mercilessly kills people. The creator showed a small ship that sinks into the abyss of the waves. The work is done in black: blue, […]...