Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Mount Ararat”

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1. Description of the painting by Paul Cézanne “Mount St. Victoria” (Mount St. Victoire)This artist can be compared with Japanese painters, who could paint their life from time to time one of the most famous mountains in the world – Fujiyama. In Japan, there are quite a lot of artists and photographers who gave their whole lives to display this sacred mountain for the Japanese. They paint it, […]...
2. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Sinop battle”The famous Russian marine painter, IK Aivazovsky, wrote all the states of the sea: from serene calm to the ninth wave. Fighting excitement on the water also did not escape the attention of a great artist. He dedicated a number of canvases to the description of battles during the Crimean War. At the end of […]...
3. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “View of Moscow from the Sparrow Hills”Created in 1848, materials: oil on canvas; size: inscribed in a rectangle 40 by 51 cm oval. Stored in the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. The painting depicts a rather rare topic for Ilya Konstantinovich – the urban landscape. It is made in his favorite romantic style, but with a large share of naivety, especially […]...
4. 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 […]...
5. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Black Sea”The painting of Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky “Black Sea” has an amazing property, like all the masterpieces of the artist. Looking at the landscape depicted before our eyes, there is a feeling of presence in the thick of the vast expanses of the Black Sea. The composition is harmoniously divided into two equal parts, where the […]...
6. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “The Ninth Wave”This picture is filled with a storm, in the literal sense of the weather phenomenon, and in the sense of overflowing emotions. It was written in 1850, at that time literally in a short time became a famous masterpiece. Due to its fame, this picture fell into the palace of Tsar Nicholas I. The well-known […]...
7. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Stormy Sea”The picture of one of the best marine painters of all times, Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, “The Stormy Sea” was written in 1844. Despite the fact that all his canvases always surprise and amaze with their naturalness and realism, the artist painted the sea not from life, but in his workshop. He believed that the movement […]...
8. 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 […]...
9. 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 […]...
10. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Foggy Morning”The great Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky was born and grew up in the Crimea, and from an early age, he loved to see the sea in all its manifestations, considered it something native. Romantic attitude to the water element did not leave the artist throughout his life. His works are filled with the power of […]...
11. 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 […]...
12. 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 […]...
13. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Sea Strait with a lighthouse”His work “Sea Strait with a lighthouse” author I. Aivazovsky finished in 1841. Like all other seascapes of this artist, it is distinguished by its color range and technique of execution. Small boats, sailboats and ships are scattered across the calm sea. Heavy high Crimean mountains, envelops a thick fog, closing them from the viewer’s […]...
14. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Walking on the waters”The picture was painted in 1888 in Naples (Italy), currently in the St. Petersburg State Museum of the History of Religion. Materials to create were paper and oil. Appeal to the biblical images runs like a red thread through all the works of Aivazovsky, a deep religiosity inherent in paintings devoted to events and personalities […]...
15. 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 […]...
16. 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 […]...
17. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Journey of Poseidon by Sea”Completed in 1894 with oil on canvas, size – 212.5 by 318 cm. It is stored in the Feodosia Picture Gallery. IK Aivazovsky, Theodosius, Crimea. The choice of such an epic story for the marine painter seems quite logical, even a little strange that he paid not so much attention to mythology, although many legends […]...
18. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Moonlit Night at Sea”Another name: “Storm on the sea at night.” Year of creation – 1895, used canvas and oil. Size – 47 by 75 cm. Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The disturbing and disturbing picture of an outstanding marine painter shows the violence of the elements in the cold light of an indifferent moon. […]...
19. 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 […]...
20. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Bosphorus on a moonlit night”The canvas was written in 1874. This is one of the paintings of Aivazovsky on the marine theme. The artist trembled with respect to the seascapes, moorings and all manifestations of this element. He spent many years in different countries, where he studied the art of painting and nature. Aivazovsky had an exceptional visual memory, […]...
21. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Winter Landscape”Aivazovsky was a true master of landscape. Each of his paintings is a real discovery of the beauty of Russian nature. Today we are all in a hurry somewhere and just do not have time to stop and notice the special charm of the surrounding world. The artist helps us understand that true splendor is […]...
22. 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 […]...
23. 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 […]...
24. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Sea. Koktebel bay “A picture of the famous marine painter Aivazovsky entitled “The Sea. Koktebel Bay “was written in the XVIII century in a realistic manner and is dedicated to the artist’s homeland, its beauty and feelings, which is caused by its nature. In general, the composition of Koktebel Bay is simple. The closest thing to the viewer […]...
25. 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. […]...
26. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Warship”The sea is the element of Aivazovsky. The artist opened her soul to the sea. Aivazovsky did not hesitate to express his thoughts on the canvas; he let go of his imagination when he stood at the easel. On the canvas, he tried to portray what appeared before his inner gaze. Aivazovsky from childhood tried […]...
27. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Calm”This artist was strongly associated with a great natural phenomenon – the sea. All his canvases are about the sea. Almost all. There are simple landscapes – earthly. But in the world he was recognized long ago precisely as a landscape painter. What kind of sea or ocean he did not depict on the canvases […]...
28. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Black Sea at night”The painting “The Black Sea at Night” was painted by the artist IK Aivazovsky in 1879. It was not the first landscape of the dreamy creator with the image of the Black Sea. In his work, the author used oil paints. He masterfully applied them to the canvas and conveyed all the beauty and mysteriousness […]...
29. 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, […]...
30. 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 […]...
31. 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 […]...
32. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Review of the Black Sea Fleet”The work was written by Aivazovsky Ivan Konstantinovich in oil on canvas, 136.5×249 cm in size, is currently stored in the building of the Central Building Museum (Central Naval Museum), St. Petersburg. The picture can be attributed to the genre of memoirs – Aivazovsky at that time personally had the honor to be present at […]...
33. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Storm at Cape Aya”Year of creation – 1875, size – 215 by 325 cm, materials – canvas, oil. Located in the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Territorially, the cape is located in the south of Crimea, not far from the city of Balaclava, and is a rocky wall about 13 km long, while its highest mountain, Kokiya-Kiya, is […]...
34. 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 […]...
35. 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 […]...
36. 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 […]...
37. 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 […]...
38. Description of the painting by Ivan Aivazovsky “Sunrise off the coast of Yalta”Created in 1864, materials: oil on canvas; Dimensions: 58 by 77 cm. Located in the Feodosia Art Gallery. IK Aivazovsky, Theodosius, Crimea. The Yalta shores and the city itself often appeared in the master’s works. But this time he is trying to penetrate the very essence of the early southern morning, when the air is […]...
39. Description of paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky “Self-portrait” (1892 and 1838)There are several self-portraits in which the great artist depicted himself. On this canvas, he is depicted in the last years of his life. Having achieved universal respect and recognition, the majestic image of the master brush is presented to the viewer. On his nature and character says posture and facial expression. A kind and […]...
40. 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 […]...