Hovhannes Ayvazovsky

Hovhannes Ayvazovsky Hovhannes Ayvazovsky Author: Shahen Khachaturyan Languages: Armenian, French, Russian In the fundamental work of famous Armenian art critic S. Khachatryan, an attempt to give a comprehensive analysis of the works of the great marine painter in the book are well-known artist, and first published previously unknown work. Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (29 July 1817 – 2 May 1900) was an Armenian Romantic painter. He is considered one of the greatest marine artists in history. Baptized as Hovhannes Aivazian, Aivazovsky was born into an Armenian family in the Black Sea port of Feodosia and was mostly based in his native Crimea. Following his education at the Imperial Academy of Arts, Aivazovsky traveled to Europe and lived briefly in Italy in the early 1840s. He then returned to Russia and was appointed the main painter of the Russian Navy. Aivazovsky had close ties with the military and political elite of the Russian Empire and often attended military maneuvers. H