The Master
Hovhannes Aivazovsky
The supreme painter of the sea. Aivazovsky's Ninth Wave renders the terror and mercy of the ocean as no other canvas ever has.
“He is universally regarded as one of the greatest marine painters in the history of art, and a national treasure to both Russia and Armenia. His Ninth Wave remains the definitive image of the ocean's terror and mercy.”
The Life
Born in the Crimean port of Feodosia to an Armenian family, Hovhannes Aivazovsky rose through the Imperial Academy in St Petersburg to become the official painter of the Russian Navy. Astonishingly prolific, he produced some six thousand works over his long career and travelled widely, yet returned always to his native coast, where he founded an art school and gallery. He remained, to the end, the supreme poet of the sea.
The Hand
Aivazovsky painted largely from memory, working with dazzling speed. His genius lay in rendering the translucency of water and the play of light through a wave — built up in luminous glazes so that foam, moonlight and storm-lit spray seem lit from within.
The Legacy
He is universally regarded as one of the greatest marine painters in the history of art, and a national treasure to both Russia and Armenia. His Ninth Wave remains the definitive image of the ocean's terror and mercy.
The Market
Aivazovsky is the most sought-after of all marine painters at auction, his major seascapes regularly reaching several million pounds and setting records among Russian and Armenian art.
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