
In the late 1880’s and 1890’s, Ivan Aivazovsky (1817—1900) experimented with mythological and classical subjects, often in a stormy, Romantic setting. This painting...

In the late 1880’s and 1890’s, Ivan Aivazovsky (1817—1900) experimented with mythological and classical subjects, often in a stormy, Romantic setting. This painting...

During his almost 60-year career he created around 6,000 paintings. The sea became his teacher and would show itself to him under all its facets, providing him with...

Some of Ivan Aivazovsky’s (1817—1900) works featured winter landscapes. He captured the beauty and the perils of Russian winter. Ivan Aivazovsky, The Perils Of Winter...

Ivan Aivazovsky (1817—1900) was a Russian-Armenian Romantic seascape painter, one of the greatest masters of marine art. Passage down the river Dnieper or Dnipro in the...
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"Art is the funnel, as it were, through which spirit is poured into life." — Thomas Mann. Grigory Kapustin, Sunset on the Black Sea Coast, Private collection. Source:...

Grigory Kapustin (1865—1925) was a pupil of the greatest Russian-Armenian marine painter Ivan Aivazovsky. He mainly worked in Odessa and Feodosia. Grigory Kapustin, The...

Lev Lagorio (1827—1905) worked in the finest tradition of Romantic landscape painting. Influenced by Ivan Aivazovsky, Lagorio’s mastery also lies in his rendition of...

“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” —Aristotle. In the manner of Ivan Aivazovsky, Constantinople in the Evening Light, 1871, Private...
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” – Victor Hugo.

The moon frequently features in Ivan Aivazovsky’s (1817—1900) landscape paintings, adding an intense amount of drama to his darker, more monotone seascapes. Ivan...

The renowned Russian maritime artist Aleksei or Alexey Bogoliubov (1824—1896) completed nearly 50 paintings and drawings depicting Venice. In Bogoliubov's...

As Ivan Aivazovsky (1817—1900) himself commented, 'the paintings whose principal effect comes from the sunlight should be considered my best’. Aivazovsky revelled in the...

Lev Lagorio's (1826—1905) early artistic development is inexorably linked with his birthplace - the Crimea – and, throughout his life, he would often turn for...

At the beginning of the 1840s the Russian-Armenian marine painter Ivan Aivazovsky (1817—1900) started his rose period in his work. The combination of pale pink, violet...

The son of an Italian diplomat, Lev Lagorio (1826—1905) was born in Feodosia, Crimea, and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg under M. Vorobiev and B....

"But the true voyagers are only those who leave Just to be leaving; hearts light, like balloons, They never turn aside from their fatality And without knowing why they...

Ivan Aivazovsky (1817—1900) was a Russian-Armenian Romantic seascape painter, one of the greatest masters of marine art. Born and raised in Feodosia on the coast of the...

Throughout his decades-long career as the leading Russian Romantic artist, Ivan Aivazovsky (1817—1900) executed a colossal 6,000 marines. Born and raised in Feodosia on...

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one." — John Lennon. Ivan Aivazovsky, Barge at Sea Shore,...