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Ivan Aivazovsky

1817 - 1900

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Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian: Иван Константинович Айвазовский; 29 July [O.S. 17 July] 1817 – 2 May [O.S. 19 April] 1900) was a Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art. Baptized as Hovhannes Aivazian, he was born into an Armenian family in the Black Sea port of Feodosia in Crimea and was mostly based there. Following his education at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Aivazovsky is the 107th most popular painter (up from 112th in 2019). (down from 67th in 2019)

Ivan Aivazovsky is most famous for his paintings of the sea and seascapes.

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Among painters, Ivan Aivazovsky ranks 107 out of 2,023. Before him are Filippo Lippi, Guido Reni, Hans Memling, Antonio da Correggio, Matthias Grünewald, and Lisa del Giocondo. After him are Jacob van Ruisdael, Apelles, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Georges de La Tour, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, and Pontormo.

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Among people born in 1817, Ivan Aivazovsky ranks 4. Before him are Bahá'u'lláh, Theodor Mommsen, and Henry David Thoreau. After him are William III of the Netherlands, Syed Ahmad Khan, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Charles-François Daubigny, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Carl Nägeli, and Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen. Among people deceased in 1900, Ivan Aivazovsky ranks 7. Before him are Friedrich Nietzsche, Oscar Wilde, Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Steinitz, Max Müller, and Umberto I of Italy. After him are John Ruskin, Vladimir Solovyov, Étienne Lenoir, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, John Sherman, and Wilhelm Liebknecht.

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