Ivan Aivazovsky – The Landing at Subashi-1839
Arrive
Brood
Ivan Aivazovsky – The Bay Of Naples at Moonlit Night Vesuvius-1840
Fire
Ivan Aivazovsky -Exploding Ship – 1900
Ivan Aivazovsky Week at TechnoChitlins
Ivan AivazovskyThis name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Konstantinovich and the family name isAivazovsky.
Aivazovsky’s signature, 1866
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian: Ива́н Константи́нович Айвазо́вский, Armenian: Հովհաննես Այվազովսկի Hovhannes Ayvazovski;[a] 29 July 1817 – 2 May 1900) was a Russian Romantic painter. He is considered one of the greatest marine artists in history.[12] 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. He was sponsored by the state and was well-regarded during his lifetime. The saying “worthy of Aivazovsky’s brush”, popularized by Anton Chekhov, was used in Russia for “describing something ineffably lovely.”[13]
One of the most prominent Russian artists of his time, Aivazovsky was also popular outside Russia. He held numerous solo exhibitions in Europe and the United States. During his almost 60-year career, he created around 6,000 paintings, making him one of the most prolific artists of his time.[14][5] The vast majority of his works areseascapes, but he often depicted battle scenes, Armenian themes, and portraiture. Most of Aivazovsky’s works are kept in Russian, Ukrainian and Armenian museums as well as private collections.
This guy pushes all my buttons- Russian, thus moody; the sea; and wooden ships. Enjoy!
Early Snow
Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky – Early Snow
Lesnye Dali
Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky – LesnyeDali
Lake
Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky – Lake
Derevnya Na Beregu Rechki
Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky – Derevnya Na Beregu Rechki
Autumn
Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky – Autumn
Early Spring
Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky – Early Spring
Lake in the Mountains
Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky – Lake in the Mountains
Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky Week at TechnoChitlins
Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky
Wikipedia-
Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky (Russian: Константин Яковлевич Крыжицкий; May 17, 1858, Kiev – April 4, 1911,Saint Petersburg) was a Ukrainian-born Russian landscape painter and drawing teacher.
He was born to a family of merchants.[1] After finishing his primary education, he attended the drawing school operated by Mykola Murashko. In 1877, he entered the Imperial Academy of Arts, where he studied with Mikhail Clodt.[2] He completed his courses there in 1884, receiving the title of “Artist First-Class” and a gold medal for his painting “The Oaks”.[1] From 1884 to 1906, he taught drawing at the “Nikolaevsky Orphan Institute” in Gatchina.
In 1880, he became one of the first members of the “Society of Russian Watercolorists”. In 1889, his painting “Forest Vista” was purchased by Tsar Alexander III and he was named an “Academician”.[1] He visited France and Germany in the 1890s and exhibited at the Exposition Universelle (1900). That same year, he became a full member of the Academy. Later, he served as Chairman of an art society created by a bequest from his friend Arkhip Kuindzhi.[2] He often returned to the area around Kiev to paint landscapes in oils and watercolors.
In 1910, he was accused of plagiarism by the tabloid press because one of his paintings was similar to a work by Yakov Brovar (1864–1941). Apparently, the resemblance derived from a photograph taken in the Białowieża Forest, that was later used as a model by both artists, and involved a single, distinctive tree. When this was pointed out, his critics declared that using a photograph for a painting was a form of “cheating”. Due to the negative publicity and its effect on his reputation, he committed suicide. His maid found him in his office, where he had hung himself and left a suicide note.[3]
If that is not a totally Russian story, I don’t know what is. A sad, bitter people. Great artists in all fields, though.
Arch
Frederic Edwin Church- The Natural Bridge, Virginia – 1852
Squad
Francisco de Goya- Execution Of The Defenders Of Madrid 3rd May 1808 (1814)
Horror
Francisco de Goya- Saturn Devouring One Of His Children (1823)
