Ivan Aivazovsky
A military painter sponsored by the state—smells like propaganda

Ivan Aivazovsky, The Artists

Portrait of Ivan Aivazovsky

Ivan Aivazovsky was a Russian artist born on July 29, 1817. Aivazovsky contributed to the Romantic movement and died on May 2, 1900.

The brig Mercury encounter after defeating two Turkish ships, Ivan Aivazovsky

The brig Mercury encounter after defeating two Turkish ships

The Ninth Wave, Ivan Aivazovsky

The Ninth Wave

Night at Gurzof, Ivan Aivazovsky

Night at Gurzof

Brig "Mercury" Attacked by Two Turkish Ships, Ivan Aivazovsky

Brig "Mercury" Attacked by Two Turkish Ships

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, The Artists

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

I didn't know Picasso but he knew me

Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Artists

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Every age has its Star Boy — might as well be J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Wright of Derby, The Artists

Joseph Wright of Derby

The birth of science out of fire

18011900

A peasant I was born, and a peasant I will die

Jean-François Millet

Julia Margaret Cameron Ivan Aivazovsky

Status quo — what's that?

Gustave Courbet

Photographer, novelist... balloonist?

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