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Ivan AivazovskyA military painter sponsored by the state—smells like propaganda

Ivan Aivazovsky was a Russian artist born on July 29, 1817. Aivazovsky contributed to the Romantic movement and died on May 2, 1900. Get notified when Ivan Aivazovsky's biography is complete:

The brig Mercury encounter after defeating two Turkish ships

1848

The Ninth Wave

1850

Night at Gurzof

1891

Brig "Mercury" Attacked by Two Turkish Ships

1892

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

I didn't know Picasso but he knew me

1746-1828

Joseph Mallord William Turner

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

1775-1851

Gustave Doré

Father of Horror, Father of Fantasy

1832-1883
18011900
The blasted landscapes of bad luck
Théodore Rousseau
A peasant I was born, and a peasant I will die
Jean-François Millet Ivan Aivazovsky
Status quo — what's that?
Gustave Courbet
Photographer, novelist... balloonist?
Félix Nadar

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