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Ivan Aivazovsky

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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
Portrait of Gustave Doré

Gustave Doré

Father of Horror, Father of Fantasy

1832-1883
Portrait of Peder Balke

Peder Balke

Hard luck in the land of supernatural beauty

1804-1887
Portrait of Joseph Wright of Derby

Joseph Wright of Derby

The birth of science out of fire

1734-1797
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?
Félix Nadar

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