Mariam and Hasmik

1. Hasmik and Mariam

2.  Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky was
a Russian Romantic painter. He is
considered one of the greatest marine
artists in history . Aivazovsky was born
into an Armenian family in the Black
Sea port of Feodosia and was mostly
based in his native Crimea.

3.  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.

4.  One of the most prominent Russian
artists of his time, Aivazovsky was also
popular outside Russia. He held
numeroussolo exhibitions in Europe and
the United States.
 During his almost sixty-year career, he
created around 6,000 paintings, making
him one of the most prolific artists of his
time. Most of Aivazovsky's works are kept
in Russian, Ukrainian and Armenian
museums as well as private collections.

5. Frigate under sails
Artist: Ivan Aivazovsky
Completion Date: 1838
Style: Romanticism
Genre: marina
Technique: oil
Material: canvas
Dimensions: 52 x 82
cm

6. The Bay of Naples
Artist: Ivan Aivazovsky
Completion Date: 1841
Style: Romanticism
Genre: marina
Technique: oil
Material: canvas
Dimensions: 73 x 108 cm

7. Lunar night on
Capri
Artist: Ivan Aivazovsky
Completion Date: 1841
Style: Romanticism
Genre: marina
Technique: oil
Material: canvas
Dimensions: 26 x 38 cm
Gallery: Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow,
Russia

8. Sea bay
Artist: Ivan Aivazovsky
Completion Date: 1842
Style: Romanticism
Genre: landscape