Contemporaries
Ivan Aivazovsky
Painting · patronage
Show on the timeline- Period of activity shown
- 1835–1900
A painter of Armenian origin renowned for seascapes and naval battles. He studied at the St Petersburg Academy of Arts, worked in Europe and became a painter attached to the Russian Naval Staff. The Ninth Wave is among his best-known works. Closely connected with his native Feodosia, he supported artistic education, opened a gallery and helped develop the city’s infrastructure, while shaping Russian marine painting.
- Lifetime
- 1817–1900
- Role
- Marine painter, collector and benefactor; painter to the Naval Staff from 1844.
- Period shown
- From his first silver-medal seascapes (1835) to his death.