Ivan Aivazovsky

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Birth Name: Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky

Born: 29 July 1817 Died: 5 May 1900

Country of origin: Ukraine

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Anna Boornazian

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Description: Aivazovsky was born in the town of Feodosiya (Theodosia), Crimea ( Russian Empire ) to a poor Armenian family. His brother was the Armenian Archbishop Gabriel Aivazovsky . His family moved to the Crimea from Galicia (then in southern Poland , now in Ukraine ) in 1812. His parents' family name was Aivazian but in Poland it was written Haivazian. Some of the artist's paintings bear a signature, in Armenian letters , "Hovhannes Aivazian" ( Հովհաննես Այվազյան ). His father taught him to play the violin and speak Polish and Ukrainian fluently. His talent as an artist earned him sponsorship and entry to the Aivazovsky was born in the town of Feodosiya (Theodosia), Crimea ( Russian Empire ) to a poor Armenian family. His brother was the Armenian Archbishop Gabriel Aivazovsky . His family moved to the Crimea from Galicia (then in southern Poland , now in Ukraine ) in 1812. His parents' family name was Aivazian but in Poland it was written Haivazian. Some of the artist's paintings bear a signature, in Armenian letters , "Hovhannes Aivazian" ( Հովհաննես Այվազյան ). His father taught him to play the violin and speak Polish and Ukrainian fluently. His talent as an artist earned him sponsorship and entry to the Simferopol gymnasium №1 and later the St.Petersburg Academy of Arts , which he graduated with a gold medal. Earning awards for his early landscapes and seascapes, he went on to paint a series of portraits of Crimean coastal towns before travelling throughout Europe. In later life, his paintings of naval scenes earned him a long-standing commission from the Russian Navy stationed in the Black Sea.

In 1845, Aivazovsky went to İstanbul upon the invitation of Sultan Abdülmecid I , a city he was to travel to eight times between 1845–1890. During his long sojourn in İstanbul , Aivazovsky was commissioned for a number of paintings as a court painter by the Ottoman Sultans Abdülmecid , Abdulaziz and Abdulhamid , 30 of which are currently on display in the Ottoman Imperial Palace, the Dolmabahce Museum and many other museums in Turkey . His works are also found in dozens of museums throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics, including the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg , and the Aivazovsky Art Gallery in Feodosiya, Ukraine. The office of Turkey's Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gül , has Aivasovsky's paintings on the wall.

At 31, Aivazovsky married Julia Graves, an English governess in St. Petersburg. They had four daughters. The marriage was dissolved, and at the age of 65, Aivazovsky, married Anna Boornazian, a young Armenian widow from Theodosia.

Aivazovsky was deeply affected by the Hamidian massacres of Armenians in Asia Minor in 1895, painting a number of works on the subject such as "The Expulsion of the Turkish Ship," and "The Armenian Massacres at Trevizond." and renouncing a medal which had been awarded to him in İstanbul.He spent his last years in Feodosia where he supplied the town with water from his own estate, opened an art school, began the first archaeological excavations in the region and built a historical museum. Due to his efforts a commercial port was established at Feodosiya and linked to the railway network.Aivasovsky died in Feodosiya in 1900. ... (more)

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