Feodosia

little vanya

Mother Rapsime

Father Gevorg

Born in the Crimea in 1817, his real name was Hovhannes

I was born in the small town of Theodosia on 17 July 1817 in an Armenian family of merchants. My father gave me the name Hovhannes Ayvazyan, later I changed it.

Father Gevorg (Konstantin in Russian), descended from Armenians

Mother - Rapsime Ayvazyan, a pure-blooded Armenian

Ivan pictured himself as a boy drawing the sea

Simferopol Gymnasium

Imperial Academy of Arts

Maxim Vorobyov's class

Courses with the French marinist Philippe Tanner

Alexander Sauerweid's battle painting class

Trained and graduated two years early for merit

Now Daddy will tell you how to do it beautifully

I like to tickle the nerves

We'll have to go around in circles again

put a spell

fighting

Features of my style

romanticism

inspiration

mesmerizing

I love to inflame passions by means of the subject and increased sonority of color on the paintings

The sea is unpredictable, it’s always an unequal battle, but despair with a touch of hope inspires me a lot

Critics write: "In his paintings there is a delight, there is that eternal beauty that amazes and fascinates the viewer.

I found it a long time ago, back when I was a kid, when I started painting seascapes. I am convinced that it is impossible to draw the sea from life, so the windows of my studio overlook the courtyard. And I paint from memory.

WHOEVER YOU BECOME, REMEMBER HOME

In addition to painting, I am also engaged in the development of my city

So that the population of my hometown would no longer need water, I gave him 50,000 buckets per day of clean water from the Subash spring, which belongs to me, as my eternal property.

Built a fountain

He opened an art gallery, library, and drawing school in the city of Feodosia.

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