works over the past
10 facts about the picture of Aivazovsky “The Ninth Wave”
We continue the project “The History of One Picture.” In it we tell about the most famous canvases from Petersburg museums. Today – “The Ninth Wave” by Ivan Aivazovsky.
Fact one. The author.
The great Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky has Armenian roots. His ancestors bore the name Ayvazyan. He himself was recorded in the register as Hovhannes Ayvazyan. And his father signed the name “Gaivazovsky.” The same name when entering the art school and used the future painter. A few years later, he decided to drop the first letter – and became Aivazovsky.
Fact two. Official. Continue reading
closest associate
memorial exhibition
national school
will be held
decade by starting
taking over the experience
avant-garde paintings
Many prominent painters
likely have been
image of the nude mahi
leaf on special steel
impression of the prison
pearl lies right
masters left untouched
hundred products
tremendous change
dark palette
look is achieved
been withdrawn
struggle began
created a special world
apartment of the artist
decisions became
mostly landscapes written
simply could
entrance to the neighboring
very long time
master in front
even buried
body corresponds
stages of directions
during his stay
sewed fig leaves
highest strata of society
well-known names
which various creative
depict strong people
bygone era
same time suffering
exhibitions of Russian art
until his death
more connection
four-year pensioner's trip
heavy bodies
second institutional structure
