Aivazovsky said that the sea is his life. The artist believed that after living three hundred years, he would still see something new even after such a time in the sea. Not one Aivazovsky gave his life to the sea, but only he managed to give himself all over to this magical element. Love of the sea and talent allowed to convey the beauty of the sea. For all his life Aivazovsky, just imagine, drew about six thousand paintings, most of which depicted the sea. In this article will be considered the most famous paintings Aivazovsky, or rather ten of them, because all six thousand in one article can not be described.
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Storm on the sea at night
Opens the Top-10 most famous paintings of the Aivazovsky canvas "Storm on the sea at night" .The painting became an example of emotional painting, which brightly and in detail conveys the nature of the sea element, and shows its temperament. The picture can be called a living being, which greatly raged on the vast sea spaces. Palette "Storm on the sea at night" is striking, above all, a combination of golden and dark shades. The night moon covers the waves of the sea, as it were, with "trembling gold."The ship itself is represented as if it were a stranger, among the sea beauty.
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Koktebel Bay
"The sea. Koktebel "," The Sea. Koktebel Bay "or simply " Koktebel Bay " - one of the most beautiful paintings of Aivazovsky, with the creation of which were linked the best years of his childhood. In the painting, the author depicts his homeland - Theodosius. His childhood passed here. Connoisseurs of art say that it was during the writing of this painting that Ivan Aivazovsky achieved the true mastery of the "seascape".In the picture, the author successfully combined pink, orange and purple colors, which allowed to betray the picture of the unique heat coming from the Black Sea, which she radiates to this day.
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Rainbow
No less famous picture of Aivazovsky is the canvas "Rainbow" , which is currently stored in the Tretyakov Gallery. The painting depicts a storm and an attempt to save people from the power of the sea. Aivazovsky takes the viewer to the very epicenter of a powerful hurricane, which does not want to stop. But still, at the last moment there is a rainbow - it is to become a hope for sailors trying desperately to survive.
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Sunset at sea
One of the most famous paintings of the seascape Aivazovsky - "Sunset at sea" , now stored in the city of Kostroma - in the Kostroma Art Museum. The skill of the artist was appreciated by Tretyakov and Stasov. First of all, the painting was attracted by the natural movement of nature, which the author was able to show by portraying the expanses of the sky and the sea. Attention rushes into the endless variability of the shapes of the sea surface. Somewhere the picture shows a calm calm, and somewhere - a raging element. The steamboat seems to be a stranger among the "wild" marine nature.
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Naval battle at Navarin
Aivazovsky painted not only "peaceful marines", but also liked to portray battle scenes of key sea battles. One of these works was the famous painting by Aivazovsky - "Naval Battle at Navarin" .The powerful Russian fleet, together with its allies in battle, opposed the Turkish fleet, which was finally defeated. The victory over the Turkish fleet accelerated the development of the national liberation war in Greece and struck Aivazovsky. Hearing feats, the author embodied the battle on the canvas. The picture conveys the cruelty of the sea battle: boarding, volleys of artillery ship guns, wreckage, sinking seamen and fire.
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Sinking ship
Among the most famous paintings of Aivazovsky, "Sinking ship" - one of the most tragic works, because it shows the death of a sailing vessel that can not hold back the whole power of the sea. The shipwreck is transmitted in such detail that it makes any viewer worry about the crew of the unfortunate ship. A small ship can not resist such large and powerful waves. Aivazovsky, when writing, paid particular attention to details. To see them, you should look at the picture for hours and only then you can feel all the pain of the ship and the sailors fighting with death.
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Neapolitan Bay
During his trip to Italy, Aivazovsky wrote one of his most famous paintings - "Neapolitan Bay" .Europe was so impressed by the skill of the Russian author that she called him one of the best artists in all of Europe. King Ferdinand Karl and Pope Gregory XVI personally expressed their desire to see the picture of the Russian author. After what they saw, they were struck by the skill of Aivazovsky, and the Pope handed him a gold medal. At the time of writing, Aivazovsky finally decided as a seascape painter, who uses the methods of creating paintings from memory.
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Brig "Mercury
One of the most famous and at the same time the most battley paintings of Aivazovsky is the canvas " Brig "Mercury" , attacked by two Turkish ships. "The picture of the battle was written "Mercury" against two Turkish battleships, which occurred in 1829 off the coast of the Bosphorus. Despite the opponent's advantage in guns - ten times, the brig emerged victorious and inspired Aivazovsky to paint a picture that immortalized the memory of Russian sailors. Now the picture is stored in the Feodosia Art Gallery of Aivazovsky.
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View of Constantinople and the Bosporus Gulf
"View of Constantinople and the Bosphorus Gulf". During his trip to the Ottoman Empire, Aivazovsky liked the great city and its ports most of all, the author himself and the Bosphorus Bay themselves did not pass by.
Back home, Aivazovsky painted a picture that in 2012 was valued at more than three million pounds sterling or 155 million Russian rubles. The painting details the port of Constantinople, a mosque, Turkish ships, the sun, which is about to prepare to hide behind the horizon, but most of all attracts the blue surface of the water and allows the canvas to be called one of the most famous paintings of Aivazovsky.
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Ninth va
Without any doubt, the most famous painting by Aivazovsky was the canvas "The Ninth Wave" .At the moment, the picture is stored in the Russian Museum. Art lovers say that it is in this painting that the romantic nature of the great artist is most fully conveyed. The author shows that they had to survive the sailors, after the collapse of their ship by the might of the sea. With bright colors, Aivazovsky depicted all the power and strength not only of the sea element, but also the strength of people who managed to overcome it and survive.