Aivazovsky Hovhannes

Aivazovsky Ivan (Konstandin)
Armenian:	Այվազովսկի Հովհաննես Կոնստանդինի
Russian:	Айвазовский Иван Константинович
Born:	29.07.1817 Theodosia, Crimea
Died:	19.05.1900 Theodosia, Crimea
Description: Sea painter.

Biography

Was born on June 17 (29), 1817 in Theodosia, Crimea in a poor Armenian family.

Education

• Studied at Armenian parish school of Theodosia.
• In 1830-1833 studied at Russian Gymnasium of Simferopol.
• In 1833-1837 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Saint Petersburg.

Work Activity

• In 1844 was appointed as a painter at the Marine General Staff in Russia.
• In 1869 opened the first exhibition in the Armenian reality in Tiflis.
• In 1880 founded a gallery in Crimea.
• In 1865 established a school of Fine Arts in Crimea.

Achievements

• In 1844 became an academician of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts.
• In 1847 became a professor of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts.
• In 1857 was awarded the order Legion of Honor in Paris.
• In 1887 became an honored member of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts.
• Was a member of the academies of Fine Arts of Rome, Florence, Stuttgart, Amsterdam, the Russian geographic company.

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Bibliography

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See also

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