The Spectacular Art of Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900)

Amuze Art Lecture #36: A discussion of the art by the Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900).

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:32 Waves, Waves, Waves
3:33 Searching for Beauty
4:54 The Navy
6:18 Final Remarks

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Music: Unrequited by Asher Fulero

[barrysmart]

I was fortunate to visit the museum at Feodosia. His painting of St Helena, with Napoleon being a tiny insignificant figure at the top of the cliffs, captured the poignancy of Napoleon's situation.

[sethgaston]

Gotta love how colossal the work were and how quickly they were made.

[mahikakhanolkar]

I think my favourite has to be 'Gathering Storm, 1899' something how the ocean looks in that one calms me

[IsabelRodriguez-nvue]

Thank you very much for your wonderful video narration of this magnificent artist! Truly truly AMAZING! Your video is top quality and helps in understanding the themes and techniques of this painter. best wishes to all!

[syl-viebe]

Seeing your videos is like traveling in art. Thank you

[thejamnasium]

one of my favorite painters! I actually like his seascapes more than Turner's

[NightShooter]

Great artist and beautiful paintings, there's so many great works he did. There were a lot of great artists from this period of time. Thanks for making the video.

[Artistmarynanemynushcha]

If I can only pick one, his painting of the burning battle ship that was left unfinished on the easel is my favorite.

[aminakishk]

Very well shown….full size, no in and out with camera…

[AnhPham-kbby]

Thanks for the video. Would be nice if we could have the closed caption.

[glowerworm]

Truthfully I mostly prefer his landscape paintings over his ocean paintings. One of my favorites, among Grimshaw and Hasui Kawase (I have a very basic taste haha).

[aminakishk]

I like to do some of his paintings, I did one called The Homecoming….a ship near the shore as wife and kids of one family waited, the ship in a mist fog….