Thursday, May 1, 2014

IVAN AIVAZOVSKY

"Sea View by Moonlight"  (1878)


No.19

Aivazovsky 1817-1900 was a Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest marine painters in history. The saying "worthy of Aivazovsky's brush" was coined by Anton Chekhov and came to mean "something ineffably lovely."

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