Ivan Aivazovsky: Colour Plates

by Maria Peitcheva

176 reproductions in full color. Ivan Aivazovsky (1817 - 1900) was Russian world-renowned painter living and working in Crimea, most famous for his seascapes, which constitute more than half of his paintings. Aivazovsky is widely considered as one of the greatest seascape painters of all times.Throughout his lifetime, Aivazovsky contributed over 6,000 paintings to the art world, ranging from his early landscapes of the Crimean countryside to the seascapes and coastal scenes for which he is most famous. Aivazovsky was especially effective at developing the play of light in his paintings, sometimes applying layers of color to create a transparent quality, a technique for which they are highly admired.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1542571901
• ISBN13: 9781542571906
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.2" x 8.5"