Naval Museum hosts leading marine artist Aivazovsky

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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Jan 6 2014


Naval Museum hosts leading marine artist Aivazovsky

ISTANBUL


The Aivazovsky exhibition will open on Jan. 7, 2014.

The Istanbul Naval Museum will continue its `Selected Painters'
exhibition series with Russian painter Ivan Konstantinovich
Aivazovsky, who is considered one of the most prominent Russian
artists and one of the greatest marine artists of the 19th century.

The Aivazovsky exhibition that will open on Jan. 7, 2014 will showcase
his oil paint works on canvas, according to a written statement made
by the Naval Forces Command.

Aivazovsky was born in 1817 in the town of Theodosia, Crimea, to an
Armenian family.

In 1845, he went to Istanbul upon the invitation of Sultan Abdülmecid
I. During his long sojourn in Istanbul, Aivazovsky was commissioned
for a number of paintings as a court painter by the Ottoman Sultans
Abdülmecid, Abdulaziz and Abdulhamid, 30 of which are currently on
display in the Ottoman Imperial Palace, the Dolmabahçe Museum and many
other museums in Turkey.

January/06/2014