Ivan Kostantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian 1817-1900)Attributed: Marine Painting: Ship Sailing in the Moonlight Oil on canvas faintly signed lower right and dated c. 1870's. Framed.

Ivan Konstantin Aivazovsky was a Russian-Armenian Romantic painter known for his depictions of seascapes for which he is considered one of the greatest marine artists in history. He went on to study at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg before traveling throughout Europe living briefly in Italy. When he returned to Russia in the early 1940s he was appointed the official painter of the Russian navy and made an academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. Over the course of his 60-year career he produced approximately 6,000 paintings and held 55 solo exhibitions in Europe and the United States. The phrase “worthy of Aivazovsky’s brush” was coined by the writer Anton Chekhov in his 1897 play Uncle Vanya solidifying the artist’s lasting importance to the history of Russian art.

Dimensions: 10 x 20 Canvas Size/ 14.75 x 24 Frame Size.
Private collection South Carolina

Very good condition: Painting has been relined and restored.
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