Aivazovsky Painting

In September 1844 the unanimous decision of Council of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky was awarded the title of academician. A few days later the artist was attached to the Naval Staff in rank of first painter to the right to wear the Marine mundir.V his works he praised the heroic deeds of the Russian navy, the glorious defense of Sevastopol, and as much as responded to all the major events of his time. As a singer Sea, I. Aivazovsky was always one of the most famous Russian hudozhnikov.Kartina 'The Ninth Wave' was written in 1848 Aivazovsky (possibly v1850) at the age of 33 years, when he was on creativity, in his prime. Its paintings enthusiastically met the wide audience, experts and connoisseurs of art, this time kritikami.K IK Aivazovsky had already been abroad, where in a short time became the most famous painter in Italy. To He has no one so true, and vividly portrayed not light, air and water. Pope Gregory XIV acquired paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky 'Chaos' and put it in the Vatican, which are awarded only to products to be placed first in the world of artists.

Owes its name to the picture of popular opinion, if every ninth wave during a storm is particularly large and scary, surpassing all others. On his canvas I. Aivazovsky painted after dawn stormy night. For a piece of the mast ship killed four people clinging to the eastern clothes, the survivors of the shipwreck. The fifth is trying to get out of the water on the mast, clinging to the incident with her his friend. Them danger of being lost every minute of the breaking of shafts on them, but they do not lose hope for salvation. I. Aivazovsky in many of his paintings depicted a shipwreck, and people struggling with the sea. In 'Ninth shaft' it is particularly sharply contrasts the raging sea and the persistence of several people.