The Ninth Wave

Completion Date: 1850 Style: Romanticism Technique: Oil Material: Canvas

ivan_aivazovskyIvan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817–1900) was a Russian world-renowned painter of Armenian descent 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.