Ivan Aivazovsky

academic-art

Aivazovsky Paintings 1817 - 1900 Russia, Academic Classicism

The Battle of Chesme, 1848

Oil on canvas

National Tretyak Gallery, Moscowv

Sea Landscapes

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OIL PAINTING: The Battle of Chesme, 1848
A seascape devoted painter, Aivazovsky reaches in this painting an absolute technical perfection, representing a battle amidst oceanic waves. Nevertheless, the centre of the composition is the powerful, almost mystical and diffuse representation of the sun, which illuminates the scene with a strange, oneiric range of green and pink shades.