これより以下は、画像を参照する「Ivan Aivazovsky - Olga's Gallery」(ホームページ:「Olga's Gallery」)でのアイヴァゾフスキーのプロフィール:

← Ivan Aivazovsky. 「Meeting of the Brig Mercury with the Russian Squadron After the Defeat of Two Turkish Battleships.」 1848. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia..(画像は、「Ivan Aivazovsky - Olga's Gallery」より)
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky was born in the family of a merchant of Armenian origin in the town of Feodosia, Crimea. His parents were under strained circumstances and he spent his childhood in poverty. With the help of people who had noticed the talented youth, he entered the Simpheropol gymnasium, and then the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, where he took the landscape painting course and was especially interested in marine landscapes. In the autumn of 1836 Aivazovsky presented 5 marine pictures to the Academic exhibition, which were highly appreciated. In 1837, Aivazovsky received the Major Gold Medal for Calm in the Gulf of Finland (1836) and The Great Roads at Kronstadt (1836), which allowed him to go on a long study trip abroad. However the artist first went to the Crimea to perfect himself in his chosen genre by painting the sea and views of Crimean coastal towns.
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