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Who painted it?
Who painted “A Moonlit Night on the Bosphorus”?
“A Moonlit Night on the Bosphorus” was painted by Ivan Aivazovsky in 1894. Where to see it: Tretyakov Gallery.
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What to look for
Ivan Aivazovsky: the sea in every mood: towering waves, shipwrecks, moonlight and glowing sunsets on water.
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (29 July 1817 – 2 May 1900) was a Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art. Baptized as Hovhannes Aivazian, he was born to Armenian parents in the Black Sea port of Feodosia in Crimea and was mostly based there. Wikipedia
Test yourself: a round on Ivan Aivazovsky
More by Ivan Aivazovsky
- “The Ninth Wave”, 1850
- “Brig ‘Mercury’ Attacked by Two Turkish Ships”, 1892
- “The Wrath of the Seas”, 1886
- “The Black Sea”, 1881
- “Rainbow”, 1873
- “The Wave”, 1889
- “A. S. Pushkin at the Black Sea coast”, 1887
- “Battle of Chesma”, 1848