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Nothing softens a home office like a painted surface. Constantinople at Dawn by Ivan Aivazovsky arrives as a hand painted oil painting on canvas, offering the fine art detail, soft gradients, and tactile finish that fine art oil painting shoppers look for.
1851
Oil on canvas
42 1/8 x 57 in. (107 x 144.8 cm)
Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) has long marked the historic boundary of East and West, both topographically and culturally, for its seven hills are divided by the Bosphorus, or Istanbul strait, which serves as a physical boundary between Europe and Asia. Once the capital of the Byzantine, Roman and Ottoman empires, and now the capital of Turkey, it was still at the height of its glory when Aivazovsky first visited in 1845. In a letter from that same year, Aivazovsky expressed his particular enchantment with Constantinople: "there is nothing more majestic than this city; here one forgets both Naples and Venice." He was so captivated that he returned at least four more times during the course of his career.
The cultural similarities between Constantinople and his birthplace of Theodosia may partially explain Aivazovsky's passion for the Turkish seascape. The two cities were separated by only two hundred miles across the Black Sea, and Constantinople accomodated a large Armenian community; reciprocally, Theodosia was viewed by the Ottomans as a Kü?ük Stambul, or a little Istanbul.
Aivazovsky painted numerous views of Constantinople under various light conditions, and throughout his prodigious career, he received important commissions and accolades from Russian Emperors and Sultans alike. The present lot exhibits a masterful evocation of the sun's early morning glow. The artist manages to recreate an entire atmosphere for the splendid Golden Horn, and each detail--the calm, glassy water; the sliver of moon in the upper left; the awakening city beyond, still hazy and yet majestic--contributes to its climate of rousing energy and hope.
Every hand painted oil painting in this fine art series is finished on artist-grade canvas and checked against the original before it leaves the studio.
Each canvas is painted entirely by hand with professional oil paints on artist-grade cotton canvas. No printing, giclée, or digital imaging is used at any stage, so the surface keeps the slight relief and color variation of real brushwork.
This fine art oil painting wall decor is equally at home in a residence, a boutique hotel, or a professional office. Its romantic character makes it a safe, distinctive gift for anyone furnishing a home office.
| Size | Price |
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| 20 X 24 in | $87.98 |
| 24 X 36 in | $134.48 |
| 30 X 40 in | $185.98 |
| 36 X 48 in | $238.48 |
| 48 X 72 in | $481.48 |
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