Ship at Sunset off Cap Martin by Ivan Aivazovsky

Ship at Sunset off Cap Martin - Ivan Aivazovsky - Oil Painting for Living Room

Product Overview

Ship at Sunset off Cap Martin - Ivan Aivazovsky - Oil Painting for Living Room brings gallery-caliber art into everyday spaces. This landscape oil painting is a 100% hand painted oil painting on canvas, created for buyers who want genuine romantic canvas wall art instead of a mass-produced poster or paper print.

Composition & Subject

1859
61.5 x 90.5 cm, 24.25 x 35.75 in.
Private collection.

As Gianni Caffiero and Ivan Samarine note, ‘the transparency and sense of depth Aivazovsky achieves in the depiction of his waves is one of the painter’s most distinguishing features’ (Seas, Cities and Dreams, 2000, p.109). The rendering of the choppy sea at sunset off the Mediterranean coast in the present work is particularly successful and showcases Aivazovsky’s talent at its best. The artist is known equally for his radiant skies and his ability to depict the reflections of the setting sun on the waves, two elements which are also beautifully executed here.

Paintings from the 1850s are particularly sought-after by collectors today and rarely appear on the market. By this point in his career Aivazovsky had established himself as the foremost seascapist of his generation and was honoured with titles and awards not only in Russia, but also abroad – in 1858, the year before he painted this work, he was the first-ever Russian artist to receive the Légion d’Honneur. The ship, the figures in the boat, and the built-up coastline with what appears to be a busy port in the background show a level of detail which his later works often lack. Offered at auction for the first time, the appearance of Ship at Sunset off Cap Martin offers collectors the opportunity to acquire a painting which shows all the hallmarks of Aivazovsky’s very best works.

Collectors often choose this landscape image when searching for landscape oil painting that feels substantial rather than decorative or disposable.

100% Hand Painted on Canvas

We use a 100% hand-painted process: stretched artist-grade canvas, layered oil pigment, and a final protective varnish. There are no inkjet prints or mechanical reproductions in this collection — just a painted landscape artwork made to order.

What Is Included

• 100% hand-painted oil painting on artist-grade canvas — never a print or digital reproduction.
• A generous 2-inch blank canvas border surrounds the image to simplify mounting.
• Sold studio-direct and shipped worldwide, with no intermediary markup.
• Available canvas sizes for this hand painted oil painting: 20 X 24 in, 24 X 36 in, 30 X 40 in, 36 X 48 in, 48 X 72 in.
• Any size you need can be produced — just tell us your preferred dimensions.
• Affordable delivery options via DHL, UPS, FedEx, USPS and more.
• We stretch your canvas onto wooden bars at no extra charge, and can arrange custom framing.
• Before dispatch we email a digital proof so you can approve the finished canvas.

Styling & Placement

Build a living room gallery wall around this landscape oil painting, or let it stand alone as a single statement. The hand painted canvas finish keeps the landscape composition looking intentional in both classic and contemporary rooms.

Shipping & Guarantee

Browse our Ivan Aivazovsky Paintings selection for related landscape canvases, or commission this landscape image in a custom size. Every order is a hand painted oil painting, never a printed poster.