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The Bay of Yalta 2 - Ivan Aivazovsky - Hand Painted Oil Painting is part of our hand painted oil painting collection from the Ivan Aivazovsky Paintings selection. Each canvas is worked by a trained artist, then inspected before dispatch — a practical route to owning romantic wall decor at a fraction of gallery pricing.
This serene view of Yalta and the Ayu Dag beyond is a lovely example of one of Aivazovsky's 'blue pictures' and thought to date from the 1880s. By then in his sixties, this was in many ways a happy period in Aivazovsky's life. Having spent much of the previous decade abroad, he based himself to a much greater degree in Theodosia, where he opened his gallery to the public in the summer of 1880. It was the first private art gallery in provincial Russia and a huge draw for tourists. He re-married in 1882 and was at the height of his fame, showing his work in more than 30 exhibitions over the decade, seven of which were in St Petersburg alone. These included a grand jubilee exhibition in 1887 to celebrate 50 years of his achievements as a painter, at which Grand Duke Vladimir awarded him with the medal of St Vladimir to mark the 'deep gratitude' of the Academy of Arts.
His ability to revive a view familiar to collectors of his work in part substantiates the jubilee accolades, though the view itself had also developed over the previous fifty years. In his earliest depiction of Yalta in 1838, the town amounts to a few houses below the hilltop church of St John Chrystostom, but it rapidly grew into a popular resort after Alexander II bought the nearby palace at Livadia in 1860. Tranquil seas acted as a perfect means for Aivazovsky to display his mastery of reflected light, which he would usually apply to the surface in quickly drawn lines in thicker paint. The single mountainous cloud which seemingly rises from nowhere above the calm waters is a feature of some of his best mature works, such as Elegant Ladies Fishing at the Water's Edge (1870, Private Collection).
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.
Oil on canvas remains the reference standard for romantic reproductions. Our artists apply pigment by hand, blending the fine art tones directly on the surface for depth that a printed fine art oil painting simply cannot match.
romantic canvas wall art is one of the easiest ways to warm a home office. Pair this piece with natural linen, dark wood, or brushed brass, and let the hand painted surface do the rest.
| Size | Price |
|---|---|
| 20 X 40 in | $102.98 |
| 24 X 48 in | $152.48 |
| 30 X 60 in | $214.98 |
| 36 X 72 in | $276.48 |
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