Publications
Light, Water and Sky: the Paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky by Gianni Caffiero and Ivan Samarine Following the success of Seas, Cities and Dreams in 2000, the authors return with a second volume on the works of this remarkable 19th century master who raised European maritime painting to a new level. Gianni Caffiero and Ivan Samarine have gathered the material for this book from public and private collections worldwide. The large number paintings illustrated offer a significant addition to the published corpus of Aivazovsky's oeuvre. Their chronological arrangement makes this volume an invaluable resource for scholars, collectors and Aivazovsky's many admirers. 336 pages Published by Alexandria Press London in Association with Laurence King. ISBN-10: 1780670575 Available here.
Seas, Cities and Dreams: the Paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky by Gianni Caffiero and Ivan Samarine The story of Ivan Aivazovsky is peerless in the history of art. A poor boy from an obscure Black Sea port, he ended his life as the best-known 19th century Russian painter in the world. A drawing he made in household charcoal on a neighbour's wall led him straight to a scholarship at the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg. He shot to international fame in his twenties: his exhibitions all over the world drew enormous crowds, and earned him the admiration of such figures as Horace Vernet and William Turner. He traveled far and wide and was f?ted wherever he went, he was elected a member of five European academies, and was personally acquainted with four Russian Emperors. His life spanned almost the entire 19th century; he died at the age of eighty-three in 1900. In his long and colourful career, Aivazovsky claimed to have painted over six thousand pictures. Today, his work passes constantly through the salerooms and is eagerly sought after by collectors. Yet he has never had a monograph devoted to him in the English-speaking world. This book, published at the hundredth anniversary of the artist's death, seeks to correct this omission. Over two hundred of the artist's works are reproduced here in colour, most for the first time. The lively text allows us a glimpse of the man who in his own lifetime was regarded as a living institution, a consummate craftsman who raised European maritime painting to a new level. 325 pages, with 240 illustrations in colour. Published by Alexandria Press London in Association with Laurence King. ISBN number 1-85669-232-9. Now sadly out of print, second hand copies occasionally appear on abebooks.com, amazon.com or ebay.com.
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