00:26I.V.A.Z.O.V.S.K.'s childhood was spent in poverty, however the boy's talent was discovered and some influential people helped him enroll into the Academy of Fine Arts.
00:38A crucial role in the formation of the young artist was played by French painter Philippe Tanur, who taught him water painting techniques.
00:47In autumn of his very first year at the Academy, I.V.A.Z.O.V.S.K. presented five marine canvases at an academic exhibition.
00:56They were highly praised by the artistic community.
01:00I.V.A.Z.O.V.S.K.'s childhood was spent in an atmosphere that sparked his imagination.
01:06Down to the shores of Crimea, from Greece and Turkey, came tarred fishing felakas, and sometimes huge warships of the Black Sea Fleet threw an anchor in the harbour.
01:18Among them was, of course, the Brick Mercury, much celebrated after a recent quite incredible feat, which left a strong impression on I.V.A.Z.O.V.S.K.'s childhood memory.
01:29Mercury's victory over two Turkish battleships is one of the brightest episodes of the Russian-Turkish war.
01:36The episode received a wide publicity.
01:39The extensive spin put on this victory could partly be explained by the desire to conceal the shameful surrender of the frigate Raphael two days earlier.
01:50The romantic and heroic atmosphere of sea battles, the rumours surrounding them resembling fiction, ignited I.V.A.Z.O.V.S.K.'s creativity and shaped his talent, that clearly manifested itself as his skills developed.
02:05The painting can be seen at the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.
02:11This oil-on-canvas piece by Ivan Ivozovsky was created in 1841.
02:17In 1840, Ivozovsky, together with other boarders of the Academy of Arts, travelled to Rome to continue his education and improve his landscape painting skills.
02:29He set out to Italy already as an accomplished painter, who had absorbed all the best traditions of the Russian art.
02:37The Gulf of Naples, part of the Tyrrhenian Sea on the west coast of Italy, is distinguished by harmony of nature and rich wildlife.
02:46The subject of the painting is quite simple, but Ivozovsky makes it into a truly charming landscape.
02:53The whole composition is clearly balanced.
02:56Each colour has a special tone, and all colours are masterfully matched.
03:01The whole piece is full of sunshine and air.
03:05The painting is now housed at the Petergov Palace, not far from St. Petersburg, Russia.
03:12The painting Evening at Sea, created in 1871, is a typical seascape of the artist's later period.
03:20He had already withdrawn from the storms and tempests.
03:24The sea here is depicted in a more realistic manner.
03:28It is completely quiet, waves barely visibly leap on the shore.
03:33People are not afraid to swim in it.
03:35A bather's head can be seen not far from the shore.
03:39The painting sparks mixed feelings.
03:41On the one hand, the endless expanse of water, which does not end on the horizon.
03:47A sailboat is setting out on a journey.
03:50On the other hand, there is a certain sense of isolation in the painting.
03:55The composition is restricted by the shoreline on one side,
03:59and by the clouds thickening on the horizon on the other side.
04:03The artist is taken to quiet contemplation of a small fragment of the sea,
04:08slightly illuminated by the setting sun.
04:11This genre scene is typical of Iwazowski's later works.
04:15It presents an image of the sea familiar to everyone, quiet, majestic and beautiful.
04:22Somewhere in the distance, anything can happen, even a storm, given the clouds.
04:27But here and now, all is quiet.
04:30Presently, the painting Evening at Sea is in the private collection.
04:38I don't know if only the angle one follows or thehl's new sky,
04:42please look with her's墜ま gelirother.
04:44At the bottom of the sea…
04:48If you want to walk like yonder…
04:50I'll be hanging on to one of the beaches …
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05:04If I can go to the beach then it will be destroyed.
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