Aivazovsky National Art Gallery
Established | 1845 |
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Location | Feodosia |
Coordinates | 45°01′56″N 35°22′58″E / 45.032175°N 35.382736°E |
Type | national art museum |
The Aivazovsky National Art Gallery (Ukrainian: Феодосійська національна картинна галерея, romanized: Feodosiys'ka natsional'na kartinna halereya; Crimean Tatar: Kefedeki milliy resimler galereyası; Russian: Феодосийская картинная галерея имени И. К. Айвазовского, romanized: Feodosiyskaya kartinnaya galereya imeni I. K. Ayvazovskogo) is a national art museum in Feodosia, Crimea, one of the oldest art museums in Ukraine.[1] The first exhibition was privately organised by Ivan Aivazovsky's in his house in 1845. The basis collection included his 49 paintings. In 1880 an additional exhibition hall was attached to the house. The gallery became the third museum in the Russian Empire, after the Hermitage Museum and the Tretyakov Gallery. After Aivazovsky's death in 1900, the ownership of the gallery was transferred to the city according to his testament.
Towards the end of 1920, the house was occupied by the Feodosia department of Cheka. Several paintings were damaged at that time.
Since 1922, the gallery became a state museum in the
In 1930 a monument to Aivazovsky, by Ilya Ginzburg, with the inscription "Feodosia to Aivazovsky" was erected in front of the main building.
Gallery
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Aivazovsky self-portrait, 1881
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Among the Waves, 1898
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Sea coast, 1868
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Italian LandscapeLago Maggiorein the Evening, 1858
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Battle of Çesme at Night, 1848
References
- С. Р. Гриневецкий, И. С. Зонн, С. С. Жильцов. Черноморская энциклопедия. — М.: Международные отношения, 2006. — 35 c. — ISBN 5-7133-1273-9(in Russian).
- Феодосия: краткий путеводитель. Редакторы А. В. Меснянко, Ю. С. Воронцова. — Севастополь: Библекс, 2007. — 96 с. — ISBN 978-966-8231-93-3(in Russian).
- Aivazovsky National Art Gallery. The guide. Simferopol, 1971.
- ^ "Картинна галерея імені К.І. Айвазовського, Феодосія - детальна інформація про готель - Готелі України". oteli.net.ua. Retrieved 2023-08-02.