Russian officers and sailors decide to take the fight. The ship rig did not allow it to avoid combat. In 1829, the 18-gun brig “Mercury” under the command of Captain Kazarsky met with two linear Turkish ships (totaling 184 guns). The story of this battle made a very strong impression on the Russian artist. Pushkin farewell to the sea, oil on canvas (1887) Brig “Mercury” Attacked by Two Turkish Ships In the painting Pushkin, who was in exile in Odessa, is sent into exile as well, but this time to the village of Mikhailovskoe. Ivan Aivazovsky wrote the landscape part of the painting, while Ilya Repin – the figure of Alexander Pushkin. Aivazovsky met with Pushkin, and the great poet was well preserved in the artist’s memory. The painting was created by Ivan Aivazovsky for the 50th anniversary of the death of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin in a duel. Rainbow, oil on canvas (1873) Pushkin farewell to the sea And the people in the boat cheer up and feelhope. Rainbow reflection plays in the splashes of water painting the raging sea in joyful and warm tones. Survivors, who may have spent the whole night in the boat by a half-sunk ship, see a rainbow. Yet at the same time new, not common before to the Russian portrait painter, color solutions. The horror of the battle was perfectly conveyed by Ivan Aivazovsky in his painting.Ĭhesmensky fight, oil on canvas (1848) RainbowĪn alreadyfavorite theme of Ivan Aivazovsky – a shipwreck. Losses of the Turks were in the thousands. Russians lost 11 men who got killed in the battle. Out of the 9 Russians battleships not a single one got damaged, and out of the 16 Turkish battleships 15 exploded or got burned, as well as numerous support vessels. Russians sent several boats to bring out at least a few Turkish ships from the inferno (the boat is visible in the picture), but they only managed to save one ship of the line. Huge Turkish fleet, the most powerful at the time, was almost completely destroyed in one night. Disorganized enemy was then attacked by the Russian fleet. Soon the battleship exploded and started a chain reaction: a few more ships caught fire and exploded as well. ![]() Russian sailors set fire to a fire-ship and took away from it on a boat. Only one of them under the command of Lieutenant Ilyin reached the goal and entered a fight with a ship of the line. Russians sent to the bay 4 fire-ships (specially converted small vessels of the fleet, which were intended to set fire to enemy ships of the line). At night the remaining part of the Russian fleet came to the bay, including the fire-ships. However, after the attack by a part of the Russian fleet from a long distance of the ships and land-based Turkish batteries, one of the Turkish ships exploded. It would seem that the Turkish fleet had all the advantages – a significant advantage in the power of their fleet, the backup of their on-shore batteries, a good locationand the glory of the strongest navy in the world. Russian Navy defeated the strongest in the world at that time Turkish navy in the Bay of Chesme. ![]() Ivan Aivazovsky in this painting refers to a battle scene – the victory of the Russian navy over the Turkish navy in Chesmen battle that took place one night in 1770. We have selected for you five famous paintings by the artist: several marine landscapes and battle scenes. ![]() The best works of the Russian artist portray stormy sea, as well as sea battles – the golden pages of the history of the Russian navy. ![]() This fascination Ivan Aivazovsky will carry throughout his life. Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky made a real breakthrough in art by depicting seaon a canvas in a very atmospheric and realistic way.įascination with the sea for Aivazovsky began when he was still at the Academy, when he created for a traditional academic exhibition his first seascape.
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