Lot number 243 - Auction 156
UNWETTER AM SCHWARZEN MEER

IVAN KONSTANTINOVICH AIVAZOVSKY (WORKSHOP/SCHOOL) 1817 Feodosia - 1900 ibid. STORM AT THE BLACK SEA Oil on canvas (relined). 71 x 100cm (F. 94 x 122 cm). Inscr. lower right 'Aivasovsky 1895'. Stylistically, the painting follows the tradition of art of Aivazovsky's circle. The famous marine painter and his followers devoted themselves in particular to the elemental force of nature at sea, the interplay of light and atmosphere, and the dramatic movement of water and clouds. Here, too, the horizon is positioned almost in the center, so that sea and sky share equally in the depiction of the threatening storm. High, foaming waves crash against the jagged rocks on the right side of the painting, while behind them, murky, shimmering clouds pile up. The deep blue of the sea and sky intensifies toward the horizon line, where a steamer appears indistinctly. This reduced human presence, along with the barely perceptible seagulls above the rocks, powerfully underscores the overwhelming force of nature. Part. rest.