" Tide " , 1870 - By Artist Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817–1900) | ArtLiveAndBeauty

" Tide " , By Artist Ivan Aivazovsky, 1870 

Ivan Aivazovsky's unique style was to work in the open air for a brief amount of time before finishing the painting in the studio, always leaving opportunity for improvisation.

Ivan Aivazovsky composed "Tide," like many of his works, from memory, barely a few hours after dinner and before the practically immediate southern dusk. The inspiration came from a theme discovered during a morning walk along the beach.

The composition is distinguished by its unfettered clarity. Sea water, air, and light are organic interpretations of dynamic textures. Exquisite and colorful, with tempered hues.

The painting is from the 1870s, a transitional phase in Ivan Aivazovsky's career. From the decoratively catchy, meticulously done works of the forties, fifties, and sixties, he evolved into a more restrained, but also more versatile, painting technique-rich style. During this time, the artist produced landscapes in blue tones.

Ivan Aivazovsky picked that point in the painting that stimulates the spirit, when the sea is reaching the observer, coming straight from the depths. The confluent mass of water near the horizon dissolves in a glittering variety of ridges, ridges, and drips, then abruptly freezes, as if separated from the coast by an unseen barrier.

Parallel shadows of a rapid sailboat on the waves and a tiny gig, leisurely rolling down the shore, form the idea of the boundary line between the sea surge and the earth's firmament in front of the observer.

Something similar may be seen in the landscape's depths, where an expressive horizon line divides a blue expanse of sea from swirling masses of pinkish clouds. The sight of the two-wheeled pleasure carriage portrays the everyday tranquil existence of old Feodosia. The ship flying the French flag represents the large globe, which is naturally linked by the sea to the author's modest nation. A distant picture of the Koktebel seashore with Camel Mountain in the background.

" Tide " , Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, 1870 Canvas, oil. Size: 81x106 cm. Serpukhov Museum of History and Art