Ivan Aivazovsky

The Ninth Wave

US$ 690.00

The Ninth Wave shows a handful of survivors clinging to a fragment of mast after a night storm, as the sun breaks over a sea still heaving with enormous swells. The title comes from an old sailors’ belief that waves build in sequence and the ninth is the most destructive. The wreckage they cling to forms a rough cross, and the light rising behind them is warm rather than cold. This reproduction brings that mix of terror and hope into your space.

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Artist

Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900) was born in Crimea and became the most celebrated marine painter of the Russian Empire, producing thousands of seascapes across a long career. He worked largely from memory rather than from life, which gave his storms and sunrises their heightened, almost theatrical light. The Ninth Wave, painted in 1850, is his best-known work and hangs in the State Russian Museum in St Petersburg.

Material Archival canvas
Frame Supplied rolled, unframed
Print Fine-art print, printed to order
Size 54 × 36 inches
Delivery 2–3 weeks
Certificate of Authenticity Included, emailed on delivery
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