Пленник моря. Встречи с Айвазовским

"I͡A nikogda ne utomli͡usʹ, poka ne dobʹi͡usʹ svoeĭ t͡seli napisatʹ kartinu, si͡uzhet kotoroĭ voznik i nositsi͡a peredo mnoi͡u v voobrazhenii. Bog blagoslovit meni͡a bytʹ bodrym i predannym svoemu delu... Esli pozvoli͡at sily, zdorovʹe, i͡a budu beskonechno truditʹsi͡a i iskatʹ novykh i novykh vdokhnovennykh si͡uzhetov, chtoby dostichʹ togo, chego zhelai͡u sozdatʹ, 82 goda zastavli͡ai͡ut meni͡a speshitʹ". I. Aĭvazovskiĭ. Zhelanie uvidetʹ kartiny ėtogo khudozhnika i po seĭ denʹ zastavli͡aet li͡udeĭ chasami prostaivatʹ v ocheredi na vystavki ego rabot. Morskie peĭzazhi Aĭvazovskogo izvestny vsemu miru, no kak oni sozdavalisʹ? Chto tvorilosʹ v masterskoĭ khudozhnika? Iz chego skladyvalasʹ povsednevnai͡a zhiznʹ legendarnogo marinista? Obo vsem ėtom vam rasskazhet kniga vospominaniĭ druga i pervogo biografa I. Aĭvazovskogo.

"I will never get tired until I achieve my goal to paint a picture, the plot of which has arisen and is carried before me in my imagination. God bless me to be cheerful and dedicated to my work... If my strength and health allow, I will work endlessly and look for new and new inspired stories to achieve what I want to create, 82 years make me hurry." I. Aivazovsky. The desire to see the paintings of this artist to this day makes people stand in line for hours at exhibitions of his works. Aivazovsky's seascapes are known all over the world, but how were they created? What was going on in the artist's studio? What was the daily life of the legendary marine artist made up of? The book of memoirs of a friend and the first biographer of I. Aivazovsky will tell you about all this.