PAINTER

Ivan Aivazovsky

1817 - 1900

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Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian: Иван Константинович Айвазовский; 29 July [O.S. 17 July] 1817 – 2 May [O.S. 19 April] 1900) was a Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art. Baptized as Hovhannes Aivazian (arm. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Aivazovsky has received more than 1,194,120 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Ivan Aivazovsky is the 112th most popular painter (down from 109th in 2019).

Ivan Aivazovsky is most famous for his paintings of the sea and seascapes.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Ivan Aivazovsky has had the most page views in the with 357,618 views, followed by English (157,365), and Ukrainian (46,946). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Vietnamese (423.17%), Ido (157.75%), and Uzbek (52.09%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ivan Aivazovsky ranks 112 out of 2,023. Before him are Matthias Grünewald, Claude Lorrain, Guido Reni, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Georges de La Tour, and Pieter Brueghel the Younger. After him are Annibale Carracci, Simone Martini, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Giorgio de Chirico, Juan Gris, and Fernando Botero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Ivan Aivazovsky ranks 4. Before him are Henry David Thoreau, Theodor Mommsen, and William III of the Netherlands. After him are Bahá'u'lláh, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Charles-François Daubigny, Niels Gade, Syed Ahmad Khan, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, and Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen. Among people deceased in 1900, Ivan Aivazovsky ranks 7. Before him are Friedrich Nietzsche, Oscar Wilde, Gottlieb Daimler, Max Müller, Wilhelm Steinitz, and Umberto I of Italy. After him are Robert Luther, John Ruskin, Vladimir Solovyov, Étienne Lenoir, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Naim Frashëri.

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