Aivazovsky’s greatest masterpiece is considered to be “The Ninth Wave,” executed in 1850. An early dawn after a night storm, the first rays of light touch the surface of the raging ocean and the fearsome ninth wave is ready to crush a small group of people struggling for their lives among the wreckage... | Ivan Aivazovsky – Russiapedia Art Prominent Russians

Aivazovsky’s greatest masterpiece is considered to be “The Ninth Wave,” executed in 1850. An early dawn after a night storm, the first rays of light touch the surface of the raging ocean and the fearsome ninth wave is ready to crush a small group of people struggling for their lives among the wreckage... | Ivan Aivazovsky – Russiapedia Art Prominent Russians