Author: Aivazovsky Ivan (Oganes) Konstantinovitch. 1817-1900
Creation date: 1881
Genre: Painting
The sea in the painting of the most renowned Russian painter-marines , presented as primordial multifaceted nature. Waves with the scallops of foam in the picture foreground were called by painter's contemporaries "Aivazovsky Wave". A lonely sail symbolizes human's insignificance in relation to nature and at the same time, it symbolizes romantic lust for journeys.