Biographies:Ivan Aivazovsky: Master of the Infinite Sea

Biographies:Ivan Aivazovsky: Master of the Infinite Sea

Demos & Lectures | Available

All Levels
10/7/2025 (one day)
10:00 AM-11:30 AM MST (Arizona) on Tue
$10.00

Biographies:Ivan Aivazovsky: Master of the Infinite Sea

Demos & Lectures | Available

Art History Lecture Series with Anne Connor: Biographies.

Ivan Aivazovsky was a Crimean-Armenian painter celebrated for his luminous seascapes and masterful depictions of light and movement. A romantic visionary with a deep reverence for nature, Aivazovsky captured the drama, terror, and beauty of the sea like no other artist of his time. His work, blending realism with poetic imagination, reflects both personal longing and national pride—offering viewers not just images of water, but emotional voyages across history, memory, and the sublime. 

 


Connor, Anne
Anne Connor

Anne spent her early years in Brussels, Belgium. She came to the Valley in 1990. In 1997 she founded the Friends of European Art special interest group at the Phoenix Art Museum where she served as the group’s first president. In 1997 she contributed several entries in the catalog for the “Copper as Canvas” exhibit co-sponsored by the Museum. For many years, she was a member of the Phoenix Art Museum’s Collection Committee. In 2003, together with Regent Professor Caio Pagano of ASU, she started the “Evenings with Art and Music,” program highlighting similar currents in both disciplines. These Evenings have contributed significant financial support to piano students at Arizona State. Anne taught Humanities and survey courses of Art History at Scottsdale Community College and Glendale Community College. She taught upper division courses in Northern and Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art at ASU for 5 years. She has been contributing to the training of the apprentice docents at the Museum in European Art for a few years. Anne gives regular lectures at the Phoenix Art Museum, Scottsdale Community College and special interest groups in the Valley. She holds a Master Degree in Art History from ASU. Anne is widely recognized for her comprehensive knowledge of art history together with related issues of the history of the times and her ability to present that knowledge with skill and humor.