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The Billow Painting by Ivan Aivazovsky

The Billow.

This tsunami like wave tossing the ship at mid sea looks really spine chilling due to the realism of the situation depicted by Aivazovsky in this 1889 oil on canvas. It is certain that the ship will sink in a few minutes or get smashed into pieces in the violent waters. The people in the ship can just pray and await their fate. The helplessness of the ship crew and the superiority of the Creator’s power are very well brought out in this art piece preserved at The Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.

The Billow - Famous Art work & Drawing by Ivan Aivazovsky

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