Mıgırdiç Civanyan
Winter Landscape
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 99 × 79,5 cm
- Certificate
- Certificate of authenticity
- Viewing
- At the showroom — by appointment
On a snow-covered rocky slope, two figures gather firewood beneath a bare tree, painted in a cold winter light that opens onto a frozen stream and mist-blue mountains. The signature "Givanian" appears at the lower right; the work is presented with an expert's report dated 2021 and in its ornate gilded frame.
About the Artist
Mıgırdiç Civanyan (1848, Beşiktaş, Istanbul – 1906, Istanbul) was an Istanbul painter of Armenian descent, celebrated for his moonlit views of the Bosphorus in the Ottoman capital. Born the son of Ohannes Givan, court violinist in the reign of Sultan Abdülmecid, he pursued his artistic training in Italy between 1876 and 1879 and, under the influence of the great marine painter Ivan Aivazovsky, developed a distinctive landscape idiom devoted to the sea and the light of night. Alongside the views of Istanbul and the Bosphorus painted in his Pera studio, he also worked on the mural decorations of the Beylerbeyi and Çırağan palaces.
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