Template:Did you know nominations/Ivan Aivazovsky

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:15, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

Ivan Aivazovsky[edit]

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A 1874 self-portrait

... that Ivan Aivazovsky is considered one of the finest artists to ever depict the sea?

ALT1:... that the painter Ivan Aivazovsky threw away his Ottoman medals to protest large-scale massacres of Armenians?
ALT2:... that an Ivan Aivazovsky painting of Constantinople sold for $5.2 million, almost twice its estimated amount in 2012?
Reviewed: Chen Peiqiu

Improved to Good Article status by Yerevantsi (talk). Self-nominated at 08:03, 31 March 2016 (UTC).

Promoted to GA in good time, obviously long enough. Links brought up by Copyvio check are only mirrors. Hooks come from reliable sources, AGF on the Armenian-language one. QPQ done. Personally, I favour the last two for their "Did you know" quality more than the first hook '''tAD''' (talk) 23:40, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Saving ALT1 for use on MainPage on April 24th, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day? --PFHLai (talk) 05:11, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

I don't mind, but the massacres in the 1890s had little to do with the 1915 genocide. Երևանցի ^talk 07:41, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Maybe we should not confuse the readers. --PFHLai (talk) 21:19, 9 April 2016 (UTC)