Steamship at Sunset, Ivan Aivazovsky — Art Postcard

A small, vertical canvas — almost all sky. A steamship with two red flags rides choppy water under an orange-pink sunset that takes up most of the picture. Aivazovsky painted dozens of these intimate marines alongside his epics, working out the same weather at a quieter scale.

The card suits a writing desk or a long correspondence with someone who likes painting at chamber pitch.