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Before Instagram: A famous painter's miniature photo souvenirs
Tuesday September 16, 2025. 06:00 PM , from BoingBoing
Ivan Aivazovsky, famous for painting huge ocean scenes like 'The Ninth Wave,' turned 70 in 1887 and did something unexpected. He painted tiny seascapes, each only about 4 by 3 inches.
He didn't put these little pictures on walls. Instead, he had them pasted into studio photos of himself and mailed the photos to more than 150 friends as birthday gifts. — Read the rest The post Before Instagram: A famous painter's miniature photo souvenirs appeared first on Boing Boing.
https://boingboing.net/2025/09/16/before-instagram-a-famous-painters-miniature-photo-souvenirs.html
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