Of Armenian descent, Aivazovsky (1817-1900) spent most of his life in Feodosia, the Black Sea port in Crimea where he founded a museum to display his art in 1880. He studied and taught in imperial ...

LONDON, June 8. /TASS/. Paintings by Russian artists Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900) and Mikhail Larionov (1881-1964) have been sold in London for more than $1 million each at an online auction ...