"Good artists copy, great artists steal".

Ivan Aivazovsky was a famous Russian artist. The architect of Feodosiya, Yakov Koch was the first who paid attention to art abilities of the boy, gave him the first lesson of skill. The artist’s father- Constantine Grigoryevich Aivazovsky was born in 1771. Ivan was specializing is seascape and landscape portraits. He had a style of Romanticism. Ivan was born in the Crimean, city of Feodosiya on 17 July, 1817..