Aivazovsky National Art Gallery Feodosia

The Aivazovsky National Art Gallery is a national art museum in Feodosia, Crimea. In 1845, Ivan Aivazovsky acquired a plot in the outskirts of Feodosia, on the very seashore. He decided to build a house with a big art studio and dreamed to establish a school of painting there. The same year, 1845, the first exhibition comprising 49 works was opened in a part of the house.