Tomorrow marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great artist Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky

July 29, 1817 in Feodosia in the family market starost Gevorka and embroideress Ripsime Ayvazyan born genius - Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky.

Descendants of the seascape painter Ivan Aivazovsky, who live in Australia, arrived in the Crimea, where celebrations commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of their ancestor. Among them - the great-great-grandson Alexis Andrew Miller and great-great-grandsons Louise Celeste Rossetto and Amanda Marie Teresa Rogers along the line of Aivazovsky's third daughter Alexandra Lapsi, with them six of their children arrived.

In Simferopol, the descendants of the artist laid flowers at the monument to the brothers Aivazovsky - the elder, Gabriel, who was the archbishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the youngest, Ivan (Hovhannes) Aivazovsky.

"We are overwhelmed with feelings, for the first time in our homeland, where our ancestor lived and worked, when we arrived here, we realized that his memory was kept here and they were proud of him, and we call him grandfather at home. Really realized how great it was, "said Alexis Miller.

According to him, in their family there are no paintings by Aivazovsky, none of them professionally draws. Miller works as an oncologist near Sydney, his sister Louise is a teacher at the university, and Amanda is a lawyer. In total, 27 descendants of the great artist live in Australia. The descendants of Aivazovsky also met with the assets of the National Autonomy of the Armenians of the Crimea, where they were presented with books and calendars dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the artist's birth, and they tasted dishes of Armenian cuisine.