Ivan Konstantin Aivazovsky was a Russian ... he produced approximately 6,000 paintings and held 55 solo exhibitions in Europe and the United States. The phrase “worthy of Aivazovsky’s brush” was ...

Both countries lay claim to Ivan Aivazovsky and his works, many of which were in Crimea when it was illegally annexed by ...

The auction house says it’s a different painting with the same title, but a former prosecutor isn’t convinced.