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The National Gallery of Armenia is stored the most complete collection of his works ( only about 100 paintings ).
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Not so!
The biggest collection by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky is in the collection
National Gallery of them . IK Aivazovsky
in Feodosia.
In 1922, the gallery has been declared a national museum .
Initially, it exhibited are paintings that the artist bequeathed to the town .
Namely -
49 artworks!
Gradually, the collection is enriched . Large role in this played artist , art historian ,
for many years , former director of the gallery ,
Nikolai Stepanovich Barsamov (1892-1976).
During the Great Patriotic War, he saved the works of art , documents , archives gallery , evacuating them to the Caucasus , in Armenia .
In 1944, the exported items returned to Feodosia , gallery building were repaired and reopened to visitors .
In the postwar period , thanks to the efforts Barsamova NS , number of papers IK Aivazovsky in Feodosia Museum of increased
8,5 times!
Currently it is -
417 pictures.