Gabrielo Bartolomeo Casessi (Italian, 1840-1900):Russian marine painter of Italian origin. He was born in 1840 in southern Italy. In the 1860s-1870s, he received an art education and improved his skills in Florence and Rome. A meeting with the great Russian marine artist Aivazovsky at his exhibition in 1874 became a key moment in Casessi's work. Impressed by the master's art, Casessi, at the invitation of Aivazovsky, went to Feodosia to study the skill of the great marine artist. From this momen...