Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky ( 1817 - 1900 ) was a Russian Romanticism painter, known for marine paintings. Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky s works have been put up for auction numerous times, with realized prices greatly surpassing estimated prices, varying from 8050 USD for Shipwreck in 2002 to a remarkable record 2393000 USD for DISTRIBUTING SUPPLIES AND THE RELIEF SHIP: A PAIR in 2008 ,