Ivan Aivazovsky: Light, Water and Sky

The beauty of Ivo Zovsky that made me like him, his brush is exceptional and he had prizes from Turner, from all kinds of important artists in his lifetime. So Gianni, you've been collecting paintings by Ivo Zovsky for over four decades now, but do you remember the first painting that you ever saw? I do remember it was when I was 16 and it was in my landlord's house. She had this beautiful painting on the wall and I was amazed of the beauty of the painting and she told me that was by an artist called Ivo Zovsky. I fell in love straight away. A romantic passion that's continued on for decades. It's wonderful. So what actually prompted you to write about Ivo Zovsky? This first approach of mine with Ivo Zovsky gave me a lifelong studies on the painter and obviously I was suitable for that because I study art and conservation and for me it was quite easy to understand his brush and everything and then to helping other people for that as an expert. So helping to bring his work to a wider audience? Yes, absolutely, absolutely. It's about 12 years ago since you published Seas, Cities and Dreams, your first book on the artist together with Ivan Samarin, which has been enormously popular and I just wondered what has promoted this second volume? The love for Ivo Zovsky around the world is quite huge so we couldn't disappoint the art lovers to have a second book on Ivo Zovsky and this time I think it will be something different than the first and maybe the surprise is better to see, not to tell about. They were waiting for the second one basically, everyone was waiting so we had to do it and we did.