He was a disciple of Aivazovsky. He was born in Bohemia, but began to learn in Feodosia Aivazovsky and after graduating from the Moscow school of painting and sculpture ever returned to this city. Fessler became famous as a copyist of the works of Aivazovsky, but more of his works bear the stamp of good taste talking about great love to nature. Fessler was the first teacher of K. F. Bogaevsky, who is called singer of Cimmeria.