speak, as he considered himself to be a philosopher. actually, he met matisse, picasso, yes, and burliuk, mayakovsky, maykovsky came to visit him, korne chikovsky was his closest comrade, friend, author of memoirs, this is his self-portrait, it was painted in the late eighties, i think it was in 1987, it is kept in the kovsky gallery, it was painted in florence, here you see, there is even an inscription florence, such a very happy moment in repin’s work, when he achieved, well, maximum, probably fame, among his contemporaries, he goes abroad, travels around italy, he loved europe very much, and so to speak, his italian impressions are described in every possible way in his letters, memoirs, here after visiting the ufizi gallery, which was famous for its self-portraits, he paints his self-portrait, and he signs it, a sociable person, actually he entered this family, and he was very much invited to the house, in him, apparently, this talent, it was felt, and felt, well , almost from birth, well, actually this marriage, it was concluded quite quickly, and from this marriage repin had four