Barge Haulers on the Volga, by Ilya Repin
  • 1. Who painted 'Barge Haulers on the Volga'?
A) Ivan Aivazovsky
B) Vasily Surikov
C) Isaac Levitan
D) Ilya Repin
  • 2. In what year was 'Barge Haulers on the Volga' completed?
A) 1881
B) 1873
C) 1890
D) 1865
  • 3. What artistic movement is Repin associated with?
A) Cubism
B) Realism
C) Impressionism
D) Symbolism
  • 4. What river is depicted in the painting?
A) Volga River
B) Dnieper River
C) Neva River
D) Don River
  • 5. What are the men in the painting pulling?
A) A cart
B) A fishing net
C) A plow
D) A barge
  • 6. How many barge haulers are prominently depicted in the painting?
A) 13
B) 7
C) 11
D) 9
  • 7. What country's art museum currently houses this painting?
A) France
B) United States
C) Russia
D) Germany
  • 8. Which Russian city's museum displays this painting?
A) Volgograd
B) Kazan
C) Moscow
D) Saint Petersburg
  • 9. What is the name of the museum where the painting is displayed?
A) Tretyakov Gallery
B) Hermitage Museum
C) Pushkin Museum
D) Russian Museum
  • 10. What type of day is depicted in the painting?
A) Snowy winter day
B) Foggy spring morning
C) Rainy autumn day
D) Sunny summer day
  • 11. What was Repin's nationality?
A) Finnish
B) Ukrainian
C) Polish
D) Russian
  • 12. What artistic group did Repin help found?
A) World of Art
B) The Blue Rose
C) The Jack of Diamonds
D) The Wanderers (Peredvizhniki)
  • 13. How did Repin prepare for this painting?
A) Copied Renaissance masters
B) Studied ancient Greek art
C) Traveled to the Volga and lived with haulers
D) Worked only from photographs
  • 14. What social issue does this painting highlight?
A) Religious persecution
B) Urban pollution
C) Educational inequality
D) Exploitation of workers
  • 15. What is the dominant color scheme of the painting?
A) Pastel colors
B) Earth tones with bright accents
C) Monochromatic
D) Cool blues and grays
  • 16. What was the original Russian title of the painting?
A) Tyazhely trud
B) Rabochi na reke
C) Burlaki na Volge
D) Volzhskie rybaki
  • 17. What was the reaction to this painting when first exhibited?
A) Immediately declared a masterpiece
B) Completely ignored
C) Mixed, some praised its social commentary
D) Universally condemned
  • 18. How does Repin create depth in the composition?
A) Single central figure
B) Symmetrical arrangement
C) Diagonal line of figures receding
D) Overlapping geometric shapes
  • 19. Which famous Russian critic praised this painting?
A) Nikolai Chernyshevsky
B) Alexander Herzen
C) Vissarion Belinsky
D) Vladimir Stasov
  • 20. What aspect of the painting shows Repin's technical skill?
A) Abstract color fields
B) Geometric simplification
C) Surreal dream imagery
D) Realistic depiction of light and form
  • 21. In what century was 'Barge Haulers on the Volga' completed?
A) 19th century
B) 20th century
C) 18th century
D) 17th century
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