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