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