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