Barge Haulers on the Volga
Ilya Repin · 1870
The story
Barge Haulers on the Volga or Burlaki is an 1870–1873 oil-on-canvas painting by Russian realist artist Ilya Repin. It depicts 11 men (burlaki) hauling a barge along the banks of the Volga River. They are at the point of collapse from exhaustion, oppressed by heavy, hot weather.
- Artist
- Ilya Repin
- Date
- 1870
- Collection
- Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Movement
- Peredvizhniki
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 131.5 × 281 cm
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