The sky is clear. On the vast Volga River, there is a cargo ship. The sail didn't rise because there was no wind. On the shore, a group of ragged trackers walked along the river bank step by step with heavy steps and yellow sand. Most of them leaned forward and worked hard because the ship was carrying heavy goods.

This is the famous work "The Tracker on the Volga River" by Russian painter Lie Bin.

Lie Bin spent the summer of 1868 in Petrograd. One Sunday, his classmates invited him to visit neva river by boat. The ship ran very fast and soon arrived outside the city. In front of them is a luxurious villa. Suddenly, a big wooden boat came face to face. Lie Bin found something crawling on the shore ... His classmates told him that it was a tracker pulling the boat.

The tracker is approaching. God, how can they be so dirty and broken! Some people walk barefoot and drag rags forward when their pants are broken; Their shirts are hardly made of blue cloth ... everyone's face is gloomy and sweaty; Under the unkempt hair, there is a dignified expression.

This scene left an indelible impression on Lie Bin. He watched the pursuers until they disappeared from sight.

Two years later, Lie Bin came to the Volga River. There, he lives with the tracker. He carefully observed those bodies with infinite power, looked at those kind eyes and faces for a long time, and stroked those iron hands ... In order to draw this picture well, he came to the Volga River three times. He worked hard, painted the natural scenery of the Volga River, painted many portraits of stalkers, and finally returned to Petrograd with a thick volume of sketches.

According to these sketches, he spent three years stubbornly painting and revising, and completed the work "Tracker on the Volga River" in 1873. In this painting, he described the painful life of working people and praised their great strength.