Femme vidant une brouette (Woman Emptying a Wheelbarrow)

Toward the end of his life, Camille Pissarro became increasingly radical in his political thinking. After witnessing decades of social unrest, he came to support anarchism as a means to a more egalitarian society.

Pissarro often chose to express his social and political views through scenes of rural life and work. This image, for example, centers the act of a woman emptying her wheelbarrow, the bountiful result of her labor and that of her companion visible in the left-hand background. Through such scenes of peaceful collaboration, Pissarro promoted the ideal of a harmonious relationship between workers and the land.