Artwork
A Woman Emptying a Wheelbarrow (Femme vidant une brouette)
A Woman Emptying a Wheelbarrow (Femme vidant une brouette) is an ink print by the Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro. It dates from 1880 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
A Woman Emptying a Wheelbarrow is a print by Camille Pissarro, created in 1880 using aquatint with drypoint.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a serene street scene with a woman dumping the contents of a wheelbarrow, set against a backdrop of trees, a house, and scattered figures.
Technique & Style
Pissarro employed aquatint, a printmaking technique that yields soft, textured tones, and drypoint, characterized by loose, dark lines, to capture the scene with a spontaneous, sketchy quality.
Artist & collection
A Woman Walking along a Country Road (La Femme sur la Route)
Thunder (Un coup de foudre)
Peasant Woman Carrying Buckets
Bourrine dans les Peupliers
Herding the Cows at Dusk (Vachère le soir)
In the Fields at Ennery (Dans les champs, a Ennery)
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Setting Sun
La Petite Mare
Souvenir de St. Denis
Farm with a Large Tree (La Ferme au Grand Arbre)
Untitled