The Little FactoryThe Little Factory is an oil painting on canvas by the French artist Camille Pissarro, from c. 1862–1865.HistoryThe small work is thought to have been painted between 1862 and 1865. It was presented to the Strasbourg museum by the Société des amis des musées de la ville de Strasbourg in 1924 and is now in the Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain. Its inventory number is 55.974.0.684.TransitionLa Petite Fabrique marks a transition in Pissarro's work, away from Neoclassical landscape depictions à la Camille Corot and towards Realism with underlying social motives. In spite of its peacefulness and nonthreatening size, the little factory announces the inexorable transformation of the countryside.