Rainy Season in the Tropics

Frederic Edwin Church

1866 · Oil on canvas · Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

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Rainy Season in the Tropics

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About this work

Artist: Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900)
Year: 1866
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 142.9 × 214 cm
Collection: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Movement: Hudson River School

A double rainbow arches across a mountain valley in the tropics, its bands spanning a gorge filled with vapour, while sun breaks through the clouds onto rich foreground vegetation and a mule path. Church composed this imaginary landscape in New York in 1866 from the sketches of his South American journeys, and the critic Henry Tuckerman praised its handling of floating vapour, blue sky and radiant iris as a problem hard to solve on canvas and solved. It was painted the year after the Civil War ended, and the rainbow's embrace of the whole scene has been read as an emblem of reconciliation after the storm. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco bought it in 1970 with the Mildred Anna Williams Collection fund, and it hangs at the de Young.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A double rainbow spanning a vapour-filled gorge with sun on rich foliage, a hopeful wide picture for a living room, sunroom or hallway at 36×24 in black or natural oak. A sage, cream or pale blue wall; it suits a plant-filled room.

Style: Hudson River School painting
Era: 19th century (1866)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: calm
Rooms: living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; oak lightens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in; 18×12 and 24×16 and 36×24 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Rainy Season in the Tropics in the public domain?

Yes. Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Rainy Season in the Tropics painted, and in what medium?

Rainy Season in the Tropics dates from 1866 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 142.9 × 214 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

Rainy Season in the Tropics (Frederic Edwin Church) — Rainy Season in the Tropics · Frederic Edwin Church · 1866. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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