Rainy Day
1906 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago
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About this work
- Artist
- Frank W. Benson (1862–1951)
- Year
- 1906
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 63.5 × 76.2 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Movement
- American Impressionism
A woman in a blue and white patterned dress sits in a wicker chair in a quiet, sparsely furnished room, the grey light of a wet day coming through a doorway beyond, a blue and white jar in the corner and a row of small pictures and ornaments along the mantelpiece. Benson painted it in 1906, and its muted colours and calm, carefully arranged space owe much to Vermeer, whom he and his Boston colleagues admired. It was shown in St. Louis in 1907 and with the Ten American Painters in New York and Philadelphia in 1908, and the Art Institute of Chicago bought it in 1910.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A calm, muted interior in warm grey, blue and soft brown for a reading corner, bedroom or study in a dark wood frame. It pairs well with Tarbell's interiors and suits a warm white or greige wall.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a American Impressionism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1906)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, study or library, living room, dining room, dorm room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
