Rainy Season in the Tropics

Frederic Edwin Church

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

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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 exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. 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 24×36 in black or natural oak. A sage, cream or pale blue wall; it suits a plant-filled room.

Style: Exhibition poster of a Hudson River School painting
Era: 19th century (1866)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: calm
Rooms: living room, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
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

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

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 exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

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

A museum-exhibition poster of Frederic Edwin Church's Rainy Season in the Tropics — Rainy Season in the Tropics — a double rainbow arching over a misty Andean valley — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Wonders of the New World: The Hudson River School, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — 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 Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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