Passing Shower in the Tropics

Name: Passing Shower in the Tropics
Brand: Frederic Edwin Church
Price: 189.0 USD
Availability: InStock

1872 · oil · Frederic Edwin Church

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Passing Shower in the Tropics by Frederic Edwin Church, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) in Arber Natural, living — Shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) · Framed paper, Arber Natural · Living room

Passing Shower in the Tropics by Frederic Edwin Church, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) as gallery-wrapped canvas, bedroom — Shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) · Gallery-wrapped canvas · Bedroom

Passing Shower in the Tropics by Frederic Edwin Church, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) on canvas in Arber Warm Walnut, hotel guest room — Shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) · Framed canvas, Arber Warm Walnut · Hotel guest room

Story

A lush tropical scene unfolds with a snow-topped volcano rising above a river gorge, palm trees crowding the lower ground, and a small settlement visible far off beneath a sky full of clouds. The painting was created in 1872 using oil, and it is held at the Princeton Art Museum. Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), an American painter associated with the Hudson River school, made this work. The clouds suggest a passing shower moving over the warm lowland even as the peak above stays capped in snow, giving the single view two climates at once.