“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm,

but to add color to my sunset sky.”

Rabindranath Tagore

Rembrandt van Rijn, Three trees (Etching), 1643

Rembrandt, Three Trees, 1643 – ©Public Domain

Utagawa Toyokuni, The poetess Ono no Komachi in the rain, 1791

Utagawa Toyokuni Ii, The poetess Ono no Komachi in the rain, c. 1900 – ©Public Domain

John Constable, Seascape Study with Rain Cloud, c. 1824

John Constable, Seascape Study with Rain Cloud, c. 1824 – ©Public Domain

William Turner, Rain, Storm and Speed, 1844

William Turner, Rain, Storm and Speed, 1844 – ©Public Domain

Gustave Caillebotte, Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877

Gustave Caillebotte, Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877 – ©Public Domain

Claude Monet, Rain (La pluie), 1886

Claude Monet, Rain (La pluie), 1886 – ©Public Domain

Vincent van Gogh, Rain or Enclosed Wheat Field in the Rain, 1889

Vincent van Gogh, Rain, 1889

Franz Marc, In the rain, 1912

Franz Marc, Im Regen, 1912 – ©Public Domain

Wassily Kandinsky, Landscape with rain, 1913

Wassily Kandinsky, Landscape with rain, 1913 – © Public Domain

Gerhard Richter, Rain 2, 1988

Gerhard Richter, Rain 2, 1988 – ©Gerhard Richter

See also: 10 Winter Landscape Paintings by Famous Artists

Featured image: Franz Marc, In the rain, 1912 – ©Public Domain