The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 4, 2026

A horizontally oriented black ink print with atmospheric, grainy strokes depicts a landscape under falling rain. Numerous diagonal lines slant across the scene from our upper left. In the lower left foreground, two dark figures face right. A large, rounded haystack occupies the middle ground. A row of spindly trees lines the horizon under a clouded sky, while thick, splotchy marks suggest a wet, textured environment.

Rain Effect

1879

Camille Pissarro

(French, 1830–1903)
France, 19th century
etching and aquatint
Plate: 15.6 x 21.2 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.); Sheet: 26.1 x 34.1 cm (10 1/4 x 13 7/16 in.)
Delia E. Holden Fund 1974.20
Catalogue raisonné: Delteil 24
Location: Not on view
  • The Impressionist Aesthetic. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-October 31, 1982).
    The Vocabulary of Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 29-December 31, 1975).
    Year in Review: 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).
  • {{cite web|title=Rain Effect|url=false|author=Camille Pissarro|year=1879|access-date=04 September 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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