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Watercolor of stormy sea breaking over dark rocks, with a faint rainbow arching above the horizon under heavy clouds.

Rainbow Over Stormy Sea, Watercolor

A watercolor of surf breaking over dark, jagged rocks under a churning sky. A faint rainbow arcs over the distant horizon at right, while cloud banks and turbulent greenish water fill the composition with movement.

Artist
Unknown artist
Date
c. 1900
Medium
Watercolor over traces of graphite on ivory wove paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 809 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1905).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection