L' Enigme | Gustave Doré | 1871 Frame Options:White Frame "Rainy Season in the Tropics"

"Rainy Season in the Tropics" invites viewers to feel the power and energy of nature in its most elemental form

mouth agape in a silent scream

The bold and expressive use of color

with the interplay of light and shadow adding depth and dimension to the scene

In this playful piece

L' Enigme | Gustave Doré | 1871 Frame Options:White Frame "Rainy Season in the Tropics"About the artwork: Allegorical painting of Humanity facing the horrors of defeat and, more generally, the end of the world. Painted in 1871, following the Franco German war of 1870 and the Commune of Paris, the work testifies to this dark context. In 1884, the painting was presented with two other canvases "The Black Eagle of Prussia" and "The Defense of Paris"