Robert Vonnoh

This large oil on canvas, 59 x 104 inches, employed active and expressive brushstrokes to evoke the fiery cadmium red of poppies, a subject matter that was popular during that time among many painters.

A young woman crouches in the foreground, settling down to pick poppies in a vast field with two figures in the background.

Although this was considered Vonnoh's most ambitious work, garnering great acclaim at fairs and exhibits, the painting never sold.

A retrospective exhibit of his works was displayed at Madron Gallery in Chicago and The Butler Institute, March 1 to April 9, 2010 and May 2 to June 27, 2010, respectively.

Vonnoh died on 28 December 1933 in Nice and is buried alongside his wife in the Duck River Cemetery in Old Lyme, Connecticut.