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.

Bessie Potter and Robert Vonnoh, 1930
In Flanders Field (Coquelicots) by Robert Vonnoh, 1890
Apple bloom by Robert Vonnoh, 1903