Vase with Poppies is an 1886 oil painting created in Paris, France by Post-Impressionist Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh.

"[3] To his sister, Wil, van Gogh advised her to cultivate her own garden, like Voltaire's Candide, to find joy and meaning in life.

In a letter to his sister Wil he wrote, "Last year I painted almost nothing but flowers so I could get used to colors other than grey - pink, soft or bright green, light blue, violet, yellow, glorious red."

[3] The painting, which was donated by Anne Parrish Titzell in 1957 to the permanent collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum, was called into question by art historian Walter Feilchenfeldt in 1990 as to its authenticity.

It was declared genuine by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, after having been sent there for inspection by the Wadsworth to determine if it was a work by the hand of the artist or an impostor.