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Poppy Field is an 1890 painting by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, painted around a month before his death during his stay in Auvers-sur-Oise, France. [1] It has been described as "a composition that verges on the abstract" [2] and shows marked difference from a 1888 painting of the same subject that now is in the Van Gogh Museum, in ...
Eschscholzia californica. Cham. Eschscholzia californica, the California poppy, golden poppy, California sunlight or cup of gold, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to the United States and Mexico. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant flowering in summer (spring in southern Australia), with showy cup-shaped ...
The author died in 1926, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 95 years or fewer. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
Poppies have long been used as a symbol of sleep, peace, and death: Sleep because the opium extracted from them is a sedative, and death because of the common blood-red colour of the red poppy in particular. In Greek and Roman myths, poppies were used as offerings to the dead. Poppies used as emblems on tombstones symbolize eternal sleep.
Papaver somniferum, commonly known as the opium poppy [2] or breadseed poppy, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae. It is the species of plant from which both opium and poppy seeds are derived and is also a valuable ornamental plant grown in gardens. Its native range was east of the Mediterranean Sea, but now is ...
This family is known for its diverse and colorful flowers and distinctive sepals. The plants may be annual, biennial, or perennial. Usually herbaceous, a few spices form shrubs or evergreen trees. They are laticiferous, producing latex, which may be milky or watery, coloured or plain. All parts contain a well-developed duct system (these ducts ...
Remembrance poppies distributed by the Royal British Legion (top) and the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association (bottom). A remembrance poppy is an artificial flower worn in some countries to commemorate their military personnel who died in war. Remembrance poppies are produced by veterans' associations, who exchange the poppies ...
F279. JH1104. Medium. Oil on canvas. Dimensions. 56.0 cm × 46.5 cm (22.0 in × 18.3 in) Location. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut. Vase with Poppies is an 1886 oil painting created in Paris, France by Post-Impressionist Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh.