Georgia O'Keeffe's 1927 painting Oriental Poppies depicts poppies.
The large-scale work shows two vivid red-orange Oriental poppy blossoms against a dark background. O'Keeffe enlarged flowers dramatically, encouraging viewers to look closely at their folds, centers, and color relationships rather than treating them as small decorative objects.
O'Keeffe repeatedly explained that she painted flowers large because people often did not take time to notice them. Her flower paintings became among her most recognizable works, although they represent only one part of her career, which also included abstraction, city views, animal bones, and New Mexico landscapes.
The painting is sometimes grouped with her better-known flower images such as Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 and Black Iris. Those titles refer to different plants. Oriental Poppies is specifically a study of poppy blossoms, and its saturated reds and dark ground make it especially memorable within O'Keeffe’s floral work.