Oriental Poppies appears in the title of Georgia O'Keeffe's 1927 painting Oriental Poppies. The work shows two large red flowers filling much of the composition, with dark centers that heighten the contrast.
O'Keeffe became famous for paintings that enlarged flowers to monumental scale. She wanted viewers to look closely at forms they might otherwise overlook, and the close-up format encouraged attention to petal edges, color relationships, and the structure of the flower's center.
Oriental Poppies is frequently discussed alongside O'Keeffe's other flower paintings, but its title identifies a specific species group rather than a generic poppy image. It is also distinct from her paintings of irises, calla lilies, roses, and cannas. The 1927 date places it in the period when O'Keeffe was living in New York and developing the enlarged-flower imagery that became central to her public reputation.