When Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890) spent the summer and autumn of 1886 in Paris, he created more than 30 remarkable images of flowers in vases, including “Poppies,” to help him harness his discovery of color and neo-Impressionist theory. Although Van Gogh’s life was full of severe depression, he was able to access powerful feelings of love of nature and a passion for beauty that he eloquently communicated through his art. Impoverished and unacknowledged during his lifetime, Van Gogh, whose body of work is unrivaled in scope and originality, is one of the most influential artists of the last century,