"Celia Thaxter's Garden, Isles of Shoals, Maine," Frederick Childe Hassam, 1880.

The juxtaposition of the bright red poppies and the rugged rocks in the background make this memorable. Hassam was the grand poobah of American Impressionists, and this view of poet Celia Thaxter's wildflower garden is one of his best.

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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