Olga Wisinger-Florian
Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844–1926) was an Austrian Impressionist painter, interested mainly in landscapes and depictions of flowers. Before becoming a painter she was a concert pianist for a couple of years, but had to interrupt her career due to health problems.
In 1880 she became a student of Emil Jakob Schindler. The following year, her first solo exhibition took place at the Vienna Artists' House. Later, her artworks were exhibited as part of the Vienna Secession and became known internationally as well. As the influence of Schindler on her art faded, she leaned more towards Realism and the use of bright and strong colors.
In Blooming Poppy, the painter seems to be seated in the middle of the poppy field. The horizon is very high and the wide plain seems almost endless. This is a whole new perspective, one that pushes the actual landscape into the background and suddenly shifts the small detail from the foreground into the center of attention. The result is almost like a mixture of landscape and still life in one artwork.
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