THE ABSINTHE

This is a drink that means the bohemian lifestyle in Paris during most of the 19th Century.

And, naturally, painting Absinthe drinkers became a routine for some of the greatest artists in Paris.

"absinthe drinker", Pablo Picasso, 1901

Portrait of Vincent van Gogh drinking absinthe, by Toulouse-Lautrec

"absinth", 1901, Pablo Picasso

"glass of absinthe and a carafe", 1884, Vincent van Gogh

"girl with absinthe", 1924, Stefan Bedrich

"still life with absinthe", 1887, Vincent van Gogh

"the absinthe drinker", by Viktor Oliva

"the absinthe drinker", 1876,  Edgar Degas

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Au café Procope, Serafino Macchiati, 1890

"the drinkers", Honoré Daumier, 1861

"the absinthe drinker", Steve D. Hammond

"the absinthe drinker", portrait of  Angel de Soto, 1903, Pablo Picasso

"absinthe", 1902, Axel Torneman

"the drinkers", Jean Béraud, 1908

"green fairy", an Art Nouveau poster, 1900

"la muse verte", 1895, Albert Maignan

"the absinthe drinker", 1858, Edouard Manet