Absinthe is an alcoholic drink well-known for its famous users of the past. Only cognac can compete with it in the number of the celebrities who fancied it. The mysterious as well as infamous image of the spirit has always seemed to be tempting, especially to creative people. Thus, absinthe has had an evident indisputable cultural impact on arts.
Edgar Degas.
In 1876 he painted a picture portraying two gloomy absinthe drinkers in a bar. They say that Edgar Degas never called the painting “L’absinthe” and it was named like this either by his dealer or its later owner.
Edouard Manet.
Demonstrated his vulnerability to the alcoholic beverage and its effects by opening his career with the picture “The absinth drinker” (1885).
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
He was widely known as a regular absinthe drinker and absinthe can be observed in many of his paintings. However “Monsieur Boileau au cafe” is considered to be the most remarkable one, featuring the spirit.
Pablo Picasso.
The genius artist, sculptor and inventor embodied his passion to absinthe in such paintings as "Woman Drinking Absinthe" (1901) and "Bottle of Pernod and Glass" (1912), and in the sculpture "Absinthe Glass" (1914).
Paul Gauguin.
The painter also had a reputation of an enthusiastic absinthe drinker and the frequent use of the green color in his pictures is said to be contributed by the influence of the spirit.
Vincent Van Gogh.
Throughout his life he suffered epileptic fits and psychotic attacks and was also known to drink formidable quantities of absinthe. In his paintings Van Gogh often used pale greens and shades of yellow – ‘absinthe colors’ – depicting the bar where he used to drink the spirit or himself with the glass of the green liquor.
Among other famous absintheurs one could name:
Andrew Jackson.
A U.S. National hero during the War of 1812, a Congressman, a US Senator, a Judge on the Tennessee Supreme Court, U.S. President, Jackson also favored the alcoholic beverage.
Theodore Roosevelt.
One of the youngest, most loved and favored US Presidents demonstrated affection to the ‘Green Fairy’ as well.
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