Absinthe Van Gogh

Pontarlier (France) (AFP) - It's the drink that, more than any lover, drove a generation of artists, from Van Gogh to Oscar Wilde and Verlaine, to distraction. Absinthe was their muse, their creative rocket fuel, but the fabled "fee verte" (green fairy Hence the bandage over van Gogh’s ear in the self portrait, and the visual pun of the museum’s cafe advertisement. Hopefully their coffee doesn’t have the same impact that absinthe did on the Impressionists. With the same ingredients rumored to have inspired the works of Picasso, Hemingway and van Gogh, Matt Hottenroth of Dogwood Distilling creates his own together herbs and wine into his new Haint absinthe. The glowing green concoction has long been The long-cherished idea that absinthe, an anise-flavored alcoholic beverage with a history of use by artists like Van Gogh and Picasso, is or ever was hallucinogenic might have met its death by data today. German scientists put old bottles of the substance The novelist and poet Michèle Roberts presents a history of absinthe, and its influence on art and writing. Toulouse-Lautrec, Verlaine, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Oscar Wilde and Hemingway - all are united by their love of absinthe. In the late C19th it became so Vincent Van Gogh famously loved absinthe. The spirit was highly en vogue in the late 19th century when the troubled artist was painting his vivid masterpieces. It's up for debate whether too much of the drink contributed to his famous "ear" episode in .

It's the drink that, more than any lover, drove a generation of artists, from Van Gogh to Oscar Wilde and Verlaine, to distraction. Absinthe was their muse, their creative rocket fuel, but the fabled "fee verte" (green fairy), which they venerated in This is to say that absinthe is really enjoyed best as an aperitif, as one would enjoy a wine with hors doeuvres. There haven’t been any stories told lately of people van Gogh-ing their ears off, because nowadays, at the places you can find it Famed for turning the cafes of Montmartre into a haven for booze-addled artists, the story of absinthe – and its current revival in Paris — is as thick and cloudy as the drink itself. Famed for turning the cafes of Montmartre into a haven for booze Vincent van Gogh is considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt He lived on coffee, bread and absinthe, and found himself feeling sick and strange. Before long, it became apparent that in addition to suffering from physical illness, his .

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