The liquor absinthe, long illegal in the U.S., once provided inspiration to legendary artists and writers including Van Gogh, Oscar Wilde and Ernest Hemingway. Its overconsumption was also thought to lead to madness, the reason for its ban. Fortunately Was Vincent van Gogh addicted to absinthe and overly fond of camphor and turpentine? Did substance abuse help push him toward his suicide in 1890? Wilfred Niels Arnold, a Kansas City, Kan., biochemist, thinks so in both cases. In the current issue of the There is well-documented evidence that van Gogh was a frequent imbiber of absinthe, a popular alcoholic beverage of the late 19th century. The main psychoactive ingredient of absinthe, which is illegal in most countries, is an extract of wormwood leaves. 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 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. 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 .
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 Van Gogh’s preference for the color yellow may have been that he simply liked the color. However, 2 speculations exist that his yellow vision was caused by overmedication with digitalis or excessive ingestion of the liqueur absinthe. The drink contains 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 Long suspected to have contributed to psychoses, fits and hallucinations in such famous artists and writers as van Gogh, Poe and Baudelaire, the liqueur absinthe they cherished contained a potent toxin that Berkeley scientists now say causes neurons to .
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