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Despite the fact that he has such a long history, such as wine, absinthe has earned the right to be called a unique phenomenon in world culture. But when it comes to talking about the attitude of this drink to painting, to mind almost comes first "The absinthe drinker" Pablo Picasso.
The young Spaniard was lucky to live in Paris in a time when it was possible to fully taste all the delights of Bohemian life, including trips to brothels in the company of impoverished artists and unhindered use of absinthe. But in the French capital, Picasso will move only in , but in the meantime he shuttles regularly between Paris and Barcelona, working hard, and suffering from lack of money and insecurity. In Picasso will write "Portrait of angel Fernandez de Soto" whose character is depicted at a table before a glass of absinthe.
He survived and renounced poetry and absinthe for the military. The painting caused something of a scandal as people were offended by the realist, seedy image, particularly since concern was rising about the enjoyment of absinthe among Parisian bohemians. Though no explicit evidence has been found suggesting Manet indulged in drinking absinthe himself, it is generally thought he would have experienced the green fairy.
Painter, musician, poet, chemist, and inventor, Charles Cros — who helped develop telegraph and Paleophone technology — was a notorious absinthe drinker. He was also befriended by Velaire and Rimbaud, a relationship which possibly strengthened his love of absinthe. He was said to have, on occasion, consumed up to 20 glasses of absinthe a day and was a regular visitor of legendary absinthe cafes in France. Renowned for his love of absinthe, as well as his eccentric works, dramatist and satirist Alfred Jarry was another notorious frequenter of Parisian absinthe cafes.
So much did he love the spirit, he allegedly rode through a town on his bicycle with his face painted green in celebration of the joys of absinthe. He had an extravagant lifestyle typified by excess despite his financial difficulties. Unfortunately, very little of these early works have survived, possibly having been destroyed by Manet himself. A few years later, Manet painted his first major work, The Absinthe Drinker.
The subject of the painting was an alcoholic chiffonnier, or rag picker , by the name of Collardet who was known to hang around the vicinity of the Louvre museum, collecting scraps and drinking.
Collardet leans against a ledge, dressed like a dandy in his black hat and brown cloak, reminiscent of so many portraits of aristocrats and royal figures. At his feet lay the discarded bottle of absinthe, a single half-filled glass of the green liquor waiting beside him. When Monet completed the painting and presented it to his former painting instructor, Thomas Couture, his teacher said to him that he had lost his moral sense. Undeterred, Manet submitted the painting to the Paris Salon in
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