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Drinking With The Devil the FOR HE MS; HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND NOTORIOUS “drunk on the sly, with fear of treason and if i drink it no longer, it is for a good reason” paul verlaine “a glass of absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. what difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset?” oscar wilde Absinthe “the hour for taking absinthe was at hand” guy de maupassant “i understand that absinthe makes the tart grow fonder” ernest dowson “keep always this dim corner for me, that i may sit while the green hour glides, a proud pavine of time” aleister crowley 56 “got tight last night on absinthe and did knife tricks. great success shooting the knife underhand into the piano” ernest hemingway “i am the instigator of crime “o green absinthe sea, o calm absinthe oblivion, numb my senses and let me fall asleep in peace” august strindberg i am ruin and sorrow i am shame i am dishonour i am death i am absinthe” marie corelli
Drinking With The Devil L'Absinthe by Edgar Degas was called ugly and disgusting when first shown as many saw it as a blow to morality “across the world, celebrity thinkers reached for a bottle, hoping to find their muse somewhere in the green tipple” and royalty, but here was a painting of a drunken tramp. Similarly, Edgar Degas’s L’Absinthe depicts the expressionless addicts, sitting isolated and zombie-like in a café, and Paul Gauguin’s love of the mind-altering drink inspired his unmistakable post-impressionist works, its influence seen not in subject, but in the style that is uniquely Gauguin. The most notorious episodes of absinthe consumption in the art world don’t involve paint and canvas, however. Toulouse-Lautrec was so devoted to the drink that he carried a hollowed cane filled with it, so that he would never be far from a taste. His works make frequent reference to absinthe, and in Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 movie Moulin Rouge, it’s Toulouse-Lautrec who introduces the innocent hero to the Green Fairy on a riotous night on the town. Vincent van Gogh, a man with a reputation for extremes, drank huge quantities of absinthe. Indeed, some believe that van Gogh was under its influence when, in a legendary episode of mania, he cut off his ear and then sent it to a brothel maid. Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that van Gogh’s companion during this incident was Paul Gauguin. In the realms of literature, absinthe was no less influential. Charles Baudelaire and Guy de Maupassant drank it often and referenced it in their work. Playwright and author, Alfred Jarry, was so devoted to the Green Fairy that he painted his face green, took to his bicycle and pedalled through Paris singing its praises. Even Ernest Hemingway was among its many fans. In 1931, while intoxicated, he performed gun and knife tricks in his Florida home and reported them with glee to his friends. For poet Paul Verlaine, the absinthe experience was considerably less good-humoured. A slave to a parasitic aphid, the phylloxera, ravaged the vineyards of Europe, eventually reaching the fertile flora of France. With the vines stripped bare and the aphid showing no sign of lessening its grip, the drinkers of France were in need of something to fill their empty glasses. With so many returning soldiers singing its praises, absinthe became the obvious choice, and it didn't take long until everyone in France was indulging in a glass. Although absinthe will always be associated with the bohemian set, especially those who caroused at the Moulin Rouge and whose poetry, artworks and escapades have become famed, the drink wasn’t solely the preserve of the artistic classes. Despite its reputation as ‘the poet’s poison’, you were as likely to find a factory worker sipping absinthe in the suburbs as you were to glimpse Picasso indulging on the left bank and, crucially, the bourgeoisie loved it. Their lives were safe, secure and respectable, and in something so simple as the ritual pouring of a glass of absinthe, they tasted bohemian decadence. Tomorrow they would be respectable all over again, but the evening was for intoxicated debauchery. When absinthe ensnared the bourgeoisie, its dominance was secured. Production increasing to meet the massive demand and rapidly falling prices put absinthe in everyone’s reach. Although its popularity in most other countries didn’t quite reach French levels of enjoyment, it was quaffed across the continent and beyond, reaching as far as the Czech lands of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Perhaps the only place where the popularity of absinthe rivalled its French standing was in Prague. Here absinthe was a favourite of the artistic community, while across the Atlantic in New Orleans a bar named The Absinthe Room opened in 1874 and attracted some very illustrious clients. Standing alone in the annals of absinthe lore is Spain, the only mainland continental country never to have banned the drink. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that the original proprietor of that New Orleans bar was a Spanish national. Across the world, celebrity thinkers reached for a bottle, hoping to find their muse somewhere in the green tipple. It inspired many paintings, including Édouard Manet’s The Absinthe Drinker, which got his career off to a controversial start. Traditionally, full-length portraits were reserved for aristocracy "Absente" poster for absinthe in a back street of Nice. Vincent van Gogh helped to popularise the drink 57
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