The Absinthe Drinker by Viktor Oliva
Viktor Oliva, Topičův Salon, Poster, 1895
Poster 100 in Les Maîtres de l'Affiche
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Absinthe is an anise-flavoured spirit derived from several plants, including the flowers and leaves of Artemisia absinthium, together with green anise, sweet fennel, and other medicinal and culinary h
Viktor Oliva
…right in the heart of the "Bohemian Revolution". His art greatly improved in such a richly artistic environment. Paris is where he discovered the joy of absinthe. He also greatly loved the exhilaration of ballooning. This group all held very true to the ideals that the Artistic Bohemians believed in. They all…
Reservoir glass with naturally coloured verte absinthe and an absinthe spoon
Albert Maignan's Green Muse (1895): a poet succumbs to the Green Fairy.
An absinthe frappé, a common way to serve absinthe with simple syrup, water, and crushed ice
L'Absinthe, by Edgar Degas, 1876