Traditionally distilled from a variety of plant extracts infused into an ethanol base, the exact recipe for this “ambrosial poison” (yet another metaphor for absinthe during the early 20th century), varied from one maker to another.
Absinthe green fairy skin#
In Gauguin’s painting At the Café/Night Café, one can clearly see an absinthe glass with a spoon in it, some sugar cubes on a tray and water bottle sitting on a table in front of a woman who has a blissful, dreamy look on her face, her skin tinged with the color green, all obvious references to absinthe and its effects. Outlawed in France in 1915, absinthe left behind a spectacular narrative of a heady time, with colorful, artistic luminaries dotting the landscape of its rich history, such as Pablo Picasso, whose use of distorted and heightened color reflects the effects of absinthe – and Paul Gauguin, whose Tahitian period was said to have been highly influenced by the plentiful supply of “the green muse” that he brought with him on his travels to Tahiti. The work of Vincent van Gogh, an absinthe addict, still serves as visual representation of the hallucinogenic effects of absinthe through his use of hyper-real color and vibrating, highly textured views of reality. Writers Oscar Wilde and Ernest Hemingway were both influenced by the “the green goddess” (another popular name for the drink). Both Toulouse-Lautrec and Edouard Manet immortalized the liqueur in their paintings.
This fashionable elixir, renowned for its chartreuse color, bitter taste and anise flavoring, was all the rage during this period of Western Europe’s history, when the region was experiencing relative peace and prosperity, and the art world was flourishing.Ībsinthe served as inspiration for many literary and visual works of art. We will share recipes with you, as well as the best places we have found to purchase ready-made absinthe, as well as kits and ingredients for making your own! Discover why this drink has become so infamous the world-over, and was the favorite of so many artists throughout history.Ībsinthe, more popularly known as The Green Fairy, was colloquially referred to as the “national drink” of France during the period from the end of the Franco-Prussian War to the beginning of World War I. In celebration of the lifting of the almost 100-year ban on absinthe, what follows is an overview of the elixir’s history.
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