Our online store offers as well a wide selection of real Absinthe and accessories. For example the Absinthe drinker by van Gogh or the famous Moulin Rouge pictures by Toulouse Lautrec.
They all have painted beautiful paintings with Absinthe as the main theme. You might know artists like van Gogh, Toulouse Lautrec or Manet. An Absinthe poster is something very authentic and special, as it represents the style of the Belle Epoque. They can all be used for posters and some can be found in our poster shop. This created a large assortment of unique designs. Therefore all the ads for Absinthe were painted or printed. During this time photography was still very expensive as it was just invented. Well, Absinthe was THE drink of the 19th century.
Maybe you are wondering why there are as well so many vintage designs available. You see the Moulin Vert design at the left side. We sell some vintage designs and some contemporary designs of Absinthe brands like Moulin Vert, Strong68 or La Bleue.
In order to overcome this bad publicity, the Cusenier family innovated by creating a so-called beneficial absinthe: Absinthe Oxygénée which this poster advertises.Ī man in a bar with Art Nouveau decoration, prepares the ritual of absinthe à la française: the absinthe is in the bottom of the glass, a perforated absinthe spoon.You can buy an Absinthe poster online at ALANDIA. This doctor, also an apothecary, created a miracle cure "the Green Fairy" which was in fact an elixir of absinthe recommended to treat epilepsy, gout, worms, kidney stones, colic and headache.Īround 1800, a Swiss trader bought the recipe with the idea of ?marketing it as an aperitif drink.Įugene Cusenier, seeing the success of this drink, founded a distillery of absinthe in the Doubs in 1855.īut it was also in the 1860s that the first articles related to absinthe abuse (absinthism) were published. If there are imperfections they are marginal and imperceptible.įrancisco Nicolas Tamagno is an Italian painter and poster artist, active in France between 18.Ībsinthe seems to have been invented in the late eighteenth century by a doctor from Franche-Comté, a native of Doubs, Dr. The colours are fresh and there are no or very few paper losses. Designates a poster in very good condition. Materials and Techniques: Colour lithograph on paperĬondition: A. Title: L’Absinthe Cusenier Oxygenée - C’est ma santé Original Vintage Poster created by Fransisco Tamagno for Absinthe Cusenier advertising in 1896. Because thujone, and thus Absinthe, could cause such severe and lingering mental dysfunction, the drink was banned in most countries by the early 1900s. In the case of Absinthe, the culprit was thujone, a toxic oil found in wormwood, one of the drink's main ingredients. But also like many hallucinogens, it contained chemicals that were not particularly healthy. The drink was nicknamed the green 'Muse' because, like many hallucinogens that came after it, Absinthe gave the imbiber the real or imaginary impression of heightened sensitivity. Probably Livemont's most recognized work and the poster most associated with Absinthe, the poster succeeds, like the drink itself, by combining reality and illusion.Ī licorice-flavored, green liqueur, Absinthe was created in the late 1700s and became very popular by the beginning of the next century. The intoxicating effect of the drink is implied in the rising vapor which curls in classic Art Nouveau style and adds to the mystical awe of the poster. In his green-tinted poster, Livemont immerses the viewer in the liqueur with his subtle choice of color and expert graduations and blends. About Privat Livemont, a skilled lithographer, designed this poster for Absinthe Robette in 1896.
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