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Article about absinthe, a high-alcohol drink made with the leaves of the wormwood plant, and its popularity with French artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. "[A]rtists including Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, Gauguin, van Gogh and Degas either drank it or made it the subject of their paintings." Includes images depicting absinthe and absinthe drinking. From a publication of the Tate museums in England. |