#the green fairy

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Viktor Oliva - Absinthe drinker.

A similar painting, here

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"La Muse verte"

by Albert Maignan

Oil Painting, 1895.

Musée de Picardie.

Little note, read if you want!

Long time no see, everybody! I'm back from the ditches, here to present another wonderful piece of art.

Fun fact: like most alcohol and hard drugs during the earlier periods, absinthe was said to be used as medicine for children. How lovely!

Why do I bring this up? Because this painting depicts a poet being visited by a little green fairy. Still not making sense? In historical literature, absinthe is referred to as "la fée verte" (the green fairy).

You might know absinthe as having hallucinogenic properties, but this is false unless you abuse the drink itself. The 19th and 20th centuries describe this as a disorder called Absinthism.

^^ I specifically bring this up because, besides namesake, paintings usually depict a green spirit (that of a woman) sitting or disrupting other people, which could be attributed to the hallucination side-effect of drinking so much.

There is so much history surrounding absinthe that I might as well make an entire post about it. And whenever that does happen, I'll be sure to include all the beautiful artwork associated with the spirit.

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[alwaysmorerouge]

A little bit of green fairy today🧚🏻🍾

Brought to you by his majesty Derek Klena❗️

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Kylie Minogue as The Green Fairy in Moulin Rouge (2001)

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[pamietniko]

the green fairy

Prague, Czechia

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Jeanne Mammen

Woman with absinthe glass, Moulin Rouge

early 1900s

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Princess Tutu Zwei episode 3, part2 screenshots 15

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The party Mr. and Mrs. Darling were attending was at the home of Oscar Wilde, and "the Green Fairy" was entertaining.

[stuckasmain]

Release the Ozzy Osborne green fairy cut you cowards.

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Albert Maignan - La Muse Verte (The green muse), 1895. Drawing. More >> 1 | 2 | 3

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Kylie Minogue as The Green Fairy in Moulin Rouge! (2001).

[hippy-living]

“La Fee Verté” 💚

The Green Fairy 🧚🏼

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💐🧚🏻‍♂️📚🍄🧌

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