Why it matters
A woman and a man sit side by side in a Paris café, lethargic and lonely, a glass of absinthe before her. Critics at first called it ugly and disgusting.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1875–1876.
- The models were the actress Ellen Andrée and the painter Marcellin Desboutin.
- Its original title was Dans un Café.
Based on the Wikipedia article L'Absinthe (CC BY-SA 4.0).
