| Absinthe Posters VI - Anti-Absinthe Artwork |
| Original pen and watercolour sketches by graphic artists for anti-absinthe propaganda, produced between around 1905 and 1915. |
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| An original maquette in ink, pencil and watercolor, for a still undocumented anti-absinthe poster or journal illustration. The artist is apparently Emile Decoeur (1876 - 1953), better known for his art nouveau influenced ceramic works. |
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Signed "Mathieu 1912", this striking pastel measures 60
x 50cm and shows a finely sketched man with three
drinks: le blanc, le rouge and la verte.
More information on the iconography of this work is
urgently required:
I can find no reference to the artist anywhere, nor can I
identify the subject. Of course it may just be a generic
working man, but I don't think so - it has the feel of a
specific person - perhaps an artist, a writer, a union
leader, a campaigner of some sort? The anti-alcohol
message (if that's what it is) is also too subtle to be
generic - if it was, it would typically be harder hitting, with
all the emphasis on l'enfer, and none on le paradis.
It's been suggested the figure represents Zola's
Coupeau, anti-hero of L'Assommoir.
If you can shed any light at all on these questions,
please email Oxygénée.
x 50cm and shows a finely sketched man with three
drinks: le blanc, le rouge and la verte.
More information on the iconography of this work is
urgently required:
I can find no reference to the artist anywhere, nor can I
identify the subject. Of course it may just be a generic
working man, but I don't think so - it has the feel of a
specific person - perhaps an artist, a writer, a union
leader, a campaigner of some sort? The anti-alcohol
message (if that's what it is) is also too subtle to be
generic - if it was, it would typically be harder hitting, with
all the emphasis on l'enfer, and none on le paradis.
It's been suggested the figure represents Zola's
Coupeau, anti-hero of L'Assommoir.
If you can shed any light at all on these questions,
please email Oxygénée.
| An striking original maquette by Alloton in ink and watercolor, for a still undocumented anti-absinthe poster or journal illustration. |
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