Absinthe gained tremendous amount of reputation due to its high alcohol content, Absinthe was consumed intensely by writers and painters in that time in Europe.
Vangogh and Absinthe
He was one of the artist who was in hard consumer category for this product , the wavey structure and the vibration in t he painting might be caused by this alcholic substance.
Like this Vibrational structure
Or in this Painting just before he suicided
Why was the reason for him to see the stars and moon so big ? Why they were painted as like the sky was chasing for vincent , well obviously absente was not the only reason for those but denying the affect might be wrong too.
Manet - Absinthe drinker
We see a man with worn clothes in this painting and there is an empty absinthe bottle and there is one full glass. This is one of Manet's earlier jobs therefore the young painter was a little enthusiastic. He thought that it will create massive affect and increase social awareness. His yoda accused him of losing the moral values for painting a drunk man from Paris. As you can clearly understand these guys faced with some stuff like this.