Caricature By Gir, "the Green Hour" 1906

Caricature signed Charles Gir "L'heure verte" dated 1906 bottom left.
Drawing in colored pencils enhanced on paper.
Dark brown wooden frame with later varnish.
Note : slight rippling of the paper.

Journalists / columnists / writers Auguste, Catulle Mendès, Duval, Courteline and Ernest La Jeunesse are depicted drinking absinthe.
Every evening around 6 p.m., on the terraces of the boulevards or on the zinc counters of small bars, the "heure verte" rings out.
The absinthe ritual was widespread in the tens of thousands of French cafés from the mid-19th century until 1915. Many painters such as Manet, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Gauguin painted absinthe drinkers in fashionable cafés and cabarets.

Charles-Felix Gir was a renowned painter, watercolourist, sculptor and illustrator. He was married to Jeanne Fusier-Gir, a well-known actress, and they attended the Paris Opera every night for 17 years where she performed. He created advertising posters for the theatre, illustrated literary works and composed press cartoons and caricatures for various satirical magazines such as l'Assiette au Beurre.

Frame dimensions : 38.5 cm x 51.3 cm
View dimensions : 30.5 cm x 43 cm

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