The Absinthe Drinker created by the impressionist painter Edgar Degas measured 92 x 68 cm, which was made between 1875 and 1876. Now it is collected in Orsay Museum in Paris. The painting, The Absinthe Drinker had the rough and broad strokes, which vividly and concisely depicted two people’s state of mind. A cup of absinth showed two people’s frustrated pain. The composition seemed to be a little strange: people were pushed to the upper right corner and most of the space was used to describe the furnishings of the bar. This empty feeling and the characters’ sense of loss cast beautiful reflections, which was hailed as a thoughtful narrative painting.

What Degas’s this impressionism artwork depicted was just an ordinary life scene. The leading actor in the painting was the printmaker Taisisedan and the heroine was the actress Andelei. Degas made this painting with the special

rough generalization, far-reaching conception and strange composition.