Works Cited
I owe my gratitude to my writing partners (Lily Miao and Simon Kheifets), Professor Katharine Chubbuck and other classmates in the writing seminar, as well as the tutors at the Writing Centre, who gave me valuable advice on my essays. I would also like to thank the helpers in the New Media Center for their assistance on my website.
Images
De Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri. Portrait of Vincent van Gogh. 1887. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Holland.
De Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri. Self-Portrait. 1883. Musee Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France.
Gauguin, Paul. Night Cafe, Arles. 1888. Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia.
Toulouse-Lautrec and Lucien Métivet Drinking Absinthe. Circa 1887. location unknown. Absinthe - History in a Bottle. By Barnaby Conrad. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1988. pp.54.
Van Gogh, Vincent. Agostina Segatori in the Café du Tambourin. 1887. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Holland.
Van Gogh, Vincent. Glass of Absinthe. 1887. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Holland.
Van Gogh, Vincent. Men in Front of the Counter in a Café. Undated. Collection E. Buckman, Richmond, Virginia.
Van Gogh, Vincent. Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe. 1889. Private collection.
Van Gogh, Vincent. The Night Café. 1888. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut.
Van Gogh, Vincent. The Cafe Terrace. 1888. Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Holland.
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