Remembering Arthur Rimbaud on his birthday 🎂
His portrait at 17, by Etienne Carjat, 1871
Musée Arthur Rimbaud
"One might say that contemporary French poetry owes everything to Rimbaud. Thus far, however, none have gone beyond him - in daring or invention."
- Henry Miller
A portrait of Arthur Rimbaud by Paul Verlaine, 1872
This is the revolver with which Paul Verlaine shot & injured his lover Arthur Rimbaud. It was auctioned by Christie's in 2016
📷 Thomas Samson
Happy birthday Arthur Rimbaud 🎂
One of the "Illustrations des Poètes maudits", text by Paul Verlaine & illustrated by Manuel Luque, 1888
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Ernest Pignon's painting of Arthur Rimbaud, projected in Paris
📷 Guy Le Querrec, 1981
On Arthur Rimbaud's birthday, his watch in the Musée Arthur Rimbaud, Ville de Charleville-Mézières
Arthur Rimbaud's “Le Bateau ivre” on a wall in Paris
📷 Dmitry Kostyukov, 2019
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