Gaston Bussière

Gaston Bussière (April 24, 1862 in Cuisery – October 29, 1928 or 1929 in Saulieu) was a French Symbolist painter and illustrator.

Gaston Bussière
Gaston Bussière in 1899.
Born	(1862-04-24)24 April 1862 Cuisery
Died	28 October 1928(1928-10-28) (aged 66) Saulieu
Nationality	French
Education	École des Beaux-Arts de Paris

Biography

Bussière studied at l'Académie des Beaux-Arts in Lyon before entering l'École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He studied under Alexandre Cabanel then under Pierre Puvis de Chavannes . In 1884, he won the Marie Bashkirtseff Prize. In 1885, he displayed his works at the Salon.

He was close to Gustave Moreau. Bussière was inspired by the works of Hector Berlioz, William Shakespeare and Richard Wagner. He made the illustrations of the works of Honoré de Balzac, Théophile Gautier, Oscar Wilde and Gustave Flaubert. He also contributed to the magazine Le Monde moderne .

He has been close to Joséphin Péladan for a short period of time, which allowed him to display his works at the Salon of the Rose-Cross between 1893 and 1895.

The Museum of Ursulines in Macôn keeps a collection of his works.

Gallery

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  Yseult the Blonde
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  Jeanne d'Arc
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  Leilah (1913)
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  Embrace in Evening Light (1927)
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  Isolde: La Princesse Celte (1911)
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  The Revelation: Brünnhilde discovering Sieglinde and Siegmund (1894)
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  Ophelia (circa 1900)
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  Viviane and Merlin (circa 1900)
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  Elsa and Lohengrin (1910)
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  Tristan and Iseult (1911)

Connections

• Inventory of paintings by Gaston Bussière on the French Ministry of Culture database Joconde
• A biography is available through the Burgundy museums Website Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine