Gaston Bussière
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Gaston Bussière (painter)
)Gaston Bussière (April 24, 1862, in
Symbolist
painter and illustrator.
Biography
Bussière studied at l'Académie des Beaux-Arts in
école des beaux-arts de Paris where he studied under Alexandre Cabanel and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. In 1884, he won the Marie Bashkirtseff
prize.
He was close to
Berlioz (La Damnation de Faust) as well as William Shakespeare and Richard Wagner. He became in demand as an illustrator, creating works for major authors. He illustrated Honoré de Balzac's Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes published in 1897, Émaux et camées, written by Théophile Gautier,[2] as well as Oscar Wilde's Salomé. He also illustrated several works by Flaubert
.
An associate of Joséphin Péladan, the founder of the Rose-Croix esthétique, Bussière exhibited his works at Salon de la Rose-Croix over two years.[3]
Many of his works are on exhibit at the Musée des Ursulines in Mâcon.
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:Brünnhildediscovering Sieglinde and Siegmund (1894)
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Ophelia (circa 1900)
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Elsa and Lohengrin (1910)
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Tristan and Iseult (1911)
References
- ^ "Gaston Bussiere". Art Renewal Center. Retrieved 17 Dec 2015.
- ^ "Livres rares". Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ^ "Galerie Treadway, catalogue available online". Archived from the original on 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
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