Gaston Bussière

Gaston Bussière (April 24, 1862, in Cuisery – October 29, 1928 or 1929,[1] in Saulieu) was a French Symbolist painter and illustrator.

Bussière studied at l'Académie des Beaux-Arts in Lyon before entering the école des beaux-arts de Paris where he studied under Alexandre Cabanel and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.

He found inspiration in the theatre works of Berlioz (La Damnation de Faust) as well as William Shakespeare and Richard Wagner.

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.

[3] Many of his works are on exhibit at the Musée des Ursulines in Mâcon.