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Nicolas-Auguste Hesse
French painter

Nicolas-Auguste Hesse

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French painter
A.K.A.
Nicolas Auguste Hesse
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Place of birth
Paris, France
Place of death
Paris, France
Age
73 years
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Education
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
French Academy in Rome
(1818-1823)
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Biography

Nicolas-Auguste Hesse (28 August 1795, Paris – 14 June 1869, Paris) was a French painter and artist. He produced historical, mythological, religious and allegorical works along with portraits, wall paintings and designs for stained glass windows.

Life

He studied under his brother Henri Joseph Hesse and under baron Antoine-Jean Gros. He was the uncle of the painter Alexandre Hesse. He entered the École des beaux-arts de Paris in August 1811 and won the 1818 prix de Rome with Baucis and Philemon receiving Jupiter and Mercury.

He first exhibited at the 1824 Salon and from then on became one of the most noted painters of the era. In 1827 he exhibited Foundation of the Collège de Sorbonne around the year 1256 at the Salon - it had been commissioned for the church of the Sorbonne. In 1838 he exhibited Jesus Christ in the Sepulchre (cathédrale de Périgueux) and General Sitting of the Estates General on 23rd June 1789 (musée d'Amiens).

He also produced The Death of Adonis, a stained glass window for the église Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot (1843), The Virgin fainting] (1845), Jacob wrestling with the angel (cathédrale d'Avranches, 1851) and Clytie dying (musée de Picardie à Amiens, 1853). He won a first class medal in 1838 and in 1840 was decorated. He was finally made a member of the Institut, where he succeeded Eugène Delacroix in 1863.

Works in public collections

  • Amiens : Sitting of the Estates General, Clytie dying.
  • Dijon : Original Sin
  • Lisieux : Allegorical figure of the Republic.
  • Paris, musée du Louvre : The Virgin fainting.
  • Pontoise : Sainte Barbe, Head of an old woman.
  • Troyes : Portrait of François Girardon, sculptor.
  • Beaune, Musée des beaux-arts de Beaune: Original sin ,
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