Alexandre Hesse
Illustration — Death of Titian from the plague, 1832, Louvre Museum Alexandre Jean Baptiste Hesse (1806 – 1879), was a French painter.
Also recorded as Alexandre-Jean-Baptiste Hesse · alexandre hesse · Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Hesse · Alexandre Jean Baptiste Hesse
Alexandre Hesse
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- 1806 · Paris.
- Died
- 1879 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Teachers
- Antoine-Jean Gros
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Death of Titian from the plague, 1832, Louvre Museum Alexandre Jean Baptiste Hesse (1806 – 1879), was a French painter.
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Alexandre Hesse studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Antoine-Jean Gros is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Italy and Venice. Work by Alexandre Hesse is recorded in the collections of Detroit Institute of Arts, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, Musée de l'Histoire de France, Musée national du château de Pau and Philadelphia Museum of Art.
He was born in Paris as the son of Henri-Joseph Hesse, a portrait and miniature painter. He attended the École des Beaux-Arts there where he was taught by Jean-Victor Bertin and Antoine Jean Gros. In 1830 he visited Venice and is known for portraits and religious works. He died in Paris.
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- 1.Article fr-FR L'état des églises parisiennes (5) : Saint-Séverin – La Tribune de l'Art La Tribune de l'Art 2018-07-01 lire en https://www.latribunedelart.com/l-etat-des-eglises-parisiennes-5-saint-severin consulté le=2018-07-01 .
- 2.Gloires de marbre, trois siècles de portraits sculptés à l'Institut de France, Milan, éd. 5 continents, 2005.
- 3.Le cimetière du Père Lachaise. S. Mercadier. 1908.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Pol Nicard, Alexandre Hesse, sa vie et ses ouvrages, Paris, 1882.
- Marie-Madeleine Aubrun, Alexandre Hesse 1806-1879, quelques aspects du portraitiste et du dessinateur, Paris, galerie Pierre Gaubert, 1979.
- Emmanuelle Brugerolles et David Guillet, Dessins d’Alexandre Hesse conservés à l’École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, études pour les décorations peintes, [catalogue d’exposition], Paris, Musée d’Orsay, 1988.
- Stéphane Paccoud, « Alexandre Hesse (1806-1879) », dans Autour de la Madeleine, art, littérature et société, Paris, 2005, .
- Stéphane Paccoud, « Quel style pour représenter les maîtres anciens : l'exemple des Honneurs funèbres rendus au Titien d'Alexandre Hesse », dans L'Artiste en représentation. Images des artistes dans l'art du , [catalogue d'exposition], La Roche-sur-Yon, musée municipal de La Roche-sur-Yon, 2012-2013, .
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