Auguste-Alexandre Hirsch (Lyon, 1833 - Paris, 1911), Scene in an Arab city

Auguste-Alexandre Hirsch (Lyon, 1833 - Paris, 1911) Scene in an Arab city Oil on canvas, 65 x 52 cm Framed 83.5 x 70 cm The French painter Auguste-Alexandre Hirsch (Lyon 1833 - Paris 1911) studied at the School of Fine Arts in Lyon before entering the studio of Hippolyte Flandrin (1809-1864) and Charles Gleyre (1806-1874). From 1857 he exhibited in many salons, including the Salon des Artistes Français, the Société des Artistes Français and at the Universal Expositions. He produced portraits, genre scenes, history paintings, and lithographs. In 1870 he traveled to Morocco with Antoine Lecomte, going for a period to Tangier and then settling in Tetuan. This visit inspired his mature period: his focus was thus directed on the female figure and orientalist themes. Hirsch was inspector of drawing teaching at the Administration de Beaux Arts in 1879 and inspector of departmental museums in 1887. He wrote the article "Practical perspective" for the Dictionary of pedagogy and primary education. Like Lecomte, he mainly portrays the Jewish community, which is particularly numerous in this city, as in the Little Jew of Tetuan and Religious instructions in Morocco. He also represents Muslims, as in the works Return of the Hadjis (1880 c.), Moroccans at the Baths, Portrait of a Moroccan. In the canvas under examination, the composition is very poetic and representative of the artist's talent; the young women seem to float lightly around the typical Arab buildings that dominate the composition. The resulting image is a happy combination of a studied landscape full of light, the painter's brilliant portrait intuition, and academic painting, that is, between a real image and a dream. The work can therefore be traced back to the artist's second mature period, depicting a glimpse of a city that can be identified with Tetuan. The painting stands out for the light that seems to come directly from the canvas: observing it, the illusion of sunlight reflecting on the white walls of the buildings is evident. The perspective skill with which the intricate alleys typical of Arab architecture have been rendered is also admirable: there are several vanishing points that allow the scene to be  The object is in a good state of preservation With Ars Antiqua it is possible to spread all amounts up to a maximum of €7,500 at ZERO RATE, for a total of 15 INSTALLMENTS. Ex. Tot. €4,500 = Monthly installment €300 for 15 months. Ex. Tot. €3,600 = Monthly installment €720 for 5 months. For amounts exceeding €7,500 or for a longer time frame (over 15 installments), we can provide customized payment. Contact us directly for the best quote. LIVE TV – SUNDAY 19.00 – 23.00 Dig.terr. 126 + 809 SKY - THURSDAY 21.00 - 24.00 Dig.terr. 134 + 809 SKY – Streaming on our website www.arsantiquasrl.com and on our social media Facebook and Youtube All works proposed by Ars Antiqua are sold accompanied by a certificate of authenticity according to law and accurate in-depth sheet. It is possible to see the works directly at the Milan gallery showroom, in via Pisacane 55 and 57. We personally organize transports and deliveries of the works, both for Italy and abroad.