Nicolas-Auguste Hesse 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.
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.
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