Auguste Alexandre Hirsch (1833 - 1912). Auguste Alexandre Hirsch was the son of Alexandre Hirsch, merchant embroiderer, and Rosalie Mayer. He is the brother of Malvina Hirsch, Abraham Hirsch, chief architect of the City of Lyon, Julie Hirsch and Joseph Hirsch, chief engineer, civil engineer, professor of Machines at the School of Bridges and Roads, of applied mechanics at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts, experimenter and expert in thermal machines then Honorary Inspector General of Bridges and Roads. Auguste Alexandre Hirsch was a pupil of Victor Vibert in Lyon between 1851 and 1854, then that of Hippolyte Flandrin and Charles Gleyre at the École des beaux-arts in Paris. He made a trip to Morocco in 1870 which inspired him paintings on the community of Tetouan. He started at the Salon of 1857 with a drawing of Moses. He exhibited in Paris and Lyon from 1857 to 1909. He was medalist at the Salon in 1889, at the Universal Exhibition of 1889 and 1900. His Israelite origins led him to choose a discreet identity commitment by introducing Jewish notes into a rather classic iconography. An academic painter, he painted portraits, genre scenes and subjects inspired by classical mythology. In 1877 he painted the ceiling of the Célestins theater in Lyon. He was inspector of drawing education at the Fine Arts administration in 1879 and inspector of departmental museums in 1887. He wrote the article Practical perspective for the Dictionary of primary education and instruction.