Charles Swagers
French painter
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Charles Swagers (1792-after 1849) was a French painter, primarily of historical subjects, active in the early 19th century. He studied under his father, Franz Swagers, a landscape and marine painter from Utrecht who had settled in Paris.[2] Swagers is best known for the grisaille he exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1833 titled The Tomb of Maria Christina of Austria, by Antonio Canova. A painting of St. Nicholas by Swagers is preserved in the church of Saint-Louis in Gien. In 1840 he was appointed professor of drawing and composition in Dieppe.[3][4]
Charles Swagers | |
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The Tomb of Maria Christina of Austria, by Antonio Canova, 1820s, Princeton University Art Museum[1] | |
| Born | 1792 |
| Died | after 1849 |
| Known for | History painting |
His mother, Elisa, née Méri, was a miniature painter and the professor of drawing at Écouen. His sister, Caroline, also a student of their father's, practiced in Paris and was a frequent exhibitor from the Salon of 1831 onwards. Charles Swagers' son, Édouard, was a painter and lithographer who also practiced in Paris.[2]