Charles Swagers

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 in 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
The Tomb of Maria Christina of Austria, by Antonio Canova, 1820s, Princeton University Art Museum[1]
Born1792
Diedafter 1849
NationalityFrench
Known forHistory 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 at the Salon from 1831 onwards. Charles Swagers' son, Édouard, was a painter and lithographer who also practiced in Paris.[2]

References
  1. "The Tomb of Maria Christina of Austria, by Antonio Canova (y1970-12)". Princeton University Art Museum. Princeton University.
  2. Michael Bryan (1905). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. Macmillan. p. 146.
  3. "SWAGERS, Charles (born 1792), Painter". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Index.
  4. Bellier de La Chavignerie, Émile (1821-1871) Auteur du texte (1882–1885). Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'École française depuis l'origine des arts du dessin jusqu'à nos jours : architectes, peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs et lithographes. T2 et T3 (suppl.). p. 536.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.