Charles Swagers
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 |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | History painting |
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]
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
[edit]- ^ "The Tomb of Maria Christina of Austria, by Antonio Canova (y1970-12)". Princeton University Art Museum. Princeton University.
- ^ a b Michael Bryan (1905). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. Macmillan. p. 146.
- ^ "SWAGERS, Charles (born 1792), Painter". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Index.
- ^ Bellier de La Chavignerie, Émile (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.
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