| Charles Swagers | |
| Birth Date: | 1792 |
| Death Date: | 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.[1] 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.[2] [3]
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.[1]