Bernard-Édouard Swebach (21 August 1800, Paris - 2 March 1870, Versailles) was a French painter and lithographer. He was known for his genre and historical scenes; usually featuring horses.
In 1820, after their return to Paris, they established a joint workshop and produced what they called "four-handed paintings".[1]
He began exhibiting at the Salon under his own name in 1822, with a scene depicting the Hussars using a warehouse for a stable. He was praised for his technical abilities, but criticized for not having a style of his own.[1] After his father died the following year, he slowly developed his own style, based on British Romanticism. After 1838, he devoted himself primarily to lithography. A large collection of his works in that medium are kept at the Carnavalet Museum.[2]
Many of his early and transitional paintings are difficult to attribute accurately, as both he and his father signed their works with "Swebach", or not at all.[2]
