Józef Brandt

Józef Brandt
Józef Brandt, 1880
Born	11 February 1841 Szczebrzeszyn
Died	12 June 1915(1915-06-12) (aged 74) Radom
Nationality	Polish
Known for	Painting
Movement	Paintings of battles

Józef Brandt (1841 in Szczebrzeszyn – 1915 in Radom) was a Polish painter, a representative of the Munich School, best known for his paintings of battles.[1]

Life

Brandt studied in Warsaw in the school of J.N. Leszczynski and at the Noblemen's Institute. In 1858 he left for Paris to study at the Ecole centrale Paris but was persuaded by Juliusz Kossak to abandon engineering in favor of painting. He studied as a painter in Munich under Franz Adam and Karl Piloty and then opened his own studio.

His paintings mostly study 17th-century military life, though he has also made some studies of Polish peasant life.[2]

In 1893, Brandt was awarded the Order of Isabella the Catholic,[3] and in 1898, he became the recipient of the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art.[4]

Centre of Polish Sculpture

Brandt's 19th century manor house in Orońsko together with surrounding park serves today as the Centre of Polish Sculpture.

Gallery

• Józef Brandt's paintings
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  Battle of Vienna, oil on canvas 1873, Polish Army Museum
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  Jan Karol Chodkiewicz during the battle of Khotyn, oil on canvas 1865, National Museum, Warsaw
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  Polish Hussar, oil on canvas 1890, Polish Museum, Rapperswil
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  Cossacks' Wedding, oil on canvas 1893
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  Zaporozhians' camp, oil on canvas 1880, National Museum, Warsaw
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  Stefan Czarniecki during the Battle of Sønderborg, commonly known as "Stefan Czarniecki during the Battle of Kolding", oil on canvas 1870, National Museum, Warsaw
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  Battle over the Turkish Banner, oil on canvas 1905, National Museum, Kraków
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  Militia at the Ford, oil on canvas 1880
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  Lisowczycy (Archery), oil on canvas 1885, Kościuszko Foundation in New York
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  Return of the Cossacks, Oil on canvas 1894
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  Inspection of the Trophy Banners, oil on canvas 1905
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  Bogurodzica, oil on canvas 1909, National Museum, Wrocław
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  Skirmish Between Cossacks and Tatars, ca. 1890

See also

• List of Polish painters

Notes

1. "It's Brandt new: First large-scale exhibition dedicated to battle-painter Józef Brandt opens in Warsaw". Retrieved 1 November 2019.
2. "Józef Brandt". Retrieved 1 November 2019.
3. "Józef Brandt". Retrieved 4 November 2019.
4. "Zeitschrift für Bayerische Landesgeschichte (ZBLG)". Retrieved 4 November 2019.

References

• Muther, Richard (1896). The History of Modern Painting (vol. 2). Vol. 2. trans. Ernest Dowson, George Greene, & Arthur Hillier. p. 156.
• Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Brandt, Josef von" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
• Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Brandt, Josef von" . Encyclopedia Americana.