Józef Brodowski the Elder
Illustration — Portrait of Stanisław Wodzicki, politician and poet, 1817 Józef Brodowski, (c.1775/81 – 1853) was a Polish painter in the Classical style. He is called The Elder to distinguish him from Józef Brodowski (1828–1900), who was apparently not related.
Also recorded as Jozef Brodowski the Elder · Jozef Brodowski
Józef Brodowski the Elder
Rafał Hadziewicz · National Museum in Kraków · Public domain
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- Russian Empire · Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Occupation
- painter · university teacher
- Fields
- portrait
- Teachers
- Josef Abel · Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder
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Illustration — Portrait of Stanisław Wodzicki, politician and poet, 1817 Józef Brodowski, (c.1775/81 – 1853) was a Polish painter in the Classical style. He is called The Elder to distinguish him from Józef Brodowski (1828–1900), who was apparently not related.
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Training under Josef Abel and Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder is recorded. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Work by Józef Brodowski the Elder is recorded in the collections of National Museum in Warsaw, National Museum in Kraków and Museum of Kraków.
He was born in Warsaw. Thanks to the financial support of Princess Izabela Czartoryska, he was able to study in Vienna with Josef Abel and Johann Baptist von Lampi. After 1805, he lived in Łańcut, where he painted portraits and theatrical scenery. In 1811, he was appointed a drawing teacher. Seven years later, he became one of the first professors at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts. He painted historical scenes, genre works, church decorations and portraits. Several of his history paintings involve scenes from the life of Tadeusz Kościuszko. He is noted for portraying the 19th-century Kraków on numerous sketches and prints. He was also an active member of the Przesąd Zwyciężony Masonic Lodge. He died in Kraków.
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