Antoni Brodowski
Antoni Brodowski | |
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Died | 31 March 1832 | (aged 47)
Nationality | Polish |
Known for | Painter |
Antoni Stanisław Brodowski (26 December 1784, Warsaw – 31 March 1832, Warsaw) was a Polish painter in the Classical style.
Biography[]
According to the wishes expressed in his father's will, he began by studying mathematics.[1] He also studied art, however, and his first lessons were with Marcello Bacciarelli.[2] From 1805 to 1808, he lived in Paris, tutoring the children of Tadeusz Mostowski, a prominent politician and writer, while studying with the miniaturist, Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin. When he went back to Warsaw, he worked as a clerk in the Ministry of Justice.[1]
He returned to Paris in 1809 on a government stipend; taking some lessons with Jacques-Louis David.[2] Soon, he balked at the rules that required him to send paintings home for approval and his funds were cut off in 1812. He decided to stay in Paris and support himself by painting portraits while taking more lessons, this time from François Gérard, who became his patron.[1]
Once again in Warsaw, and unable to make a living with his art, he was able to obtain work at the Ministry of the Interior, where his old employer Mostowski was Minister.[1] In 1820, after winning a gold medal for his painting of Saul and David, he was appointed an Interim Professor of Drawing and Painting at the University of Warsaw. He became a full Professor in 1824 and remained there until the University was closed by Russian authorities in 1830.
In 1822, he became a member of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning and, in 1825, he was named a Knight, 3rd Class, in the Order of Saint Stanislaus.[2]
Largely known as a portrait painter, he created likenesses of Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Archbishop , Stanisław Kostka Potocki, Józef Poniatowski, Wojciech Bogusławski, the historian Ludwik Osiński and Bishop , among many others.[1] He also did numerous works on mythological and biblical topics and wrote a book entitled Co stanowi szkołę malarską (What is a School of Painting?).
Among his notable students were Rafał Hadziewicz and the sculptor Jakub Tatarkiewicz. He had two sons: Józef and Tadeusz, who both became painters.
Selected paintings[]
Portrait of Józef Poniatowski, ca. 1820
Portrait of Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, 1820
Paris in the Phrygian Cap, 1812
Saul's Anger at David, 1810s
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Brief biography @ Cultuer.pl.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Brief biography @ the Museum of King John III's Palace at Wilanów.
Further reading[]
- Krystyna Sroczyńska, Antoni Brodowski, 1784–1832, Życie i dzieło, Agencja Wydawnicza Varsovia, 1985, ISBN 83-85018-03-4.
External links[]
Media related to Antoni Brodowski at Wikimedia Commons
- 1784 births
- 1832 deaths
- 18th-century Polish painters
- 19th-century Polish painters
- 19th-century male artists
- Pupils of Jacques-Louis David
- Polish expatriates in France
- Artists from Warsaw
- Polish portrait painters
- Polish male painters