Antoni Stanisław Brodowski (26 December 1784,

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– 31 March 1832, Warsaw) was a Polish painter in the Classical style.

Biography

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@ Cultuer.pl. He also studied art, however, and his first lessons were with

Marcello Bacciarelli Marcello Bacciarelli (; 16 February 1731 – 5 January 1818) was a Polish- Italian painter of the late-baroque and Neoclassic periods. Biography He was born in Rome, and studied there under Marco Benefial. In 1750, with the recommendation of t ...

.Brief biography
@ the Museum of King John III's Palace at Wilanów. From 1805 to 1808, he lived in Paris, tutoring the children of

Tadeusz Mostowski Tadeusz Antoni Mostowski (19 October 1766, Warsaw - 6 December 1842, Paris) was a Polish people, Polish writer, journalist, literary critic and politician. Biography He was the son of , a noted military commander. He was raised in an intellectu ...

, a prominent politician and writer, while studying with the miniaturist,

Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin (August 15, 1759 – April 13, 1832) was a French miniature painter. Biography Augustin was born in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and died in Paris. He might have had some lessons from Jean-Baptiste Claudot and maybe al ...

. When he went back to Warsaw, he worked as a clerk in the Ministry of Justice. He returned to Paris in 1809 on a government stipend; taking some lessons with Jacques-Louis David. 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 François Pascal Simon Gérard (, 4 May 1770 – 11 January 1837), titled as Baron Gérard in 1809, was a prominent French painter. He was born in Rome, where his father occupied a post in the house of the French ambassador, and his mother was It ...

, who became his patron. 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. 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

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. 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

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and, in 1825, he was named a Knight, 3rd Class, in the Order of Saint Stanislaus. Largely known as a portrait painter, he created likenesses of

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, Archbishop Szczepan Hołowczyc,

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, the historian

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and Bishop , among many others. 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

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and the sculptor

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. He had two sons: Józef and Tadeusz, who both became painters.

Selected paintings

File:Brodowski - Józef Poniatowski.jpg, ''Portrait of

'', ca. 1820 File:Antoni Brodowski, Edyp i Antygona - 01.jpg, '' Oedipus and

Antigone In Greek mythology, Antigone ( ; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) is the daughter of Oedipus and either his mother Jocasta or, in another variation of the myth, Euryganeia. She is a sister of Polynices, Eteocles, and Ismene.Roman, L., & R ...

'', 1828 File:Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz 11.PNG, ''Portrait of

'', 1820 File:Brodowski Paris in the Phrygian cap.jpg, ''

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

in the Phrygian Cap'', 1812 File:Brodowski Saul's anger at David.jpg , ''

Saul Saul (; he, , ; , ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the first monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel. His reign, traditionally placed in the late 11th century BCE, supposedly marked the transition of Israel and Judah from a scattered t ...

's Anger at

David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

'', 1810s

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Biography

Selected paintings

See also

References

Further reading

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