Józef Brodowski (17 January 1828, in
Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
– 5 September 1900, in Warsaw) was a Polish painter. He is referred to as The Younger to distinguish him from
Józef Brodowski (c. 1775/81–1853), who apparently was not related.
Biography
His father was the painter
Antoni Brodowski
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.[Rafał Hadziewicz
Rafał Hadziewicz (13 October 1803, Zamch – 7 September 1883, Kielce) was a Polish painter; primarily of portraits and religious works, and an expert on ancient culture.
Biography
From 1816 to 1822, he attended the Royal Lyceum (formerly th ...]
, one of his father's former students, at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw.
[Biographical notes](_blank)
@ Agra Art. His most important influences, however, came from
Jan Feliks Piwarski, a landscape painter who was one of the first in Poland to promote the concept of painting
en plein aire.
He joined a group led by
January Suchodolski that travelled on painting and drawing excursions throughout the country.
In 1853, he received a scholarship and went to Saint Petersburg to enroll at the
Imperial Academy of Arts
The Imperial Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by Ivan Shuvalov, the founder of the Imperial Moscow University, under the name ''Academy of th ...
, where he studied with the battle painter,
Bogdan Willewalde
Gottfried Willewalde, russified as Bogdan Pavlovich Willewalde (; 12 January 1819, Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg – 24 March 1903, Dresden) was a Russian Imperial artist, academic, emeritus professor of military art, and a fellow of the Imperial ...
. He graduated in 1856 and, the following year, went to Paris to study in the studios of
Horace Vernet
Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (; 30 June 178917 January 1863) more commonly known as simply Horace Vernet, was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist subjects.
Biography
Early career
Vernet was born to Carle Vernet, another famo ...
.
After a year there, he travelled in Italy, then returned to Warsaw and remained there the rest of his life.
He is primarily known for his landscapes and battle scenes. One of the most notable is a large canvas depicting King
John II Casimir Vasa
John II Casimir Vasa (; ; 22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1648 to his abdication in 1668 as well as a claimant to the throne of Sweden from 1648 to 1660. He was the first son of Sigis ...
at the
Battle of Berestechko
The Battle of Berestechko (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Битва під Берестечком, Polish language, Polish: ''Bitwa pod Beresteczkiem''; 28 June – 10 July 1651) was fought between the Cossack Hetmanate and Crimean Khanate ag ...
, done together with
Juliusz Kossak
Juliusz Fortunat Kossak (15 December 1824 – 3 February 1899) was a Polish historical painter and master illustrator who specialized in battle scenes, military portraits and horses. He was the progenitor of an artistic family that spanned fou ...
. Horses are a prominent feature in most of his works. From 1868 to 1890, he was a regular contributor to the magazine ''
Tygodnik Illustrowany''. He died in 1900 and was buried at the
Powązki Cemetery
Powązki Cemetery (; ), also known as Stare Powązki (), is a historic necropolis located in Wola district, in the western part of Warsaw, Poland. It is the most famous cemetery in the city and one of the oldest, having been established in 179 ...
in Warsaw.

His older brother,
Tadeusz, was also a painter, but died too young to leave a significant body of work.
See also
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List of Polish painters
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1828 births
1900 deaths
19th-century Polish painters
19th-century Polish male artists
Polish history painters
Polish illustrators
Military art
Painters from Warsaw
Polish male painters
Painters from the Russian Empire