Józef Brandt (1841 in

Szczebrzeszyn Szczebrzeszyn (; yi, שעברעשין, Shebreshin; uk, Щебрешин, Shchebreshyn) is a city in southeastern Poland in Lublin Voivodeship, in Zamość County, about 20km west of Zamość. From 1975–1999, it was part of the Zamość Voiv ...

– 1915 in

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) was a Polish

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

, a representative of the Munich School, best known for his paintings of battles.

Life

Brandt studied in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

in the school of J.N. Leszczynski and at the Noblemen's Institute. In 1858 he left for

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to study at the Ecole centrale Paris but was persuaded by

Juliusz Kossak Juliusz Fortunat Kossak ( Nowy Wiśnicz, 15 December 1824 – 3 February 1899, Kraków) was an Austrian Polish historical painter and master illustrator who specialized in battle scenes, military portraits and horses. He was the progenitor of a ...

to abandon engineering in favor of painting. He studied as a painter in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and ...

under

Franz Adam Franz Adam (May 4, 1815 – September 30, 1886) was a German painter, chiefly of military subjects, born and active for much of his life in Italy. Life Adam was born in Milan, Italy, to painter Albrecht Adam, a German who had spent the prior ...

and

Karl Piloty Karl Theodor von Piloty (1 October 1826 – 21 July 1886) was a German painter, noted for his historical subjects, and recognised as the foremost representative of the realistic school in Germany. Life and work Piloty was born in Munich. His fat ...

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. In 1893, Brandt was awarded the

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, and in 1898, he became the recipient of the

Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art The Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (german: Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst, links=no) was first established on 28 November 1853 by King Maximilian II von Bayern. It is awarded to acknowledge and reward exc ...

Centre of Polish Sculpture

Brandt's 19th century manor house in

Orońsko Orońsko is a village in Szydłowiec County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Orońsko. It lies approximately north-east of Szydłowiec and south of Warsaw W ...

together with surrounding park serves today as the Centre of Polish Sculpture.

Gallery

File:Bitwa pod Wiedniem Brandt.jpg, ''

Battle of Vienna The Battle of Vienna; pl, odsiecz wiedeńska, lit=Relief of Vienna or ''bitwa pod Wiedniem''; ota, Beç Ḳalʿası Muḥāṣarası, lit=siege of Beç; tr, İkinci Viyana Kuşatması, lit=second siege of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mo ...

'', oil on canvas 1873, Polish Army Museum File:Józef Brandt, Bitwa pod Chocimiem.jpg, ''

Jan Karol Chodkiewicz Jan Karol Chodkiewicz ( lt, Jonas Karolis Chodkevičius, be, Ян Караль Хадкевіч ; 1561 – 24 September 1621) was a military commander of the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army, who was from 1601 Field Hetman of Lithuania, and from 1 ...

during the battle of Khotyn'', oil on canvas 1865,

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File:Husarz, Józef Brandt, 1890.jpg, '' Polish Hussar'', oil on canvas 1890,

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File:Józef Brandt - Wesele kozackie.jpg, ''

Cossack The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...

s' Wedding'', oil on canvas 1893 File:Brandt Zaporizhian Camp.jpg, '' Zaporozhians' camp'', oil on canvas 1880,

File:Józef Brandt, Czarniecki pod Koldyngą.jpg, ''

Stefan Czarniecki Stefan Czarniecki (Polish: of the Łodzia coat of arms, 1599 – 16 February 1665) was a Polish nobleman, general and military commander. In his career, he rose from a petty nobleman to a magnate holding one of the highest offices in the Com ...

during the Battle of

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", oil on canvas 1870,

File:Walka o sztandar turecki.jpg, ''Battle over the Turkish Banner'', oil on canvas 1905,

National Museum, Kraków The National Museum in Kraków ( pl, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie), popularly abbreviated as MNK, is the largest museum in Poland, and the main branch of Poland's National Museum, which has several independent branches with permanent collections arou ...

File:Brandt Józef Pospolite ruszenie u brodu.jpg, ''

Militia A militia () is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of r ...

at the Ford'', oil on canvas 1880 File:Brandt-Lisowczycy, Strzelanie z łuku.jpg, ''

Lisowczycy Lisowczyks or Lisowczycy (; also known as ''Straceńcy'' ('lost men' or ' forlorn hope') or (company of ); or in singular form: Lisowczyk or ) was the name of an early 17th-century irregular unit of the Polish–Lithuanian light cavalry. The Li ...

(Archery)'', oil on canvas 1885, Kościuszko Foundation in New York File:Brandt Powrot Kozakow.jpg, ''Return of the

s'', Oil on canvas 1894 File:Brandt Skladanie sztandarow.jpg, ''Inspection of the Trophy Banners'', oil on canvas 1905 File:Bogurodzica.jpg, ''

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'', oil on canvas 1909,

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File:Józef Brandt - Potyczka Kozaków z Tatarami.jpg, ''Skirmish Between Cossacks and Tatars'', ca. 1890

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* * * 1841 births 1915 deaths People from Szczebrzeszyn People from Lublin Governorate 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists Polish war artists Military art 19th-century war artists 19th-century painters of historical subjects Equine artists Polish male painters {{Poland-painter-stub

Life

Centre of Polish Sculpture

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