Antoni Stanisław Brodowski

yer: Warsaw

Doğmuş: 1784

Ölüm: 1832

Biyografi:

Antoni Stanisław Brodowski was a Polish painter in the Classical style. He was born in Warsaw, Poland on December 26, 1784. He began by studying mathematics, but also studied art with Marcello Bacciarelli. From 1805 to 1808, he lived in Paris, tutoring the children of Tadeusz Mostowski while studying with Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin. When he returned to Warsaw, he worked as a clerk in the Ministry of Justice. He returned to Paris in 1809 on a government stipend and took some lessons with Jacques-Louis David. He decided to stay in Paris and support himself by painting portraits while taking more lessons from François Gérard, 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. 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. He was largely known as a portrait painter and created likenesses of Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Archbishop Szczepan Hołowczyc, Stanisław Kostka Potocki, Józef Poniatowski, Wojciech Bogusławski, the historian Ludwik Osiński and Bishop Jan Paweł Woronicz, 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 Rafał Hadziewicz and the sculptor Jakub Tatarkiewicz. He had two sons: Józef and Tadeusz, who both became painters. He died in Warsaw, Poland on March 31, 1832.