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Józef Simmler (March 14, 1823, in Warsaw – March 1, 1868, in Warsaw) was a Polish painter known for his classical style and his Polish subjects.

Biography

Simmler came from a wealthy German Protestant family. It was this affluent upbringing that allowed him to pursue his interest in cities like Dresden, Munich and Paris.[1]

Perhaps his most famous work is "Death of Barbara Radziwillowna" ("Śmierć Barbary Radziwiłłówny"), an oil on canvas work completed in 1860. The painting gained immense popularity when the Warsaw-based Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts, a newly formed institution with the goal of encourage and promote domestic art and artists, put it on exhibit in 1861.[2] It now hangs in the National Museum, Warsaw. His other famous paintings are “Children of King Edward” (1847) and “Portrait of a Nobleman with a Parrot” (1859).[1]

Józef Simmler's major contribution to Polish art is the humaneness that his paintings evoked. He was a specially gifted portraitist. Using styles of costume paintings prevalent in France, he produced works that allowed the public a view of the past. His paintings, however, were more than just reproductions of history. The masterful works also gave a deep sense of compassion, dread, and tenderness.[2]

His daughter's brother-in-law was Eduard Strasburger, the famous Polish-German botanist. One of Simmler's grandsons was Henryk Leon Strasburger, a Polish delegate to the League of Nations.

Selected paintings

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  His sister, Katarzyna Jahn
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  Jadwiga Łuszczewska
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  Nobleman with a Parrot
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  The Kronenberg sisters

References

External links

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• A gallery of Jozef Simmler works
• More works of Josef Simmler.18 pictures

На других языках

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[de] Józef Simmler

Józef Simmler (* 14. März 1823 in Warschau; † 1. März 1868 ebenda) war ein deutsch-polnischer Historien- und Porträtmaler. Er gilt als ein Repräsentant des Realismus, der im klassischen Stil Motive aus Polen und der polnischen Geschichte abbildete.

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- [en] Józef Simmler

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[fr] Józef Simmler

Józef Simmler, né le 14 mars 1823 à Varsovie et décédé le 1er mars 1868 (à 44 ans) à Varsovie est un peintre polonais.

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[ru] Зимлер, Йозеф

Йозеф Зимлер (польск. Józef Simmler; 14 марта 1823, Варшава — 1 марта 1868, там же) — польский живописец.

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