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Józef Brandt

Bolesław Szańkowski (1871/73-1953): Portrait of Józef Brandt, 1910. Oil on canvas, 162 x 112 cm, National Museum in Warsaw/Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Inv. No. MP 961
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After studying painting in Munich from 1860 onwards, Józef Brandt (1841-1915), who called himself Josef von Brandt on account of his Polish aristocratic title, celebrated brilliant successes with large battle paintings recaling the 17th century Polish wars against the Tatars, the Turks and the Swedes. Smaller paintings on the same theme as well as genre pictures from Polish folk life proved highly popular amongst collectors in Germany, England and the USA. With the opening of his Munich studio in 1875, when he publicly exhibited a collection of Polish antiquities used as models for his paintings, he became the leading figure in the Polish artists' colony in Munich. His close connection to the Bavarian royal family and his great successes at international exhibitions earned him titles, decorations and medals in the 1880s/90s. In Poland he is still remembered for his school of painting on his estate at Oronsko, which he had acquired by marriage, and for his national-polish motifs.

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  • Art review. The Battle of Vienna 1683.
    Oil painting by Joseph Brandt in Munich, in: Deutsche Kunst-Zeitung Die Dioskuren, Year 18, No. 10, Berlin 1873, page 78 (http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/dioskuren1873/0091), in German.
  • Fig. 1: Unknown: Portrait of Józef Brandt - Photograph on albumin paper, 9.9 x 6.2 cm
  • Fig. 2: Władysław Szerner (1836-1915): Józef Brandt in his studio - Wood engraving by Jan Styfi (1841-1921), in: Kłosy, 1876, volume XXII, No. 574, page 405.
  • Fig. 3: Władysław Szerner (1836-1915): The studio of Józef Brandt in Munich - Wood engraving by Paweł Boczkowski (1860-1905), in: Tygodnik Illustrowany, 1876, volume II, No. 52, page 416 f. (excerpt)
  • Fig. 4: The studio of Josef v. Brandt - In: Carl Teufel: Ateliers Münchner Künstler, volume 1, Munich 1889, uncounted plate 9.
  • Fig. 5: Carl Teufel (1845-1912): The studio of Josef v. Brandt - Photograph, Glass negative, 18 x 24 cm
  • Fig. 6: The March of the Lisowskis - Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 69 cm
  • Fig. 7: Jews leading Horses to the Market - Oil on wood, 21 x 43.3 cm
  • Fig. 8: Polish Peasants' Horse and Cart - Oil on canvas, 31 x 44 cm
  • Fig. 9: The Battle of Chocim - Oil on canvas, 190 x 337 cm
  • Fig. 10: Grazing Horses - Oil on canvas, 23,2 x 42,6 cm
  • Fig. 11: Return from Vienna - Oil on canvas, 43,5 x 79,5 cm
  • Fig. 12: A Break in a Small Town - Oil on canvas, 71,5 x 107 cm
  • Fig. 13: At the Tavern. A Polish Village with Ulans - Undated. Oil on wood, 13.5 x 18.4 cm
  • Fig. 14: Czarniecki in the Battle of Kolding - Oil on canvas, 95 x 206 cm
  • Fig. 15: Waiting for the Boat - Oil on canvas, 67,5 x 127 cm
  • Fig. 16: Cossack patrol around the campfire - Oil on canvas, 43 x 82 cm
  • Fig. 17: The Battle of Vienna - Oil on canvas, 136 x 318 cm
  • Fig. 18: Booty at the River - Oil on canvas, 69 x 160 cm
  • Fig. 19: Greeting the Steppe - Oil on canvas, 87.5 x 170 cm
  • Fig. 20: A Break in the Steppe - Undated. Oil on canvas, 30.5 x 38 cm
  • Fig. 21: Cossacks - Oil on canvas, 33.4 x 46.6 cm
  • Fig. 22: Horse Breeding in the Steppe - Oil on canvas, 61.5 x 112.5 cm
  • Fig. 23: Polish Horseman with his Horse in front of the Toll House - Water colour and opaque colouring on paper, 24.5 x 32.5 cm
  • Fig. 24: Cossack Guard - Oil on canvas, 25.2 x 33 cm
  • Fig. 25: The Liberation of Prisoners - Oil on canvas, 179 x 445 cm
  • Fig. 26: Alarm - Oil on canvas, 97.5 x 150 cm
  • Fig. 27: Militia at the Ford - Oil on canvas, 74 x 119.5 cm
  • Fig. 28: Catching a Horse - Oil on canvas, 83.5 x 73.5 cm.
  • Fig. 29: Zaporozhian Camp - Oil on canvas, 72,5 x 113 cm
  • Fig. 30: Zaporozhian Cossack - Undated. Oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard, 74.9 x 123.1 cm
  • Fig. 31: March with War Booty. Return from Vienna - Oil on canvas, 72 x 112 cm
  • Fig. 32: Polish Cavalry Parade (Hussars) - Oil on canvas, 86.5 x 62.8 cm
  • Fig. 33: Sketch of Cossacks - Oil on canvas, 61,5 x 48,5 cm
  • Fig. 34: A Cossack waiting for the Boat - Oil on canvas, 26 x 37,5 cm
  • Fig. 35: Setting out for the Hunt - Oil on canvas, 69 x 194,5 cm
  • Fig. 36: Market in Białka - Oil on canvas, 62 x 101 cm
  • Fig. 37: Encounter on the bridge - Oil on canvas, 100 x 200 cm
  • Fig. 38: Polish Farming Cart on a Country Road - Undated. Water colour and opaque colouring on paper, 20.3 x 41.6 cm, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Inv. No. SZ G. Brandt 3
  • Fig. 39: Before the hunt - Oil on canvas, 88 x 165 cm
  • Fig. 40: ‘The Poles in Munich’ - Józef Brandt bottom right. In: Die Kunst für alle. Malerei, Plastik, Graphik, Architektur, vol. 3, Munich 1887/88, after page 60
  • Fig. 41: Royal Ensign - Oil on canvas, 83 x 63 cm
  • Fig. 42: In Flight - Oil on canvas, 61 x 100.5 cm
  • Fig. 43: Encounter on the causeway - Oil on canvas, 70 x 110 cm
  • Fig. 44: Prayer in the steppe - Oil on canvas, 151 x 303 cm
  • Fig. 45: Sketch for the ‘Armenian Mother of God’ - Oil on canvas, 65 x 120 cm
  • Fig. 46: Cossack Wedding - Oil on canvas, 243 x 156.5 cm
  • Fig. 47: Victorious Return - Oil on canvas, 153 x 97 cm
  • Fig. 48: The capture of a Caucasian chief - Undated. Oil on canvas, 70 x 110.5 cm
  • Fig. 49: Return of the Cossacks - Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 121.5 cm
  • Fig. 50: Departure of Jan III and Marysieńka Sobieski from Wilanów - Oil on canvas, 186 x 343 cm
  • Fig. 51: Marysieńka's departure from Wilanów - Oil on canvas, 200 x 400 cm
  • Fig. 52: Preparatory study for ‘Marysieńka's Departure from Wilanów’ - Oil on wood, 34 x 65.6 cm
  • Fig. 53: Fight for the banner - Oil on canvas, 54.7 x 99.5 cm
  • Fig. 54: The courtyard - Oil on canvas, 80 x 120,5 cm
  • Fig. 55: Horse and Cart trying to escape - Oil on canvas, 60,5 x 100,5 cm
  • Fig. 56: The Hunt - The Hunt, ca. 1900, Oil on canvas, 101 x 62 cm
  • Fig. 57: Cossack on horseback - Water colour with opaque colours on paper, 27 x 39.3 cm
  • Fig. 58: Cossack watchman - Undated. Oil on canvas, 26 x 37,5 cm
  • Fig. 59: The horse trial - Oil on canvas, 57,5 x 38 cm
  • Fig. 60: Tatar riding through a River - Undated. Quill, washed, 23.4 x 29 cm
  • Fig. 61: Stefan Czarniecki on Horseback - Oil on canvas, 55 x 45 cm
  • Fig. 62: Forager - Oil on canvas, 92 x 66 cm
  • Fig. 63: Trumpeter - Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 60.5 cm
  • Fig. 64: Jadwiga Golcz (1866-1936): Portrait of the painter Józef Brandt - Photograph from a glass negative, 14.3 x 10.4 cm
Art review. The Battle of Vienna 1683. - Oil painting by Joseph Brandt in Munich, in: Deutsche Kunst-Zeitung Die Dioskuren, Year 18, No. 10, Berlin 1873, page 78 (http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/dioskuren1873/0091), in German.
Art review. The Battle of Vienna 1683.
Art review. The Battle of Vienna 1683. - Oil painting by Joseph Brandt in Munich, in: Deutsche Kunst-Zeitung Die Dioskuren, Year 18, No. 10, Berlin 1873, page 78 (http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/dioskuren1873/0091), in German.
Fig. 1: Unknown: Portrait of Józef Brandt - Photograph on albumin paper, 9.9 x 6.2 cm
Fig. 1: Unknown: Portrait of Józef Brandt
Fig. 1: Unknown: Portrait of Józef Brandt - Photograph on albumin paper, 9.9 x 6.2 cm © National Library Warsaw, Inv. No. F646
Fig. 2: Władysław Szerner (1836-1915): Józef Brandt in his studio - Wood engraving by Jan Styfi (1841-1921), in: Kłosy, 1876, volume XXII, No. 574, page 405.
Fig. 2: Władysław Szerner (1836-1915): Józef Brandt in his studio
Fig. 2: Władysław Szerner (1836-1915): Józef Brandt in his studio - Wood engraving by Jan Styfi (1841-1921), in: Kłosy, 1876, volume XXII, No. 574, page 405. © Wielkopolska Digital Library
Fig. 3: Władysław Szerner (1836-1915): The studio of Józef Brandt in Munich - Wood engraving by Paweł Boczkowski (1860-1905), in: Tygodnik Illustrowany, 1876, volume II, No. 52, page 416 f. (excerpt)
Fig. 3: Władysław Szerner (1836-1915): The studio of Józef Brandt in Munich
Fig. 3: Władysław Szerner (1836-1915): The studio of Józef Brandt in Munich - Wood engraving by Paweł Boczkowski (1860-1905), in: Tygodnik Illustrowany, 1876, volume II, No. 52, page 416 f. (excerpt) © Digital Library of the University of Lodz
Art review. The Battle of Vienna 1683.
Oil painting by Joseph Brandt in Munich, in: Deutsche Kunst-Zeitung Die Dioskuren, Year 18, No. 10, Berlin 1873, page 78 (http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/dioskuren1873/0091), in German.
Fig. 1: Unknown: Portrait of Józef Brandt
Photograph on albumin paper, 9.9 x 6.2 cm
Fig. 2: Władysław Szerner (1836-1915): Józef Brandt in his studio
Wood engraving by Jan Styfi (1841-1921), in: Kłosy, 1876, volume XXII, No. 574, page 405.
Fig. 3: Władysław Szerner (1836-1915): The studio of Józef Brandt in Munich
Wood engraving by Paweł Boczkowski (1860-1905), in: Tygodnik Illustrowany, 1876, volume II, No. 52, page 416 f. (excerpt)
Fig. 4: The studio of Josef v. Brandt - In: Carl Teufel: Ateliers Münchner Künstler, volume 1, Munich 1889, uncounted plate 9.
Fig. 4: The studio of Josef v. Brandt
Fig. 4: The studio of Josef v. Brandt - In: Carl Teufel: Ateliers Münchner Künstler, volume 1, Munich 1889, uncounted plate 9. © MDZ of the BSB
Fig. 5: Carl Teufel (1845-1912): The studio of Josef v. Brandt - Photograph, Glass negative, 18 x 24 cm
Fig. 5: Carl Teufel (1845-1912): The studio of Josef v. Brandt
Fig. 5: Carl Teufel (1845-1912): The studio of Josef v. Brandt - Photograph, Glass negative, 18 x 24 cm © Photo archive Foto Marburg, Konvolut: Dr. Benno Filser Verlag
Fig. 6: The March of the Lisowskis - Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 69 cm
Fig. 6: The March of the Lisowskis
Fig. 6: The March of the Lisowskis - Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 69 cm © http://www.agraart.pl
Fig. 7: Jews leading Horses to the Market - Oil on wood, 21 x 43.3 cm
Fig. 7: Jews leading Horses to the Market
Fig. 7: Jews leading Horses to the Market - Oil on wood, 21 x 43.3 cm © Digital National Museum in Warsaw
Fig. 4: The studio of Josef v. Brandt
In: Carl Teufel: Ateliers Münchner Künstler, volume 1, Munich 1889, uncounted plate 9.
Fig. 5: Carl Teufel (1845-1912): The studio of Josef v. Brandt
Photograph, Glass negative, 18 x 24 cm
Fig. 6: The March of the Lisowskis
Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 69 cm
Fig. 7: Jews leading Horses to the Market
Oil on wood, 21 x 43.3 cm
Fig. 8: Polish Peasants
Fig. 8: Polish Peasants' Horse and Cart
Fig. 8: Polish Peasants' Horse and Cart - Oil on canvas, 31 x 44 cm © Lenbachhaus, München
Fig. 9: The Battle of Chocim - Oil on canvas, 190 x 337 cm
Fig. 9: The Battle of Chocim
Fig. 9: The Battle of Chocim - Oil on canvas, 190 x 337 cm © Digital National Museum in Warsaw
Fig. 10: Grazing Horses - Oil on canvas, 23,2 x 42,6 cm
Fig. 10: Grazing Horses
Fig. 10: Grazing Horses - Oil on canvas, 23,2 x 42,6 cm © Braith-Mali-Museum
Fig. 11: Return from Vienna - Oil on canvas, 43,5 x 79,5 cm
Fig. 11: Return from Vienna
Fig. 11: Return from Vienna - Oil on canvas, 43,5 x 79,5 cm © Łódź Art Museum
Fig. 8: Polish Peasants' Horse and Cart
Oil on canvas, 31 x 44 cm
Fig. 9: The Battle of Chocim
Oil on canvas, 190 x 337 cm
Fig. 10: Grazing Horses
Oil on canvas, 23,2 x 42,6 cm
Fig. 11: Return from Vienna
Oil on canvas, 43,5 x 79,5 cm
Fig. 12: A Break in a Small Town - Oil on canvas, 71,5 x 107 cm
Fig. 12: A Break in a Small Town
Fig. 12: A Break in a Small Town - Oil on canvas, 71,5 x 107 cm © http://www.agraart.pl
Fig. 13: At the Tavern. A Polish Village with Ulans - Undated. Oil on wood, 13.5 x 18.4 cm
Fig. 13: At the Tavern. A Polish Village with Ulans
Fig. 13: At the Tavern. A Polish Village with Ulans - Undated. Oil on wood, 13.5 x 18.4 cm © Braith-Mali-Museum
Fig. 14: Czarniecki in the Battle of Kolding - Oil on canvas, 95 x 206 cm
Fig. 14: Czarniecki in the Battle of Kolding
Fig. 14: Czarniecki in the Battle of Kolding - Oil on canvas, 95 x 206 cm © Digital National Museum in Warsaw
Fig. 15: Waiting for the Boat - Oil on canvas, 67,5 x 127 cm
Fig. 15: Waiting for the Boat
Fig. 15: Waiting for the Boat - Oil on canvas, 67,5 x 127 cm © http://www.agraart.pl
Fig. 12: A Break in a Small Town
Oil on canvas, 71,5 x 107 cm
Fig. 13: At the Tavern. A Polish Village with Ulans
Undated. Oil on wood, 13.5 x 18.4 cm
Fig. 14: Czarniecki in the Battle of Kolding
Oil on canvas, 95 x 206 cm
Fig. 15: Waiting for the Boat
Oil on canvas, 67,5 x 127 cm
Fig. 16: Cossack patrol around the campfire - Oil on canvas, 43 x 82 cm
Fig. 16: Cossack patrol around the campfire
Fig. 16: Cossack patrol around the campfire - Oil on canvas, 43 x 82 cm © http://artyzm.com
Fig. 17: The Battle of Vienna - Oil on canvas, 136 x 318 cm
Fig. 17: The Battle of Vienna
Fig. 17: The Battle of Vienna - Oil on canvas, 136 x 318 cm © Museum of the Polish Army in Warsaw
Fig. 18: Booty at the River - Oil on canvas, 69 x 160 cm
Fig. 18: Booty at the River
Fig. 18: Booty at the River - Oil on canvas, 69 x 160 cm © Dresden State Art Collections, New Masters Gallery
Fig. 19: Greeting the Steppe - Oil on canvas, 87.5 x 170 cm
Fig. 19: Greeting the Steppe
Fig. 19: Greeting the Steppe - Oil on canvas, 87.5 x 170 cm © Public Domain
Fig. 16: Cossack patrol around the campfire
Oil on canvas, 43 x 82 cm
Fig. 17: The Battle of Vienna
Oil on canvas, 136 x 318 cm
Fig. 18: Booty at the River
Oil on canvas, 69 x 160 cm
Fig. 19: Greeting the Steppe
Oil on canvas, 87.5 x 170 cm
Fig. 20: A Break in the Steppe - Undated. Oil on canvas, 30.5 x 38 cm
Fig. 20: A Break in the Steppe
Fig. 20: A Break in the Steppe - Undated. Oil on canvas, 30.5 x 38 cm © Polish Museum Rapperswil
Fig. 21: Cossacks - Oil on canvas, 33.4 x 46.6 cm
Fig. 21: Cossacks
Fig. 21: Cossacks - Oil on canvas, 33.4 x 46.6 cm © Lenbachhaus, Munich
Fig. 22: Horse Breeding in the Steppe - Oil on canvas, 61.5 x 112.5 cm
Fig. 22: Horse Breeding in the Steppe
Fig. 22: Horse Breeding in the Steppe - Oil on canvas, 61.5 x 112.5 cm © Polish Museum in Rapperswil
Fig. 23: Polish Horseman with his Horse in front of the Toll House - Water colour and opaque colouring on paper, 24.5 x 32.5 cm
Fig. 23: Polish Horseman with his Horse in front of the Toll House
Fig. 23: Polish Horseman with his Horse in front of the Toll House - Water colour and opaque colouring on paper, 24.5 x 32.5 cm © National Museums in Berlin, Print Room
Fig. 20: A Break in the Steppe
Undated. Oil on canvas, 30.5 x 38 cm
Fig. 21: Cossacks
Oil on canvas, 33.4 x 46.6 cm
Fig. 22: Horse Breeding in the Steppe
Oil on canvas, 61.5 x 112.5 cm
Fig. 23: Polish Horseman with his Horse in front of the Toll House
Water colour and opaque colouring on paper, 24.5 x 32.5 cm
Fig. 24: Cossack Guard - Oil on canvas, 25.2 x 33 cm
Fig. 24: Cossack Guard
Fig. 24: Cossack Guard - Oil on canvas, 25.2 x 33 cm © Braith-Mali-Museum
Fig. 25: The Liberation of Prisoners - Oil on canvas, 179 x 445 cm
Fig. 25: The Liberation of Prisoners
Fig. 25: The Liberation of Prisoners - Oil on canvas, 179 x 445 cm © Digital National Museum in Warsaw
Fig. 26: Alarm - Oil on canvas, 97.5 x 150 cm
Fig. 26: Alarm
Fig. 26: Alarm - Oil on canvas, 97.5 x 150 cm © Digital National Museum in Warsaw
Fig. 27: Militia at the Ford - Oil on canvas, 74 x 119.5 cm
Fig. 27: Militia at the Ford
Fig. 27: Militia at the Ford - Oil on canvas, 74 x 119.5 cm © http://www.agraart.pl
Fig. 24: Cossack Guard
Oil on canvas, 25.2 x 33 cm
Fig. 25: The Liberation of Prisoners
Oil on canvas, 179 x 445 cm
Fig. 26: Alarm
Oil on canvas, 97.5 x 150 cm
Fig. 27: Militia at the Ford
Oil on canvas, 74 x 119.5 cm
Fig. 28: Catching a Horse - Oil on canvas, 83.5 x 73.5 cm.
Fig. 28: Catching a Horse
Fig. 28: Catching a Horse - Oil on canvas, 83.5 x 73.5 cm. © National Art Gallery Lviv
Fig. 29: Zaporozhian Camp - Oil on canvas, 72,5 x 113 cm
Fig. 29: Zaporozhian Camp
Fig. 29: Zaporozhian Camp - Oil on canvas, 72,5 x 113 cm © Digital National Museum in Warsaw
Fig. 30: Zaporozhian Cossack - Undated. Oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard, 74.9 x 123.1 cm
Fig. 30: Zaporozhian Cossack
Fig. 30: Zaporozhian Cossack - Undated. Oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard, 74.9 x 123.1 cm © Public Domain
Fig. 31: March with War Booty. Return from Vienna - Oil on canvas, 72 x 112 cm
Fig. 31: March with War Booty. Return from Vienna
Fig. 31: March with War Booty. Return from Vienna - Oil on canvas, 72 x 112 cm © Public Domain
Fig. 28: Catching a Horse
Oil on canvas, 83.5 x 73.5 cm.
Fig. 29: Zaporozhian Camp
Oil on canvas, 72,5 x 113 cm
Fig. 30: Zaporozhian Cossack
Undated. Oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard, 74.9 x 123.1 cm
Fig. 31: March with War Booty. Return from Vienna
Oil on canvas, 72 x 112 cm
Fig. 32: Polish Cavalry Parade (Hussars) - Oil on canvas, 86.5 x 62.8 cm
Fig. 32: Polish Cavalry Parade (Hussars)
Fig. 32: Polish Cavalry Parade (Hussars) - Oil on canvas, 86.5 x 62.8 cm © Polish Museum Rapperswil
Fig. 33: Sketch of Cossacks - Oil on canvas, 61,5 x 48,5 cm
Fig. 33: Sketch of Cossacks
Fig. 33: Sketch of Cossacks - Oil on canvas, 61,5 x 48,5 cm © Digital National Museum in Warsaw
Fig. 34: A Cossack waiting for the Boat - Oil on canvas, 26 x 37,5 cm
Fig. 34: A Cossack waiting for the Boat
Fig. 34: A Cossack waiting for the Boat - Oil on canvas, 26 x 37,5 cm © http://www.agraart.pl
Fig. 35: Setting out for the Hunt - Oil on canvas, 69 x 194,5 cm
Fig. 35: Setting out for the Hunt
Fig. 35: Setting out for the Hunt - Oil on canvas, 69 x 194,5 cm © Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig
Fig. 32: Polish Cavalry Parade (Hussars)
Oil on canvas, 86.5 x 62.8 cm
Fig. 33: Sketch of Cossacks
Oil on canvas, 61,5 x 48,5 cm
Fig. 34: A Cossack waiting for the Boat
Oil on canvas, 26 x 37,5 cm
Fig. 35: Setting out for the Hunt
Oil on canvas, 69 x 194,5 cm
Fig. 36: Market in Białka - Oil on canvas, 62 x 101 cm
Fig. 36: Market in Białka
Fig. 36: Market in Białka - Oil on canvas, 62 x 101 cm © Public Domain
Fig. 37: Encounter on the bridge - Oil on canvas, 100 x 200 cm
Fig. 37: Encounter on the bridge
Fig. 37: Encounter on the bridge - Oil on canvas, 100 x 200 cm © National Museum Krakow
Fig. 38: Polish Farming Cart on a Country Road - Undated. Water colour and opaque colouring on paper, 20.3 x 41.6 cm, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Inv. No. SZ G. Brandt 3
Fig. 38: Polish Farming Cart on a Country Road
Fig. 38: Polish Farming Cart on a Country Road - Undated. Water colour and opaque colouring on paper, 20.3 x 41.6 cm, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Inv. No. SZ G. Brandt 3 © National Museums in Berlin, Print Room
Fig. 39: Before the hunt - Oil on canvas, 88 x 165 cm
Fig. 39: Before the hunt
Fig. 39: Before the hunt - Oil on canvas, 88 x 165 cm © Public Domain
Fig. 36: Market in Białka
Oil on canvas, 62 x 101 cm
Fig. 37: Encounter on the bridge
Oil on canvas, 100 x 200 cm
Fig. 38: Polish Farming Cart on a Country Road
Undated. Water colour and opaque colouring on paper, 20.3 x 41.6 cm, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Inv. No. SZ G. Brandt 3
Fig. 39: Before the hunt
Oil on canvas, 88 x 165 cm
Fig. 40: ‘The Poles in Munich’ - Józef Brandt bottom right. In: Die Kunst für alle. Malerei, Plastik, Graphik, Architektur, vol. 3, Munich 1887/88, after page 60
Fig. 40: ‘The Poles in Munich’
Fig. 40: ‘The Poles in Munich’ - Józef Brandt bottom right. In: Die Kunst für alle. Malerei, Plastik, Graphik, Architektur, vol. 3, Munich 1887/88, after page 60 © Heidelberg historic literature – digitized: http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/kfa1887_1888/0087
Fig. 41: Royal Ensign - Oil on canvas, 83 x 63 cm
Fig. 41: Royal Ensign
Fig. 41: Royal Ensign - Oil on canvas, 83 x 63 cm © http://www.agraart.pl
Fig. 42: In Flight - Oil on canvas, 61 x 100.5 cm
Fig. 42: In Flight
Fig. 42: In Flight - Oil on canvas, 61 x 100.5 cm © http://www.agraart.pl
Fig. 43: Encounter on the causeway - Oil on canvas, 70 x 110 cm
Fig. 43: Encounter on the causeway
Fig. 43: Encounter on the causeway - Oil on canvas, 70 x 110 cm © http://www.agraart.pl
Fig. 40: ‘The Poles in Munich’
Józef Brandt bottom right. In: Die Kunst für alle. Malerei, Plastik, Graphik, Architektur, vol. 3, Munich 1887/88, after page 60
Fig. 41: Royal Ensign
Oil on canvas, 83 x 63 cm
Fig. 42: In Flight
Oil on canvas, 61 x 100.5 cm
Fig. 43: Encounter on the causeway
Oil on canvas, 70 x 110 cm
Fig. 44: Prayer in the steppe - Oil on canvas, 151 x 303 cm
Fig. 44: Prayer in the steppe
Fig. 44: Prayer in the steppe - Oil on canvas, 151 x 303 cm © Digital National Museum in Warsaw
Fig. 45: Sketch for the ‘Armenian Mother of God’ - Oil on canvas, 65 x 120 cm
Fig. 45: Sketch for the ‘Armenian Mother of God’
Fig. 45: Sketch for the ‘Armenian Mother of God’ - Oil on canvas, 65 x 120 cm © Digital National Museum in Warsaw
Fig. 46: Cossack Wedding - Oil on canvas, 243 x 156.5 cm
Fig. 46: Cossack Wedding
Fig. 46: Cossack Wedding - Oil on canvas, 243 x 156.5 cm © Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom
Fig. 47: Victorious Return - Oil on canvas, 153 x 97 cm
Fig. 47: Victorious Return
Fig. 47: Victorious Return - Oil on canvas, 153 x 97 cm © Public Domain
Fig. 44: Prayer in the steppe
Oil on canvas, 151 x 303 cm
Fig. 45: Sketch for the ‘Armenian Mother of God’
Oil on canvas, 65 x 120 cm
Fig. 46: Cossack Wedding
Oil on canvas, 243 x 156.5 cm
Fig. 47: Victorious Return
Oil on canvas, 153 x 97 cm
Fig. 48: The capture of a Caucasian chief - Undated. Oil on canvas, 70 x 110.5 cm
Fig. 48: The capture of a Caucasian chief
Fig. 48: The capture of a Caucasian chief - Undated. Oil on canvas, 70 x 110.5 cm © Public Domain
Fig. 49: Return of the Cossacks - Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 121.5 cm
Fig. 49: Return of the Cossacks
Fig. 49: Return of the Cossacks - Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 121.5 cm © http://www.agraart.pl
Fig. 50: Departure of Jan III and Marysieńka Sobieski from Wilanów - Oil on canvas, 186 x 343 cm
Fig. 50: Departure of Jan III and Marysieńka Sobieski from Wilanów
Fig. 50: Departure of Jan III and Marysieńka Sobieski from Wilanów - Oil on canvas, 186 x 343 cm © Digital National Museum in Warsaw
Fig. 51: Marysieńka
Fig. 51: Marysieńka's departure from Wilanów
Fig. 51: Marysieńka's departure from Wilanów - Oil on canvas, 200 x 400 cm © National Museum Kielce
Fig. 48: The capture of a Caucasian chief
Undated. Oil on canvas, 70 x 110.5 cm
Fig. 49: Return of the Cossacks
Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 121.5 cm
Fig. 50: Departure of Jan III and Marysieńka Sobieski from Wilanów
Oil on canvas, 186 x 343 cm
Fig. 51: Marysieńka's departure from Wilanów
Oil on canvas, 200 x 400 cm
Fig. 52: Preparatory study for ‘Marysieńka
Fig. 52: Preparatory study for ‘Marysieńka's Departure from Wilanów’
Fig. 52: Preparatory study for ‘Marysieńka's Departure from Wilanów’ - Oil on wood, 34 x 65.6 cm © Lenbachhaus, Munich
Fig. 53: Fight for the banner - Oil on canvas, 54.7 x 99.5 cm
Fig. 53: Fight for the banner
Fig. 53: Fight for the banner - Oil on canvas, 54.7 x 99.5 cm © http://www.agraart.pl
Fig. 54: The courtyard - Oil on canvas, 80 x 120,5 cm
Fig. 54: The courtyard
Fig. 54: The courtyard - Oil on canvas, 80 x 120,5 cm © Digital National Museum in Warsaw
Fig. 55: Horse and Cart trying to escape - Oil on canvas, 60,5 x 100,5 cm
Fig. 55: Horse and Cart trying to escape
Fig. 55: Horse and Cart trying to escape - Oil on canvas, 60,5 x 100,5 cm © Public Domain
Fig. 52: Preparatory study for ‘Marysieńka's Departure from Wilanów’
Oil on wood, 34 x 65.6 cm
Fig. 53: Fight for the banner
Oil on canvas, 54.7 x 99.5 cm
Fig. 54: The courtyard
Oil on canvas, 80 x 120,5 cm
Fig. 55: Horse and Cart trying to escape
Oil on canvas, 60,5 x 100,5 cm
Fig. 56: The Hunt - The Hunt, ca. 1900, Oil on canvas, 101 x 62 cm
Fig. 56: The Hunt
Fig. 56: The Hunt - The Hunt, ca. 1900, Oil on canvas, 101 x 62 cm © Polish Museum Rapperswil
Fig. 57: Cossack on horseback - Water colour with opaque colours on paper, 27 x 39.3 cm
Fig. 57: Cossack on horseback
Fig. 57: Cossack on horseback - Water colour with opaque colours on paper, 27 x 39.3 cm © Digital National Museum in Warsaw
Fig. 58: Cossack watchman - Undated. Oil on canvas, 26 x 37,5 cm
Fig. 58: Cossack watchman
Fig. 58: Cossack watchman - Undated. Oil on canvas, 26 x 37,5 cm © Public Domain
Fig. 59: The horse trial - Oil on canvas, 57,5 x 38 cm
Fig. 59: The horse trial
Fig. 59: The horse trial - Oil on canvas, 57,5 x 38 cm © http://www.agraart.pl
Fig. 56: The Hunt
The Hunt, ca. 1900, Oil on canvas, 101 x 62 cm
Fig. 57: Cossack on horseback
Water colour with opaque colours on paper, 27 x 39.3 cm
Fig. 58: Cossack watchman
Undated. Oil on canvas, 26 x 37,5 cm
Fig. 59: The horse trial
Oil on canvas, 57,5 x 38 cm
Fig. 60: Tatar riding through a River - Undated. Quill, washed, 23.4 x 29 cm
Fig. 60: Tatar riding through a River
Fig. 60: Tatar riding through a River - Undated. Quill, washed, 23.4 x 29 cm © National Museums in Berlin, Print Room
Fig. 61: Stefan Czarniecki on Horseback - Oil on canvas, 55 x 45 cm
Fig. 61: Stefan Czarniecki on Horseback
Fig. 61: Stefan Czarniecki on Horseback - Oil on canvas, 55 x 45 cm © http://www.agraart.pl
Fig. 62: Forager - Oil on canvas, 92 x 66 cm
Fig. 62: Forager
Fig. 62: Forager - Oil on canvas, 92 x 66 cm © http://www.agraart.pl
Fig. 63: Trumpeter - Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 60.5 cm
Fig. 63: Trumpeter
Fig. 63: Trumpeter - Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 60.5 cm © http://www.agraart.pl
Fig. 60: Tatar riding through a River
Undated. Quill, washed, 23.4 x 29 cm
Fig. 61: Stefan Czarniecki on Horseback
Oil on canvas, 55 x 45 cm
Fig. 62: Forager
Oil on canvas, 92 x 66 cm
Fig. 63: Trumpeter
Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 60.5 cm
Fig. 64: Jadwiga Golcz (1866-1936): Portrait of the painter Józef Brandt - Photograph from a glass negative, 14.3 x 10.4 cm
Fig. 64: Jadwiga Golcz (1866-1936): Portrait of the painter Józef Brandt
Fig. 64: Jadwiga Golcz (1866-1936): Portrait of the painter Józef Brandt - Photograph from a glass negative, 14.3 x 10.4 cm © Digital National Museum in Warsaw
Fig. 64: Jadwiga Golcz (1866-1936): Portrait of the painter Józef Brandt
Photograph from a glass negative, 14.3 x 10.4 cm
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Bolesław Szańkowski (1871/73-1953): Portrait of Józef Brandt, 1910.
Bolesław Szańkowski (1871/73-1953): Portrait of Józef Brandt, 1910. Oil on canvas, 162 x 112 cm, National Museum in Warsaw/Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Inv. No. MP 961
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During these years Brandt's paintings were as coveted as they were expensive. Until the turn of the century the Munich gallery Wimmer which represented him, sold most of his works to the USA. After 1900 he switched to Galerie Heinemann. The Georges Petit gallery dealt in his paintings in Paris.[72] From the turn of the century, however, Brandt (fig. 64), who had been painting mainly for the art market for the past twenty years, seemed burnt out. He continued to work as an artist, but for the most part his paintings were repetitions of motifs related to the Battle of Vienna, such as the “Battle for the Turkish Flag”[73] (circa 1905, National Museum in Krakow/Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie) or the wall-filling depiction of “The Bogurodzica Anthem”[74] (1909, National Museum in Breslau/Muzeum Narodowe w Wrocławiu). In doing so he made individual studies of victorious Hussars and Cossacks (fig. 57-59, 62-63). Brandt was now living on the estate at Orońsko amid a large family of children and grandchildren. In 1913 his health began to deteriorate. At the start of the First World War, German soldiers confiscated his horses, requisitioned food and rations and finally plundered all his works of art and everyday objects. In 1915 Russian soldiers forced him to leave the estate and he moved with his family to Radom. Brandt died of pneumonia on 12th June 1915.

 

Axel Feuß, November 2017

 

Further reading:

Adolf Rosenberg: Die Münchener Malerschule in ihrer Entwicklung seit 1871, Leipzig 1887, pages 46-48

Friedrich Pecht: Geschichte der Münchener Kunst im neunzehnten Jahrhundert, München 1888, pp. 420-424 („Die Polen, Magyaren und sonstigen Ausländer“), Digitale Sammlungen der Universitätsbibliothek Weimar, Digital version: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-g-591521 (called up on 21.11.2017)

Janusz Derwojed: Józef Brandt, Warsaw 1969

Münchner Maler im 19. Jahrhundert, Band 1, München 1981, p. 129 f.

Halina Ste̜pień: Artyści polscy w środowisku monachijskim. W latach 1828-1855 (Studia z historii sztuki / Instytut Sztuki, Polska Akademia Nauk, 44), Breslau/Wrocław 1990

Hans-Peter Bühler: Jäger, Kosaken und polnische Reiter. Josef von Brandt, Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski, Franz Roubaud und der Münchner Polenkreis, Hildesheim/New York, 1993

Halina Ste̜pień / Maria Liczbińska: Artyści polscy w środowisku monachijskim. W latach 1828-1914. Materiały źródłowe (Studia z historii sztuki / Instytut Sztuki, Polska Akademia Nauk, 47), Warschau 1994

Irena Olchowska-Schmidt: Józef Brandt, Krakau 1996

J. Derwojed: Brandt, Józef, in: Saur Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Band 13, München/Leipzig 1996, page 641

Halina Ste̜pień: Artyści polscy w środowisku monachijskim. W latach 1856-1914 (Studia z historii sztuki / Instytut Sztuki, Polska Akademia Nauk, 50), Warsaw 2003

Ewa Micke-Broniarek: Józef Brandt (2004), in: culture.pl (Polish/English), http://culture.pl/en/artist/jozef-brandt (called up on 24.11.2017)

Ewa Micke-Broniarek: Józef Brandt, Breslau/Wrocław 2005

Anna Bernat: Józef Brandt (1841-1915), Warsaw 2007

Halina Stępień : Die polnische Künstlerenklave in München (1828-1914), in: zeitenblicke 5 (2006), No. 2, http://www.zeitenblicke.de/2006/2/Stepien/index_html (called up on 24.11.2017)

Eliza Ptaszyńska (ed.): Ateny nad Izarą. Malarstwo monachijskie. Studia i szkice, Suwałki 2012

Jednodniówka – Eintagszeitung. Neuausgabe, herausgegeben von Zbigniew Fałtynowicz / Eliza Ptaszyńska, Muzeum Okręgowe w Suwałkach, Suwałki 2008; simultaneous with the exhibition catalogue “Signatur - anders geschrieben. Anwesenheit polnischer Künstler im Lichte von Archivalien”, Polnisches Kulturzentrum, München 2008

Monika Bartoszek (ed.): Józef Brandt (1841-1915). Między Monachium a Orońskiem/Between Munich and Orońsko, exhibition catalogue Orońsko 2015

Egzotyczna Europa. Kraj urodzenia na płótnach polskich monachijczyków/Das exotische Europa. Heimatvisionen auf den Gemälden der polnischen Künstler in München, Exhibition catalogue Suwałki 2015

 

[72] Bühler 1993 (see further reading), page 114

[73] Walka o sztandar turecki, ca. 1909. Oil on canvas, 76 x 130 cm, Nationalmuseum Krakau/Muzeum Narodow w Krakowie

[74] Bogurodzica, 1909. Oil on canvas, 160 x 302 cm, Nationalmuseum Breslau/Muzeum Narodowe w Wrocławiu

Bolesław Szańkowski (1871/73-1953): Portrait of Józef Brandt, 1910. Oil on canvas, 162 x 112 cm, National Museum in Warsaw/Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Inv. No. MP 961
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