Józef Brandt (1841–1915) was a Polish painter best known for his paintings of battles in Polish history, often featuring horses.
Life
Brandt was born in Szczebrzeszyn. He studied in Warsaw in the school of J.N. Leszczynski and at the Noblemen's Institute. In 1858 he left for Paris to study at the Ecole centrale Paris but was persuaded by Juliusz Kossak to abandon engineering in favor of painting. He studied as a painter in Munich under Franz Adam and Karl Piloty 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 Order of Isabella the Catholic, and in 1898, he became the recipient of the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art.
Centre of Polish Sculpture
Brandt's 19th century manor house in Orońsko together with surrounding park serves today as the Centre of Polish Sculpture.
Gallery
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File:Bitwa pod Wiedniem Brandt.jpg|Battle of Vienna, oil on canvas 1873, Polish Army Museum
File:Józef Brandt, Bitwa pod Chocimiem.jpg|Jan Karol Chodkiewicz during the battle of Khotyn, oil on canvas 1865, National Museum, Warsaw
File:Brandt Zaporizhian Camp.jpg|Zaporozhians' camp, oil on canvas 1880, National Museum, Warsaw
File:Walka o sztandar turecki.jpg|Battle over the Turkish Banner, oil on canvas 1905, National Museum, Kraków
File:Husarz, Józef Brandt, 1890.jpg|Polish Hussar, oil on canvas 1890, Polish Museum, Rapperswil
File:Józef Brandt - Wesele kozackie.jpg|Cossacks' Wedding, oil on canvas 1893
File:Brandt-Lisowczycy, Strzelanie z łuku.jpg|Lisowczycy (Archery), oil on canvas 1885, Kościuszko Foundation in New York
File:THE BURDENED HORSE.jpg|The burdened horse
File:Józef Brandt, Czarniecki pod Koldyngą.jpg|Stefan Czarniecki during the Battle of Sønderborg, commonly known as "Stefan Czarniecki during the Battle of Kolding", oil on canvas 1870, National Museum, Warsaw
File:Brandt Józef Pospolite ruszenie u brodu.jpg|Militia at the Ford, oil on canvas 1880
File:Brandt Powrot Kozakow.jpg|Return of the Cossacks, oil on canvas 1894
File:Brandt Skladanie sztandarow.jpg|Inspection of the Trophy Banners, oil on canvas 1905
File:Bogurodzica.jpg|Bogurodzica, oil on canvas 1909, National Museum, Wrocław
File:Józef Brandt - Potyczka Kozaków z Tatarami.jpg|Skirmish Between Cossacks and Tatars, ca. 1890
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See also
- List of Polish painters