Józef Brodowski the Elder

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Józef Brodowski, (c.1775/81, Warsaw – 1853, Kraków) was a Polish painter in the Classical style. He is called The Elder to distinguish him from Józef Brodowski (1828–1900), who was apparently not related.

Biography

Thanks to the financial support of Princess Izabela Czartoryska, he was able to study in Vienna with Josef Abel and Johann Baptist von Lampi. After 1805, he lived in Łańcut, where he painted portraits and theatrical scenery.

In 1811, he was appointed a drawing teacher. Seven years later, he became one of the first professors at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts.

He painted historical scenes, genre works, church decorations and portraits. Several of his history paintings involve scenes from the life of Tadeusz Kościuszko. He is noted for portraying the 19th-century Kraków on numerous sketches and prints.{{cite news |url=https://www.muzeumkrakowa.pl/wydawnictwo/jozef-brodowski-malarz-i-rysownik-starego-krakowa |title=Józef Brodowski. Malarz i rysownik starego Krakowa |access-date=29 May 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He was also an active member of the Przesąd Zwyciężony Masonic Lodge.{{cite book |last=Małachowski-Łępicki |first=Stanisław |date=1930 |title=Wykaz polskich lóż wolnomularskich oraz ich członków w latach 1738–1821 |location=Kraków |page=355 }}