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Józef Simmler

Józef Simmler was a Polish painter known for his classical style and his Polish subjects.

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.

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. 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).

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.

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.

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Figures of Armoured Guards. Study to the Painting ‘Catherine Jagiellon in Gripsholm Prison’

Figures of Armoured Guards. Study to the Painting ‘Catherine Jagiellon in Gripsholm Prison’ (before 1858)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Sketches of two male nudes for the painting ‘Martyrdom of St. Matthias’

Sketches of two male nudes for the painting ‘Martyrdom of St. Matthias’ (1866-1867)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Sketches of figures of the queen and Jaśko of Tęczyn for the painting ‘Queen Jadwiga’s Oath’

Sketches of figures of the queen and Jaśko of Tęczyn for the painting ‘Queen Jadwiga’s Oath’ (1867)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Sketch of the queen figure for the painting ‘Queen Jadwiga’s Oath’

Sketch of the queen figure for the painting ‘Queen Jadwiga’s Oath’ (1867)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Study to the painting ‘King David playing the harp’

Study to the painting ‘King David playing the harp’ (1855)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Sketch to the Painting ‘Three Marys Walking to Christ’s Tomb’

Sketch to the Painting ‘Three Marys Walking to Christ’s Tomb’ (1864)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Study to the Painting ‘The Death of Barbara Radziwiłł – Head of Quinn Barbara’

Study to the Painting ‘The Death of Barbara Radziwiłł – Head of Quinn Barbara’ (_before 1860)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Sketch of Catherine Jagiellon with son Sigismund and John, Grand Duke of Finland, to the painting ‘Catherine Jagiellon in Gripsholm Prison’

Sketch of Catherine Jagiellon with son Sigismund and John, Grand Duke of Finland, to the painting ‘Catherine Jagiellon in Gripsholm Prison’ (1858)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Sketch to the Figure of St Cecilia

Sketch to the Figure of St Cecilia (1855)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
A woman with two children with a hand extended in a gesture of begging

A woman with two children with a hand extended in a gesture of begging (1856)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
St. Casimir – drawing according to the engraving by Franciszek Wacław Balcewicz of 1749

St. Casimir – drawing according to the engraving by Franciszek Wacław Balcewicz of 1749 (1856)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Studium do postaci Katarzyny Jagiellonki do obrazu ‘Katarzyna Jagiellonka w więzieniu w Gripsholmie’

Studium do postaci Katarzyny Jagiellonki do obrazu ‘Katarzyna Jagiellonka w więzieniu w Gripsholmie’ (1858)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Study of a nude boy against a landscape

Study of a nude boy against a landscape (1858)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Nude study of prince for the painting ‘The Upbringing of Sigismund Augustus’

Nude study of prince for the painting ‘The Upbringing of Sigismund Augustus’ (1861)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Sketch of the composition ‘Mermaids luring a young man’

Sketch of the composition ‘Mermaids luring a young man’ (1848)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
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