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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)
Sketch of the group of the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene to the painting ‘Entombment’

Sketch of the group of the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene to the painting ‘Entombment’ (1850)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Studies of heads in helmets ‘Queen Jadwiga’s Oath’

Studies of heads in helmets ‘Queen Jadwiga’s Oath’ (1867)

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

Studies of the queen’s dress sleeves for the painting ‘Queen Jadwiga’s Oath’ (1867)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Study of clothing of the executioner with an axe to the painting ‘Martyrdom of St. Josaphat Kuntsevych’

Study of clothing of the executioner with an axe to the painting ‘Martyrdom of St. Josaphat Kuntsevych’ (1861)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Study of the Prophet Isaiah’s robes for the painting ‘The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary’

Study of the Prophet Isaiah’s robes for the painting ‘The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary’ (1864)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Two sketches of Barbara lying in bed for the painting ‘Death of Barbara Radziwiłł’

Two sketches of Barbara lying in bed for the painting ‘Death of Barbara Radziwiłł’ (1860)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Portrait of Capuchin Beniamin Szymański

Portrait of Capuchin Beniamin Szymański (circa 1856)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Sketches of Gothic architectural details

Sketches of Gothic architectural details (1861-1867)

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)
Nude study to the figure of St. Matthias to the painting ‘Martyrdom of St. Matthias’

Nude study to the figure of St. Matthias to the painting ‘Martyrdom of St. Matthias’ (1866-1867)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Studium głowy chłopca

Studium głowy chłopca

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Study of a nude male

Study of a nude male (1858)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Studia ubioru postaci królewicza Zygmunta do obrazu ‘Katarzyna Jagiellonka w więzieniu w Gripsholmie’

Studia ubioru postaci królewicza Zygmunta do obrazu ‘Katarzyna Jagiellonka w więzieniu w Gripsholmie’ (1858)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Portrait of Maria Róża Kronenberg and Róża Maria Karolina Kronenberg with a dog

Portrait of Maria Róża Kronenberg and Róża Maria Karolina Kronenberg with a dog (1860)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
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