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Józef Simmler - Study of Jacob’s robes for the painting ‘The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary’
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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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Study of the left hand of Władysław Jagiełło for the painting ‘Queen Jadwiga’s Oath’

Study of the left hand of Władysław Jagiełło for the painting ‘Queen Jadwiga’s Oath’ (1867)

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

Study of a nude male (1858)

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

Portrait of Capuchin Beniamin Szymański (circa 1856)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Jaśko of Tęczyn’s Garment. Study to the Painting ‘The Oath of Queen Jadwiga’

Jaśko of Tęczyn’s Garment. Study to the Painting ‘The Oath of Queen Jadwiga’ (1867)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Sketch of limestone outliers (near the Ogrodzieniec Castle)

Sketch of limestone outliers (near the Ogrodzieniec Castle) (1860)

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’ (1865)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Nude study for the figure of the Prophet Isaiah in the painting ‘The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary’

Nude study for the figure of the Prophet Isaiah in the painting ‘The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary’ (1864)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Szkic aktu do postaci księcia Jana Finlandzkiego do obrazu ‘Katarzyna Jagiellonka w więzieniu w Gripsholmie’

Szkic aktu do postaci księcia Jana Finlandzkiego do obrazu ‘Katarzyna Jagiellonka w więzieniu w Gripsholmie’ (1858)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Portrait sketch of a lady

Portrait sketch of a lady (circa 1855)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Sketches of nude males to the painting ‘Martyrdom of St. Matthias’

Sketches of nude males to the painting ‘Martyrdom of St. Matthias’ (1866-1867)

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

David’s robe study to the painting ‘King David playing the harp’ (1855)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Female nude study

Female nude study (1840)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Nude study for the figure of Barbara in the painting ‘Death of Barbara Radziwiłł’

Nude study for the figure of Barbara in the painting ‘Death of Barbara Radziwiłł’ (1860)

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

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

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Portrait of Ksawery Skrzyński

Portrait of Ksawery Skrzyński (1852)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
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