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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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Portrait of countess Róża Sobańska

Portrait of countess Róża Sobańska (1866 - 1868)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Studia fragmentów płaszcza i sukni Katarzyny Jagiellonki do obrazu ‘Katarzyna Jagiellonka w więzieniu w Gripsholmie’

Studia fragmentów płaszcza i sukni Katarzyny Jagiellonki do obrazu ‘Katarzyna Jagiellonka w więzieniu w Gripsholmie’ (1858)

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)
Entombment of Christ, sketch for a painting

Entombment of Christ, sketch for a painting (circa 1850)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Sketch of head and studies of hands of Gniewosz of Dalewice; studies of Jagiełło’s hands for the painting ‘Queen Jadwiga’s Oath’

Sketch of head and studies of hands of Gniewosz of Dalewice; studies of Jagiełło’s hands for the painting ‘Queen Jadwiga’s Oath’ (1867)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Study (I) of Both Hands of the Bishop to the Painting ‘The Oath of Queen Jadwiga’

Study (I) of Both Hands of the Bishop to the Painting ‘The Oath of Queen Jadwiga’ (1867)

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

Portrait of a man

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Portrait of Matylda Werner

Portrait of Matylda Werner (1858)

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

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

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

Portrait of a man (1856)

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 of the group of witnesses to the death of St. Matthias to the painting ‘Martyrdom of St. Matthias’

Sketch of the group of witnesses to the death of St. Matthias to the painting ‘Martyrdom of St. Matthias’ (1866-1867)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Portrait of Maurycy Brauman

Portrait of Maurycy Brauman (1866)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Interior of the Gothic hall

Interior of the Gothic hall (1861-1867)

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
Cossack idyll

Cossack idyll

Józef Simmler (Polish, 1823-1868)
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