Józef Brandt
First and last name
Józef Brandt
Date of birth
1841, Szczebrzeszyn
Date of death
1915, Radom
Józef Brandt was a Polish painter, representative of the Munich School. He was famous for creating battle scenes. He learnt his craft in the studio of Léon Cogniet, he also took advice from Juliusz Kossak and Henryk Rodakowski. From 1862, he studied in Munich, in private studios and at the Academy of Fine Arts. In the 1870s and 1880s, he was the leader of the Polish artistic colony in Munich. He created mainly genre-battle and historical paintings.
