Antoni Brodowski

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Antoni Brodowski
Antoni Brodowski, Oedipus and Antigone, oil on canvas, 191 × 293 cm, 1828. National Museum, Warsaw

Antoni Stanisław Brodowski (26 December 1784 – 31 March 1832) was a Polish Neo-classicist painter and pedagogue. Brodowski was born in Warsaw but moved to Paris to study under Jean Augustin and Jacques-Louis David, later Brodowski's idol. He also became a pupil of Anne-Louis Girodet and Francois Gerard. His compositions are very large-scale with many figures, and often based on themes from Antiquity. Brodowski is also well-known for his decorative paintings within palaces and theatres in Warsaw.

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