The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Brandt, Josef von
BRANDT, Josef von, Polish painter: b.
Szczebrzeszyn, 11 Feb. 1841. He first studied
engineering in Paris, then took up painting at
Munich as a pupil of Franz Adam and Karl
Piloty and opened his own studio. His pictures
mostly illustrate the soldier life of the 17th
century, though he has painted also some excellent
pictures of Polish peasant life. His works
include ‘Polish Peasants at the Inn,’ ‘Episode
of the Thirty Years' War,’ ‘The Battle with
the Turks, near Vienna, 12 Sept. 1683,’
‘Cossack Camp,’ ‘Tartar Battle,’ ‘Cossacks on the

March,’ ‘Cossacks' Triumphal Song’ and
‘Defense of a Farmyard by Polish Cavalry,’ and
‘The Runaway,’ which in 1900 received a prize
in the National Academy, New York.