Józef Simmler
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Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
known for his classical style and his Polish subjects.
Perhaps his most famous work is "Death of Barbara Radziwillowna" ("Śmierć Barbary Radziwiłłówny"), an oil on canvas work completed in 1860. It now hangs in the National Museum, Warsaw.
His daughter's brother-in-law was Eduard Strasburger
Eduard Strasburger
Eduard Adolf Strasburger was a German professor who was one of the most famous botanists of the 19th century....
, the famous Polish-German botanist. One of Simmler's grandsons was Henryk Leon Strasburger
Henryk Leon Strasburger
Henryk Leon Strasburger was a Polish economist, General Commissioner in the Free City of Danzig and delegate to the League of Nations. He was also a member of the Polish government in exile during World War II. According to the New York Times, he was among the earliest and most outspoken of...
, a Polish delegate to the League of Nations
League of Nations
The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace...