Antoni Stanisław Brodowski: Life and Legacy Early Life and Education Born: December 26, 1784, in Warsaw, Poland. Initially encouraged to pursue mathematics by his father’s will, Brodowski also demonstrated an early aptitude for art. He began his artistic training with Marcello Bacciarelli, a prominent painter at the Polish court. From 1805 to 1808, he resided in Paris, serving as a tutor to the children of Tadeusz Mostowski w…