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Tadeusz Blotnicki

Tadeusz Blotnicki

Tadeusz Błotnicki (1858 in Lwów – 1928) - sculptor, active mainly in Cracow.

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He was a disciple of Parys Filippi, Marcel Guyski, and Caspar Zambusch from Vienna. He was an author of many sculptures and busts in Cracow and throughout Galicia:

  • bust of Stanisław Konarski at the entrance to the crypt of the Piarists church [1] and inside the church
  • bust of Feliks Księżarski on the Palace of Arts, which can be seen from the Planty, made in 1901
  • allegory of Poetry, Drama and Comedy on the facade of the Słowacki Theatre in Cracow
  • monument to Marcel Guyski and Oskar Kolberg in the Rakowicki Cemetery
  • figure of Saint Joseph in the Capuchins church
  • monument to Adam Mickiewicz (1898) in Stanislawow

    • He was a known figure in the artistic spheres of the pre war Cracow; he was friends with Gabriela Zapolska, Teofil Lenartowicz and Jacek Malczewski who portraited him

    References

    Tadeusz Błotnicki Wikipedia
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