Teodor Talowski

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Teodor Talowski
Теодор Тальовський (1857—1910).jpg
Born(1857-03-23)March 23, 1857
Zasów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Poland)
DiedMay 1, 1910(1910-05-01) (aged 53)
Lviv, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine)
NationalityPolish
OccupationArchitect
PracticeLviv Polytechnic
BuildingsChurch of St. Elizabeth, Lviv

Teodor Marian Talowski (born March 23, 1857 in Zasów, died May 1, 1910 in Lviv) was a Polish architect and painter. Because of his style, which combined late Historicism with Art Nouveau and Modernist influences, he has been described as "the Polish Gaudi".[1] His works include apartment buildings, churches, chapels and public buildings in Kraków, Lviv and other cities throughout former Austrian Galicia.

Biography[]

Talowski was born in Zassów (now Zasów) near Tarnów, in Austrian Galicia, and attended a gymnasium in Kraków. Later he moved to Vienna, where he studied architecture under Karl König. After two years he moved to Lviv (Polish: Lwów, German: Lemberg), to study under Julian Zachariewicz at Lviv Polytechnic, from which he graduated in 1881. He came back to Kraków to be a professor at the Higher School of Technology and Industry (Polish: Wyższa Szkoła Techniczo-Przemysłowa). In 1901 he was appointed the chair of the Department of Drawing and later the Department of Medieval Architecture Composition at Lviv Polytechnic.[2][3]

Throughout his whole professional life, Talowski worked mainly in Galicia, designing public utility buildings as well as private houses.[4] The works of Talowski are set in eclecticism, showing strong connections with historicism and Art Nouveau.[5]

He died prematurely in 1910 in Lviv after five years of poor health and was interred at the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków.

Main works[]

Residential buildings[]

Some of Talowski's houses at Retoryka street, Kraków. From the left - numbers 9th-1st
  • Complex of apartment buildings in Kraków at 1,3,7,9,15 Retoryka street:
 • 1 Retoryka Street - Under the Singing Frog (Pol. Pod śpiewającą żabą), 1889–90
 • 7 Retoryka Street - Festina Lente, 1887
 • 9 Retoryka Street - Under the Ass (Pod Osłem), 1891
 • 15 Retoryka Street - Think Long, Act Fast (Długo myśl, prędko czyń), 1888
  • Talowski's own house Under the Spider (Pol. Pod pająkiem) on Karmelicka Street, Kraków, 1889
  • Apartment building at 18 Smoleńsk Street, Kraków, Under the Dragon (Pod Smokiem), 1887

Churches[]

Talowski designed over 70 churches, including:

Church of St. Elizabeth in Lviv
Dobiecki Manor House, Cianowice Duże

Other works[]

Gallery[]

  • St. Elisabeth's Church in Lviv, the northern elevation

  • Church of St. Mary of the Perpetual Assistance in Ternopil built between 1903-08, demolished by the Soviets in 1954

  • Parish Church in Sucha Beskidzka

  • St.John of God Hospital, Kraków

  • Manor house of the Żeleński family in Grodkowice

  • St. Anne Church in Wadowice Górne

  • St. Nicholas Church in Lubzina

  • A townhouse on Retoryka Street, Kraków

  • Festina lente Townhouse, Kraków

  • The Pod Osłem Townhouse, Kraków

  • The Loewenfeld Mausoleum, Chrzanów

  • Tenement House Under the Sign of Spider, Kraków

  • Sacred Heart of Jesus Church , Stoyaniv

  • St. Casimir's Church, Nowy Sącz

  • Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Bóbrka

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Maciej Gutowski, Bartłomiej Gutowski, Architektura Secesyjna w Galicji, DiG publishing, Warsaw 2001, p. 27
  2. ^ "The works of Teodor Talowski and his forgotten project of S. Goszczyński Gymnasium in Nowy Targ. History and remarks on revalorisation". Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  3. ^ "ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION AT LVIV POLYTECHNIC DURING THE INTERWAR PERIOD" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  4. ^ "Teodor Talowski". Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  5. ^ "The works of Teodor Talowski and his forgotten project of S. Goszczyński Gymnasium in Nowy Targ. History and remarks on revalorisation". Retrieved 2019-08-05.

Sources[]

 • Maciej Gutowski, Bartłomiej Gutowski, Architektura Secesyjna w Galicji, DiG publishing, Warsaw 2001, p. 23-27 (in Polish).

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