Teodor Talowski

Teodor Marian Talowski (born 23 March 1857 in Zasów; died 1 May 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". 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, 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.

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

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

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, Ukraine (1903–11) St. Mary of the Perpetual Assistance Church in Ternopil, Ukraine (1903–08) St. Elizabeth Church in Nowy Sącz St. Casimir Church in Nowy Sącz St. Nicholas Church in Przyszowa Parochial Church in Sucha Beskidzka Jesus' Transfiguration Church in Libiąż St. Stanisław Church in Osobnica Assumption of St. Mary Church in Kamianka-Buzka St. Anne Church in Wadowice Górne All Saints' Church in Chorzelów Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Nagoszyn Church of St. Stanislaw the Bishop in Łańcut, (alteration) Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Bóbrka St. Sophia and St. Stephen Church in Laszki St. Anne Church in Skalat, Ukraine Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Stoyaniv, Ukraine The Polish church in Cacica, Romania

Other works

Lubicz Street Viaduct in Kraków Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God Hospital in Kraków Dąbrowski Manor in Michałowice Kraków electric works building Żeleński's palace in Grodkowice near Kraków Talowski's family tomb at the Rakowicki Cemetery Dobiecki Manor House in Cianowice Duże

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