Chrystian Piotr Aigner

Chrystian Piotr Aigner acquired extensive knowledge of architecture in the course of several journeys to Italy that he made in the company of his patron and subsequent collaborator and friend Stanisław Kostka Potocki."Aigner, Chrystian Piotr," Encyklopedia Polski, p. 12. He studied in Italy."Aigner, Chrystian Piotr," Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), volume 1, p. 32. Later, during a long association with the city of Warsaw, he created many Classicist buildings in the Polish capital. A member of Rome's Academy of St. Luke, and of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning, and from 1817 a professor of architecture at Warsaw University,"Aigner, Chrystian Piotr," Encyklopedia Polski, p. 12. he was active in Warsaw until 1825 and in Kraków before leaving for Italy for good"Aigner, Chrystian Piotr," Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), volume 1, p. 32. in 1827.Information from the Polish Wikipedia article, 14:07, 22 August 2009, edition.

Aigner at first applied the decorative forms of early Neoclassicism (Marynka's Palace in Puławy) or made reference to the works of Andrea Palladio (the façade of St. Anne's Church in Warsaw). In a later period, he reworked patterns drawn directly from the architecture of Antiquity (the Puławy parish church; St. Alexander's Church in Warsaw), and even erected Neogothic structures (the Gothic House in Puławy). He also published a pattern book, Budowy kościołów... (Church Building...), which exerted a great influence on Polish sacral architecture in the first half of the 19th century."Aigner, Chrystian Piotr," Encyklopedia Polski, p. 12.

Aigner's work represents a mature classicism, inspired directly by Italian influences, and later enriched by Empire and Romantic influences. The Romantic influences, reflecting a growing interest in Poland's past, were expressed chiefly through the use of Neogothic forms and enriched spatial arrangements (palaces with rotunda in a corner). His theoretical writings include "Rozprawa o świątyniach u starożytnych i o słowiańskich," Roczniki Towarzystwa Warszawskiego Przyjaciół Nauk ("A Treatise on Ancient and Slavic Temples," Annals of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning), 1808."Aigner, Chrystian Piotr," Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), volume 1, p. 32.

During the Kościuszko Uprising, Aigner wrote "Krótka nauka o kosach i pikach" ("A Brief Treatise on Scythes and Pikes"), which provided a theory for operating on the field of battle with formations of scythemen and pikemen.Information from the Polish Wikipedia article, 14:07, 22 August 2009, edition.

• Classicist palace in Olesin, Puławy County (1782–1830), with Stanisław Kostka Potocki
• Palace in Igołomia
• Palace in Zarzecze, Przeworsk County
• Remodeling of Łańcut Castle
• Church in Międzyrzec Podlaski
• Czartoryski residence in Puławy (Church of the Assumption, Gothic House, Temple of the Sibyl, Marynka's Palace), 1785–1810
• Church of St. Alexander in Suwałki
• Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Żyrzyn
• Epitaph of Kraków Bishop Kajetan Sołtyk in Wawel Cathedral
• Classicist manor house in Bachorza

In Warsaw:

• Krasiński Palace in Ursynów (1785–86), with Stanisław Kostka Potocki, rebuilt in 1858 by Zygmunt Rozpędowski
• Remodeling of Leszno, Warsaw, palace (1785–88), probably only the interiors
• St. Alexander's Church, 1818–25
• Façade of St. Anne's Church (1786–88), with Stanisław Kostka Potocki; rebuilding of bell tower, 1816
• Façade of St. Andrew's Church
• Remodeling of the Warsaw Arsenal (1792)
• Remodeling of main entrance hall at Wilanów Palace (1792)
• Villa of Izabela Lubomirska at Krzeszowice (1792)
• Library of Ignacy Potocki (1788), no longer extant, at site of Warsaw's Hotel Bristol
• Remodeling of Natolin Palace (1808)
• Morysin Summer Palace, near Wilanów, with Stanisław Kostka Potocki
• Mint on ulica Bielańska (demolished in 1905 by Russian Imperial authorities)
• Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory
• Remodeling of the Presidential Palace (formerly, "Viceregal Palace"), 1818–19 "Aigner, Chrystian Piotr," Encyklopedia Polski, p. 12."Aigner, Chrystian Piotr," Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), volume 1, p. 32.Information from the Polish Wikipedia article, 14:07, 22 August 2009, edition.

File:Pulawy palac czartoryskich.jpg|Czartoryski palace, Puławy

File:Pulawy palac marynki.jpg|Marynka's Palace, Puławy

File:Pulawy swiatynia sybilli.jpg|Temple of the Sibyl, Puławy

File:Pulawy kosciol wniebowziecia nmp.jpg|Church of the Assumption, Puławy

File:Pulawy domek gotycki.jpg|Gothic House, Puławy

File:Pałac Prezydencki w Warszawie 2020.jpg|Presidential Palace, Warsaw

File:Kościół św. Aleksandra w Warszawie 2018.jpg|St. Alexander's Church, Warsaw

File:Kościół św. Anny w Warszawie 2020.jpg|St. Anne's Church, Warsaw

File:Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory 1.jpg|Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory

File:Łańcut - Pałac.jpg|Łańcut Castle

File:Międzyrzec podlaski kościół św mikołaja fasada.jpg|St. Nicholas' Church, in Międzyrzec Podlaski. Neoclassicist façade by Aigner.

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• T. Jaroszewski, Chrystian Piotr Aigner, architekt warszawskiego klasycyzmu (Chrystian Piotr Aigner: Architect of Warsaw Classicism), Warsaw, 1970.
• "Aigner, Chrystian Piotr," Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), volume 1, Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1973, p. 32.
• "Aigner, Chrystian Piotr," Encyklopedia Polski (Encyclopedia of Poland), Kraków, Wydawnictwo Ryszard Kluszczyński, 1996, {{ISBN|83-86328-60-6}}, p. 12.

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• [https://archive.today/20130416103342/http://www.serwis.pulawy.pl/tabele/bioA.htm "Chrystian Piotr Aigner," in Biographies of Persons Connected with Puławy (in Polish)]
• [http://www.pinakoteka.zascianek.pl/Vogel/Vogel_4.htm The architecture of Olesin in paintings] by Zygmunt Vogel (1764–1826), in Polish

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