Teodor Talowski

{{Short description|Polish architect (1857–1910)}}

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|nationality=Polish

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|birth_place=Zasów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Poland)

|death_date={{death date and age|1910|5|1|1857|3|23|df=y}}

|death_place=Lviv, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine)

|practice=Lviv Polytechnic

|significant_buildings=Church of St. Elizabeth, Lviv

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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".Maciej Gutowski, Bartłomiej Gutowski, Architektura Secesyjna w Galicji, DiG publishing, Warsaw 2001, p. 27 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 ({{langx|pl|Lwów}}, {{langx|de|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.{{cite news|url=https://suw.biblos.pk.edu.pl/downloadResource&mId=1835434 |title=The works of Teodor Talowski and his forgotten project of S. Goszczyński Gymnasium in Nowy Targ. History and remarks on revalorisation |access-date=2019-08-05}}{{cite news|url=https://ena.lp.edu.ua/bitstream/ntb/41484/2/2017v3n1_Cherkes_B-Architectural_education_at_1-16.pdf |title=ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION AT LVIV POLYTECHNIC DURING THE INTERWAR PERIOD |access-date=2019-08-06}}

Throughout his whole professional life, Talowski worked mainly in Galicia, designing public utility buildings as well as private houses.{{cite news|url=https://tarnowskiekoscioly.net/index.php/biogramy/42-talowski-teodor |title=Teodor Talowski |access-date=2019-08-05}} The works of Talowski are set in eclecticism, showing strong connections with historicism and Art Nouveau.{{cite news|url=https://suw.biblos.pk.edu.pl/downloadResource&mId=1835434 |title=The works of Teodor Talowski and his forgotten project of S. Goszczyński Gymnasium in Nowy Targ. History and remarks on revalorisation |access-date=2019-08-05}}

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=

Image:Retoryka street, houses by Talowski.jpg

  • 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{{Cite web |last=Borejza |first=Tomasz |date=2022-09-12 |title=Popatrz w górę! Fantastyczne detale krakowskich kamienic |url=https://krowoderska.pl/popatrz-w-gore-fantastyczne-detale-krakowskich-kamienic/ |access-date=2022-09-18 |website=Krowoderska.pl |language=pl-PL}}

:{{•}}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:

Image:Church of Saints Olga and Elizabeth, Lviv (2).jpg

Image:Dobiecki manor house, 1890 by arch. Teodor Talowski, Szkolna street, Cianowice Duże village, Kraków county, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.jpg]]

=Other works=

Gallery

File:Кропивницького пл., 1, церква св. Ольги і Єлизавети, 9109-HDR-Edit ed.jpg|St. Elisabeth's Church in Lviv, the northern elevation

File:Kostel parafialny Ternopil 09.jpg|Church of St. Mary of the Perpetual Assistance in Ternopil built between 1903–08, demolished by the Soviets in 1954

File:Sucha kosciol.JPG|Parish Church in Sucha Beskidzka

File:StJohn Grande Hospital (Merciful Brother's Order), 1898-1901, designed by arch. Teodor Talowski, 3-11 Trynitarska street, Kazimierz, Krakow, Poland.jpg|St.John of God Hospital, Kraków

File:Pałac Żyleńskich.jpg|Manor house of the Żeleński family in Grodkowice

File:Wadowice Gorne - church 001.JPG|St. Anne Church in Wadowice Górne

File:Zespół kościoła par. p.w. św. Mikołaja w Lubzinie.JPG|St. Nicholas Church in Lubzina

File:Talowski, Retoryka 3.JPG|A townhouse on Retoryka Street, Kraków

File:Talowski, Festina lente.JPG|Festina lente Townhouse, Kraków

File:Pod Osłem (Under Donkey) House, 9 Retoryka street, Kraków, Poland.jpg|The Pod Osłem Townhouse, Kraków

File:Chrzanow kaplica loewenfeldow.JPG|The Loewenfeld Mausoleum, Chrzanów

File:Kamienica Pod Pająkiem w Krakowie 02.jpg|Tenement House Under the Sign of Spider, Kraków

File:Catholic Church Stoyaniv.jpg|Sacred Heart of Jesus Church , Stoyaniv

File:Kościół p.w. św. Kazimierza w Nowym Sączu.jpg|St. Casimir's Church, Nowy Sącz

File:Bóbrka, 006.jpg|Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Bóbrka

See also

References

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Sources

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