Tadeusz Maria Rostworowski (1860-1928) was a Polish architect and painter.
Tadeusz Maria Rostworowski | |
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| Born | 21 March 1860 |
| Died | 23 August 1928 (aged 68) |
| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts |
| Occupation | Architect |
He was born on 21 March 1860 in Kowalewszczyzna in Congress Poland. After completing gymnasium in Warsaw, he entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Saint Petersburg, where he obtained a diploma degree in architecture in 1885. He was taught by Alfred Parland and Vasil Kennel. He furthered his studies in Kraków, Munich and Paris.[1]
His major works included:[1]
- Puttkamer's palace in Bolcieniki, in English Neo-Gothic style (c. 1890–1896)
- Imperial Palace in Białowieża, in collaboration with N. J. de Rochefort (dismantled in 1950s)
- Expansion of manor house owned by the Chomiński family (wooden, 18th century), in Olszew
- St. Georges Hotel in Vilnius (1893)[2]
- Reconstruction of Ignacy Korwin-Milewski's palace, in Neo-Baroque style (1895)
- Neo-Gothic expansion of Władysław Tyszkiewicz's palace in Lentvaris (1899), in collaboration with Belgian architect de Waegh
- Manor of the Wańkowicz family in Rudaków (1900), in collaboration with Bronisław Mineyko
- Reconstruction project of Józef Biszewski's palace in Łyntupy, in Neo-Renessaince style
- railway management building in Vilnius
Rostworowski built or rebuilt nearly thirty churches in Podlachia and Lithuania, among others: Neo-Renessance church in Parafianowo, churches in Bieniakonie (1901), Lentvaris, Molėtai, Kreva, Baltoji Vokė and Šalčininkai.[1]
In 1898, he married Zofia (née Oskierka), with whom he had son Andrzej and daughter Maria Róża. Besides his architectural profession, he was also a keen painter. He died suddenly of heart attack, on 23 August 1928.[1]
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Imperial Palace in Białowieża (1894) -
Palace in Lentvaris -
Hotel Georges in Vilnius -
Headquarters of Lithuanian Railways in Vilnius
References edit
- ^ a b c d Kunkel, Robert M. (1989–1991). "Tadeusz Maria Rostworowski". Polski Słownik Biograficzny. Vol. XXXII (in Polish). Polish Academy of Sciences.
- ^ Lukšionytė, Nijolė (2015). "City Culture: from Historicism to Modernism". In Iršėnas, Marius; Račiūnaitė, Tojana (eds.). The Lithuanian Millennium. History, Art and Culture. Vilnius Academy of Arts Press. p. 467. ISBN 978-609-447-097-4.