Stefan Szyller (4 September 1857 — 22 June 1933) was a Polish architect, and academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts. His most prominent works are examples of
architectural Revivalism, especially in the
Neo-Renaissance
Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th-century Revivalism (architecture), architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival ar ...
and
Neo-Baroque Neo-Baroque may refer to:
* Neo-Baroque music
* Neo-Baroque painting, a painting style used by Christo Coetzee and others
*Baroque Revival architecture
* Neo-Baroque film
*the Organ reform movement
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styles.
Biography
Szyller was a graduate of the
Imperial Academy of Arts
The Imperial Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by Ivan Shuvalov, the founder of the Imperial Moscow University, under the name ''Academy of th ...
(1881). During his studies he received awards from the Academy of Arts: a small silver medal (1878), a large silver medal (1879), a small gold medal (1880) for the program “Project of the City Council”, and a large gold medal (1881) for the “Project of the district court in the capital".
He moved to Warsaw in 1888), where he created about 700 Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque buildings, and restored many historical structures. Szyller was the chief editor of an architectural magazine and architect of the city of Warsaw.
Books
* ''Do we have Polish architecture?'' (1916).
* ''The tradition of folk architecture in Polish architecture'' (1917).
Works
File:Warszawa, Gmach Główny Politechniki Warszawskiej DZolopa 2022-08-18 090545 1159.jpg, The main building of the Warsaw Polytechnic Institute (1899–1901)
File:Warszawa, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26, 28 20170517 001.jpg, Library and gates of the University of Warsaw (1899–1901)
File:Zachęta - budynek z oddalenia.jpg, National Gallery of Art in Warsaw (1900)
File:Church of Saint Marys Scapular in Druskininkai.jpg, Church of Saint Mary's Scapular in Druskininkai
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1857 births
1933 deaths
19th-century Polish architects
20th-century Polish architects
Architects from Warsaw