Teodor Marian Talowski (born 23 March 1857 in Zasów; died 1 May 1910 in

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) was a Polish architect and painter. Because of his style, which combined late

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with

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and

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influences, he has been described as "the Polish Gaudi". His works include apartment buildings, churches, chapels and public buildings in

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and other cities throughout former

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Biography

Talowski was born in Zassów (now Zasów) near

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, in

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Galicia, and attended a gymnasium in

. Later he moved to

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, where he studied architecture under Karl König. After two years he moved to

(, ), to study under Julian Zachariewicz at

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, 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

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, showing strong connections with

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and

. He died prematurely in 1910 in Lviv after five years of poor health and was interred at the

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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

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, Ukraine (1903–08) * St. Elizabeth Church in

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* St. Casimir Church in Nowy Sącz * St. Nicholas Church in Przyszowa * Parochial Church in

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* Jesus' Transfiguration Church in

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* St. Stanisław Church in Osobnica * Assumption of St. Mary Church in

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* St. Anne Church in

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* All Saints' Church in Chorzelów * Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Nagoszyn * Church of St. Stanislaw the Bishop in

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, (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

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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

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near Kraków * Talowski's family tomb at the

* Dobiecki Manor House in Cianowice Duże

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

built between 1903–08, demolished by the Soviets in 1954 File:Sucha kosciol.JPG, Parish Church in

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

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

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 Chrzanów () is a town in southern Poland with 35,651 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999) and is the seat of Chrzanów County. History History to 1809 It is impossible to establish ...

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,

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

References

Sources

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

External links

www.talowski.pl
(in Polish)
www.talowski.prv.pl
(in Polish)

(in Polish)

(in Polish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Talowski, Teodor 1857 births 1910 deaths Polish Austro-Hungarians People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Artists from Kraków Architects from Kraków Architects from Lviv People from Dębica County