Aleksander Szymkiewicz (12 November 1858, in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

– 1908, in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

) was a

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architect who worked in

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(primarily in

) in the 1880s–1900s. He was a member of the City Council and municipal architect of Tbilisi from 1885 to 1891. In Tbilisi, he designed, among others, the building of the Supreme Court of Georgia, the Conservatoire building, the building of the Caucasian Silk Station (now the State Silk Museum), the building of the

Rustaveli Theatre Rustaveli National Theatre ( ka, შოთა რუსთაველის სახელობის აკადემიური თეატრი ) is the largest and one of the oldest theaters of Georgia, located in its capital Tbilisi on ...

(with Cornell K. Tatishchev), and various townhouses, including the Andreoletti's house. He also designed the building of the

Shota Rustaveli State University The Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University ( ka, ბათუმის შოთა რუსთაველის სახელობის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი) is the higher educational universi ...

Batumi Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ) is the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), second largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's ...

and the Court of Appeals in

Kutaisi Kutaisi (, ka, ქუთაისი ) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia, traditionally, second in importance, after the capital city of Tbilisi. Situated west of Tbilis ...

. His designs combined baroque and classical elements. Grab Aleksander Szymkiewicz

Biography

Born in 1858 (according to other sources - in 1860) in a noble family. Father, a civil lawyer, came from the Kovno province. Mother, Emilia-Anna Maria Petrovna, née Gurskalin, of Swedish-German origin, ancestors have lived in St. Petersburg since the XVIII century. His maternal grandfather owned the Odeon publishing house. The family lived on the 11th line of Vasilyevsky Island in Aue's house. All three sons - Pavel (1856-1900), Alexander (1858-1907) and Peter (1862-1920) studied at the

Karl May School Karl May School (russian: Петербургская школа Карла Мая) is a secondary school in Saint Petersburg, Russia. History Founding In 1856, on the day of the Autumn Equinox (22 September), on the initiative of a few German fa ...

, where teaching was conducted in German. He graduated from the

St. Petersburg Academy of Arts The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by the founder of the Imperial Moscow University Ivan Shuvalov under the name ''Academy of the Thre ...

. During his studying, he received two medals: in 1880 - 2nd silver; in 1882 - 1st silver. At the age of 25, he went to Tbilisi, took the position of city architect. He had the rank of court counselor. He was elected a deputy (vowel) to the Tiflis City Duma (1897-1901). He taught at the Tbilisi Art School. He lived on 7 Chonkadze Street (own house). In 1910, an Alexander Shimkevich scholarship was established for students of the Tbilisi Art School.

Gallery

Geosupremecourt.jpg, Supreme Court of Georgia in Tbilisi Tbilisi Conservatoire.JPG,

Tbilisi State Conservatoire Tbilisi State Conservatoire ( ka, თბილისის სახელმწიფო კონსერვატორია, ''Tbilisis Saxelmc̣ipo Ḳonservaṭoria'') is the State Conservatoire of Georgia, located in the capital Tbili ...

Wikiwyprawa 2015 sad apelacyjny kutaisi 6.jpg, Court of Appeals in Kutaisi Rustaveli National Theater in Georgia (Europe), built 19th century in Rococo style.jpg,

in Tbilisi

References

1858 births 1908 deaths Architects from Tbilisi People from the Russian Empire of Polish descent 19th-century Polish architects {{Poland-architect-stub