Tadeusz Błotnicki Explained

Tadeusz Błotnicki (8 October 1858, Lwów - 28 March 1928, Kraków) was a Polish sculptor, active mainly in Kraków.

He was a disciple of Parys Filippi,, and Kaspar von Zumbusch, from Vienna, and created many sculptures and busts in Cracow and throughout Galicia. He was also a known figure in the artistic spheres of pre-war Cracow and was friends with Gabriela Zapolska, Teofil Lenartowicz and Jacek Malczewski, who painted his portrait.^[1]

Major works

• bust of Stanisław Konarski at the entrance to the crypt of the Piarists church and inside the church
• bust of on the Palace of Arts, which can be seen from the Planty, made in 1901
• allegory of Poetry, Drama and Comedy on the facade of the Słowacki Theatre in Cracow
• monument to Marcel Guyski and Oskar Kolberg in the Rakowicki Cemetery
• figure of Saint Joseph in the Capuchins church
• monument to Adam Mickiewicz (1898) in Stanislawow

Notes and References

1. http://www.pinakoteka.zascianek.pl/Malczewski_J/Images/Tadeusz_Blotnicki_s.jpg Pinakoteka Zascianek