Tadeusz Błotnicki

Who was Tadeusz Błotnicki?

Tadeusz Błotnicki - sculptor, active mainly in Cracow.

He was a disciple of Parys Filippi, Marcel Guyski, and Caspar Zambusch from Vienna. He was an author of many sculptures and busts in Cracow and throughout Galicia:

⁕bust of Stanisław Konarski at the entrance to the crypt of the Piarists church and inside the church

⁕bust of Feliks Księżarski 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 in Stanislawow

He was a known figure in the artistic spheres of the pre war Cracow; he was friends with Gabriela Zapolska, Teofil Lenartowicz and Jacek Malczewski who portraited him

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Monument to Michał Bałucki in the Planty from 1911

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Bust commemorating Marian Raciborski in the Botanic Garden in Cracow