Teodor Talowski

Teodor Marian Talowski (born 23 March 1857 in Zasów; died 1 May 1910 in Lviv) was a Polish architect and painter. Because of his style, which combined late Historicism with Art Nouveau and Modernist influences, he has been described as "the Polish Gaudi".^[1] His works include apartment buildings, churches, chapels and public buildings in Kraków, Lviv and other cities throughout former Austrian Galicia.

Teodor Talowski
Born	(1857-03-23)23 March 1857 Zasów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Poland)
Died	1 May 1910(1910-05-01) (aged 53) Lviv, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine)
Nationality	Polish
Occupation	Architect
Practice	Lviv Polytechnic
Buildings	Church of St. Elizabeth, Lviv

Biography

Talowski was born in Zassów (now Zasów) near Tarnów, in Austrian Galicia, and attended a gymnasium in Kraków. Later he moved to Vienna, where he studied architecture under Karl König. After two years he moved to Lviv (Polish: Lwów, German: Lemberg), to study under Julian Zachariewicz at Lviv Polytechnic, 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.^[2][3]

Throughout his whole professional life, Talowski worked mainly in Galicia, designing public utility buildings as well as private houses.^[4] The works of Talowski are set in eclecticism, showing strong connections with historicism and Art Nouveau.^[5]

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

Main works

Residential buildings

Some of Talowski's houses at Retoryka street, Kraków. From the left - numbers 9th-1st

• 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^[6]

 • 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

Dobiecki Manor House, Cianowice Duże

• Church of St. Elizabeth in Lviv, Ukraine (1903–11)
• St. Mary of the Perpetual Assistance Church in Ternopil, Ukraine (1903–08)
• St. Elizabeth Church in Nowy Sącz
• St. Casimir Church in Nowy Sącz
• St. Nicholas Church in Przyszowa
• Parochial Church in Sucha Beskidzka
• Jesus' Transfiguration Church in Libiąż
• St. Stanisław Church in Osobnica
• Assumption of St. Mary Church in Kamianka-Buzka
• St. Anne Church in Wadowice Górne
• All Saints' Church in Chorzelów
• Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Nagoszyn
• Church of St. Stanislaw the Bishop in Łańcut, (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 Cacica, Romania

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 Grodkowice near Kraków
• Talowski's family tomb at the Rakowicki Cemetery
• Dobiecki Manor House in Cianowice Duże

Gallery

• 
  St. Elisabeth's Church in Lviv, the northern elevation
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  Church of St. Mary of the Perpetual Assistance in Ternopil built between 1903–08, demolished by the Soviets in 1954
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  Parish Church in Sucha Beskidzka
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  St.John of God Hospital, Kraków
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  Manor house of the Żeleński family in Grodkowice
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  St. Anne Church in Wadowice Górne
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  St. Nicholas Church in Lubzina
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  A townhouse on Retoryka Street, Kraków
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  Festina lente Townhouse, Kraków
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  The Pod Osłem Townhouse, Kraków
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  The Loewenfeld Mausoleum, Chrzanów
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  Tenement House Under the Sign of Spider, Kraków
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  Sacred Heart of Jesus Church , Stoyaniv
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  St. Casimir's Church, Nowy Sącz
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  Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Bóbrka

See also

• History of Lviv
• Julian Zachariewicz

References

1. Maciej Gutowski, Bartłomiej Gutowski, Architektura Secesyjna w Galicji, DiG publishing, Warsaw 2001, p. 27
2. "The works of Teodor Talowski and his forgotten project of S. Goszczyński Gymnasium in Nowy Targ. History and remarks on revalorisation". Retrieved 2019-08-05.
3. "ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION AT LVIV POLYTECHNIC DURING THE INTERWAR PERIOD" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-08-06.
4. "Teodor Talowski". Retrieved 2019-08-05.
5. "The works of Teodor Talowski and his forgotten project of S. Goszczyński Gymnasium in Nowy Targ. History and remarks on revalorisation". Retrieved 2019-08-05.
6. Borejza, Tomasz (2022-09-12). "Popatrz w górę! Fantastyczne detale krakowskich kamienic". Krowoderska.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-09-18.

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)
• Pictures of apartment buildings at Retoryka street, Kraków (in Polish)
• Pictures of Talowski's churches from the Diocese of Tarnów^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Polish)