Stefan Szyller
Stefan Szyller | |
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Born | |
Died | June 22, 1933 | (aged 75)
Education | Member Academy of Arts (1888)[1] |
Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1881)[1] |
Known for | Architecture |
Awards | [1] |
Stefan Szyller (4 September 1857 — 22 June 1933) was a Polish architect, and academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts. His most prominent works are examples of architectural Revivalism, especially in the Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque styles.
Biography
Szyller was a graduate of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1881). During his studies he received awards from the Academy of Arts: a small silver medal (1878), a large silver medal (1879), a small gold medal (1880) for the program “Project of the City Council”, and a large gold medal (1881) for the “Project of the district court in the capital".
He moved to Warsaw in 1888), where he created about 700 Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque buildings, and restored many historical structures.[1] Szyller was the chief editor of an architectural magazine and architect of the city of Warsaw.
Books
- Do we have Polish architecture? (1916).
- The tradition of folk architecture in Polish architecture (1917).
Works
- The main building of the Warsaw Polytechnic Institute (1899–1901)
- Library and gates of the University of Warsaw (1899–1901)
- National Gallery of Art in Warsaw (1900)
- Church of Saint Mary's Scapular in Druskininkai[2]
References
Literature
- С. Н. Кондаков (1915). Юбилейный справочник Императорской Академии художеств. 1764-1914 (in Russian). Vol. 2. p. 412.