Tadeusz Błotnicki
Tadeusz Błotnicki
Tadeusz Błotnicki (1858 in Lwów – 1928) - 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 (1898) 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[1]
Monument to Michał Bałucki in the Planty from 1911
Bust commemorating Marian Raciborski in the Botanic Garden in Cracow
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