Jan Zawiejski

Jan Zawiejski
Born	(1854-06-20)June 20, 1854 Kraków, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary
Died	September 9, 1922(1922-09-09) (aged 68) Kraków, Second Polish Republic
Nationality	Polish
Occupation	architect
Practice	Technical University of Munich
Buildings	Juliusz Słowacki Theatre Krynica-Zdrój Main Drinking House

Jan Zawiejski, born Jan Baptysta Feintuch, (born 20 June 1854, Kraków – died 9 September 1922, Kraków) was a Polish architect from an assimilated Polish-Jewish family, a representative of the 19th-century historicism advocating for a return to classical design of the past.

Life and work

Zawiejski was born on 20 June 1854 in Kraków, located at that time in the Austrian partition. He came from a wealthy Jewish Feintuch family. In 1846, the Feintuch family accepted baptism at the Evangelical St. Martin's Church. In the years 1872–1873, he studied at the Technical University of Munich and between 1873 and 1878 at the Polytechnic in Vienna. In 1900, he became the city architect of Kraków and held that position until 1914. He worked as a professor at the Kraków School of Commerce (Krakowska Szkoła Przemysłowa) and collaborated with the Architekt and Nowa Reforma magazines.[1][2]

His most notable design works in Kraków include Juliusz Słowacki Theatre (1889-1893), School of Economics (1904–1906), Ohrenstein House at the corner of Stradom and Dietla streets built for Moshe Löbel Ohrenstein and his wife Reizel Wald (1911–1913), Turnaus' Townhouse at the corner of Siemiradzki and Łobzowska Streets (1889–1891) and the architect's own house, the so-called Jasny Dom (The Bright House) built 1909–1910. He also designed the old Spa House (Pol. "Stary Dom Zdrojowy") in Krynica (1884–1889; with Jan Niedzielski). Between 190 and 1013, he supervised the reconstruction of the Wielopolski Palace, seat of the Kraków City Council.[1][2]

Zawiejski died on 9 September 1922 in Kraków. He is interred in the Rakowicki Cemetery.

Gallery

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  Juliusz Słowacki Theatre, Kraków, by Zawiejski
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  Ohrenstein tenement house, Krakow
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  Small Stage Miniatura, part of the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre, Krakow
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  Main drinking house in the spa town of Krynica-Zdrój
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  Zawiejski's House, built in 1909, Kraków
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  Economic High School, Kraków
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  Turnaus' Tenement House, Kraków

See also

• History of Kraków

References

1. "Jan Zawiejski – architekt, który myślał miastem". Retrieved 2019-08-04.
2. "Kazimierskie ścieżki Jana Zawiejskiego". Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2019-08-04.

• "Zawiejski Jan". WIEM Encyklopedia (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2007-12-09.

Further reading

• Purchla, Jacek (1986). Jan Zawiejski, architekt przełomu XIX i XX wieku (in Polish) (1st ed.). Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. ISBN 83-01-06458-7. OCLC 16094765.