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Stefan Szyller

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.

Stefan Szyller
Born(1857-09-04)September 4, 1857
Warsaw
DiedJune 22, 1933(1933-06-22) (aged 75)
Kutno
EducationMember Academy of Arts (1888)[1]
Alma materImperial Academy of Arts (1881)[1]
Known forArchitecture
AwardsBig Gold Medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1881)[1]

Biography

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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

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  • Do we have Polish architecture? (1916).
  • The tradition of folk architecture in Polish architecture (1917).

Works

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    The main building of the Warsaw Polytechnic Institute (1899–1901)
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    Library and gates of the University of Warsaw (1899–1901)
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    National Gallery of Art in Warsaw (1900)
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    Church of Saint Mary's Scapular in Druskininkai[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts 1915, p. 412.
  2. ^ Kucharska, Jolanta (2004). Ilustrowany przewodnik po zabytkach na Wileńszczyźnie i Żmudzi: Wileńszczyzna, Żmudź, Kowno (in Polish). Burchard Edition. p. 48. ISBN 9788387654153.

Literature

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