Tadeusz Błotnicki

Tadeusz Błotnicki (born in 1858 in Lwów - died in 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:

* bust of Stanisław Konarski at the entrance to the crypt of the Piarists church [http://forumakad.pl/archiwum/2002/02/images/000_1s.jpg] and inside the church
* bust of Feliks Księżarski on the Palace of Arts, which can be seen from the Planty, made in 1901
* alegory of Poetry, Drama and Comededy 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

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 [http://www.pinakoteka.zascianek.pl/Malczewski_J/Images/Tadeusz_Blotnicki_s.jpg]

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