Józef Pius Dziekoński

Józef Pius Dziekoński (born 5 May 1844, Płock – died 4 February 1924, Warsaw) was a Polish architect and heritage conservator, a representative of the 19th-century historicism. He became the first dean at the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology and co-founded the Society for the Protection of Historical Monuments (TOnZP).

Life and career

He was born on 5 May in Płock, in the Russian-partitioned part of Poland. After graduating from high school in Warsaw in 1860, he enrolled at the School of Fine Arts. In 1866, he began his studies at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Sankt Petersburg. In 1871, he obtained the architecture degree (III Class) and in 1902, he received the title of an academician. He mostly specialized in sacral architecture and was a precursor of the so-called Vistula-Baltic style. Since 1893, he collaborated with the Committee on Research into History of Art in Poland (''Komisja do Badań Historii Sztuki w Polsce''). In 1906, he was one of the co-founders of the Society for the Protection of Historical Monuments (''Towarzystwo Opieki nad Zabytkami Przeszłości''). Among his notable pupils were architects such as Franciszek Lilpop, Hugo Kruder, Czesław Domaniewski, Józef Holewiński, Zdzisław Mączeński, Feliks Michalski, Aleksander Nieniewski, and Ludwik Panczakiewicz.

He was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta on 2 May 1922 as well as the Italian Order of St. Gregory the Great. In 1919, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Lviv.

He died on 4 February in Warsaw and was buried at the Powązki Cemetery.

Selected projects

Gallery

File:Minor basilica in Bialystok 1.jpg, Bialystok Cathedral Basilica
File:Radom - Katedra Opieki NMP7.jpg, Radom Cathedral
File:Kościół Najświętszego Serca Jezusowego w Skarżysku-Kamiennej - fotopolska.eu (562302).jpg, Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Skarżysko-Kamienna
File:Kościół św. Aleksandra w Warszawie 2018.jpg, St. Alexander's Church, Warsaw (reconstruction)
File:Church in Tczów.JPG, St. John the Baptist Church in Tczów
File:Church of the Holiest Saviour (9632742884).jpg, Church of the Holiest Saviour in Warsaw
File:Kościół Świętych Michała i Floriana w Warszawie 2016.jpg, St. Florian's Cathedral in Warsaw
File:Kościół w Sulerzyżu.JPG, St. Nicholas Church in Sulerzyż
File:A Church in Zakopane - panoramio.jpg, Holy Family Church in Zakopane
File:Zamboni Brothers Tenement.png, Zamboni Brothers Tenement in Warsaw
File:Biesk kosciol.jpeg, John the Baptist Church in Bielsko
File:Boby-Wieś, kościół par. p.w. Najśw. Serca Jezusowego.jpg, Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Boby-Wieś
File:Domaniewice6.JPG, Church of Saint Bartholemew in Domaniewice
File:Kościół parafialny pod wezwaniem św Rocha w Długosiodle tsz01.jpg, Saint Roch Church in Długosiodło
File:Church garbovia.jpg, Church in Garbów
File:Garwolin Kolegiata Przemienienia Pańskiego fasada AL01.jpg, Collegiate church of Transfiguration in Garwolin
File:Kosów Lacki - Kościół p.w. Narodzenia NMP.jpg, Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Kosów Lacki
File:Łódź-Karol Scheibler's Chapel (3).jpg, Karol Scheibler's Chapel, Łódź
File:Przedecz - kościół Świętej Rodziny.jpg, Church of the Holy Family in Przedecz
File:Radom, Sienkiewicza 12 - fotopolska.eu (306838).jpg, Glogiers' House in Radom

See also

* Gothic Revival architecture
*Hilary Majewski

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dziekonski, Jozef Pius
1844 births
1927 deaths
People from Płock
Architects from Warsaw
Academic staff of the Warsaw University of Technology