Stanisław Jackowski (1887 in

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– 1951 in

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) was a Polish

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, and nephew of novelist

Bolesław Prus Aleksander Głowacki (20 August 1847 – 19 May 1912), better known by his pen name Bolesław Prus (), was a Polish novelist, a leading figure in the history of Polish literature and philosophy, as well as a distinctive voice in world lit ...

. In 1909-11 Jackowski studied sculpture at the

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(''Akademia Sztuk Pięknych'') under

Konstanty Laszczka Konstanty Laszczka (born 3 September 1865 in Makowiec Duży; died 23 March 1956 in Kraków) was a Polish sculptor, painter, graphic artist, as well as professor and rector (academia), rector of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Las ...

, as well as the

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. In 1911-12 he attended the

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, France. Stanisław Jackowski was born in 1887 to Polish parents in

, in the part of

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then ruled by the

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following the

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. Jackowski completed his art studies before the First World War in Kraków, the

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n-ruled part of

, and throughout the Interwar period lived and worked in

. He was a member, and for many years president, of the ''Rzeźba'' (Sculpture) Society. Jackowski died in 1951 in

, Poland.

Works

In 1912 Jackowski designed the

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tomb of his uncle, novelist

. The monument bears on three sides, respectively, the writer's actual name Aleksander Głowacki, his dates of birth and death, and his

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Bolesław Prus. On the fourth side is the inscription ''"Serce serc"'' ("Heart of hearts"), borrowed from the

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inscription ''"Cor cordium"'' on the tomb of English Romantic poet

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's Protestant Cemetery; and below this inscription is the figure of a little girl embracing Prus' tomb — a figure emblematic of Prus' well-known empathy and affection for children.Gabriela Pauszer-Klonowska, ''passim.'' Jackowski created over a dozen monuments, including those of

Tadeusz Kościuszko Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko ( be, Andréj Tadévuš Banavientúra Kasciúška, en, Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciuszko; 4 or 12 February 174615 October 1817) was a Polish Military engineering, military engineer, statesman, an ...

and

Jan Kiliński Jan Kiliński (1760 in Trzemeszno - 28 January 1819 in Warsaw) was a Polish soldier and one of the commanders of the Kościuszko Uprising. A shoemaker by trade, he commanded the Warsaw Uprising of 1794 against the Russian garrison stationed in W ...

in Warsaw.Miłosz Kotarbiński, p. 151. He also designed many portraits in marble and bronze, including the 1936 memorial to

in Warsaw's Holy Cross Church. Set into the marble plaque is a bronze

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profile of Prus, his actual and pen names, dates of birth and death, and the inscription, "great writer and teacher of the nation." Jackowski also produced a series of sculptures, ''Tańcerka'' (Dancer), one of which, created in 1927, stands in Warsaw's Skaryszewski Park.

Notes and references

*''Katalog rzeźb Stanisława Jackowskiego'' (Catalog of Sculptures by Stanisław Jackowski), Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Sztuk Pięknych w Krakowie (Society of Friends of the Fine Arts in Kraków),

, 1951. *Dariusz Kaczmarczyk, ''Rzeźba polska od XVI do początku XX wieku: Katalog zbiorów Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie'' (Polish Sculpture from the 16th to the Beginning of the 20th Century: Catalog of Collections of the National Museum in Warsaw), Warsaw, 1973. *Hanna Kubaszewska, ''Słownik artystów polskich i obcych w Polsce działających: Malarze, rzeżbiarze, graficy'' (Dictionary of Polish and Foreign Artists Active in Poland: Painters, Sculptors, Graphic Artists), vol. 3,

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

, 1979. *Miłosz Kotarbiński, "''Kilka luźnych wspomnień o Bolesławie Prusie''" ("Several Loose Reminiscences about

"), in Stanisław Fita, ed., ''Wspomnienia o Bolesławie Prusie'' (Reminiscences about Bolesław Prus), Warsaw, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1962, pp. 147–48, 151. *Tadeusz Hiż, ''"Godzina u pani Oktawii"'' ("An Hour at Oktawia Głowacka's"), in Stanisław Fita, ed., ''Wspomnienia o Bolesławie Prusie'' (Reminiscences about Bolesław Prus), Warsaw, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1962, p. 279. *Gabriela Pauszer-Klonowska, ''Ostatnia miłość w życiu Bolesława Prusa'' (The Last Love in the Life of Bolesław Prus), Warsaw, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1962. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackowski, Stanislaw 1887 births 1951 deaths Artists from Warsaw 20th-century Polish sculptors Polish male sculptors 20th-century male artists Académie Colarossi alumni

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