Franciszek Mączyński (21 September 1874 in

Wadowice Wadowice (; ger, Frauenstadt – Wadowitz) is a town in southern Poland, southwest of Kraków with 19,200 inhabitants (2006), situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills (Pogórze Śląskie). W ...

– 28 June 1947 in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

) was a Polish Art Nouveau architect. Prominent by 1910, his commissions include several major churches, and turn-of-the-century civic and cultural institutions designed in a Polish-influenced Secession style. In 1936 he was awarded the Golden Laurel of the

Polish Academy of Literature The Polish Academy of Literature ( pl, Polska Akademia Literatury, PAL) was one of the most important state institutions of literary life in the Second Polish Republic, operating between 1933 and 1939 with the headquarters in Warsaw. It was foun ...

Career

Mączyński was born in

in southern Poland. He trained with the architect Slawomir Odrzywolski, and in 1900 won an international architectural competition organized by the Paris-based magazine ''Moniteur des Architectes'' with a design of a villa in the ethnic

Zakopane style Zakopane Style (or Witkiewicz Style) is an art style, most visible in architecture, but also found in furniture and related objects, inspired by the regional art of Poland's highland regions, most notably Podhale. Drawing on the motifs and tradi ...

. Mączyński at www.Zakopane.eu
Internet Archive. Already accomplished as an architect, he continued his studies at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts 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 of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Laszczka became the ...

from 1902 to 1904, and finished his education in Vienna and Paris. Mączyński's work is concentrated in Kraków.

Design

Mączyński's work includes (in Kraków unless otherwise noted): * Palace of Art (''Pałac Sztuki'' or the Building of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts), Szczepański Square, * The "House Under the Globe" for the Kraków Chamber of Commerce,Leonard Lepszy, ''Cracow, the royal capital of ancient Poland: its history and antiquities'', page 11. with Tadeusz Stryjeński, * Concert Hall of the Musical Society (1903–1906), now '' Stary Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej''. *

Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus ( pl, Bazylika Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa w Krakowie) is a Roman Catholic church of the Jesuits in Kraków. Architecture This monumental Jesuit Church erected from 1909 to 1921 to a design by Franci ...

, 1909–21 * The Press Palace, originally as a Bazaar Polish SA department store, with Tadeusz Stryjeński, 1920-1921 * Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice, with architect Zygmunt Gawlik, begun 1927, completed 1955 * Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1929–32 * Piłsudski's Mound, 1934–37.

Gallery

File:Krakow church 20070805 0912.jpg,

in Kraków File:DomPodGlobusem-WidokZPołudnia-POL, Kraków.jpg, House Under the Globe, Kraków File:Palace of Press, 1 Wielopole street, Krakow, Poland.jpg, The Press Palace, Kraków File:Art Palace in Kraków 2015 II.JPG, Palace of Art in Kraków File:Stary (Old) Theater, 5 Jagiellonska street, Old Town, Krakow, Poland.jpg, The Old Theater (Teatr Stary) in Kraków

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maczynski, Franciszek 1874 births 1947 deaths Art Nouveau architects Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts alumni Architects from Kraków People from Wadowice