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Paweł Maliński (1790-1853) was a Czech-born sculptor and mason who lived and worked in Poland.

Training

Maliński was born in Berniau,

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. In 1804 he enrolled at the

Academy of Fine Arts, Prague The Academy of Fine Arts, Prague ( cs, Akademie výtvarných umění v Praze; AVU) is an art college in Prague, Czech Republic. Founded in 1799, it is the oldest art college in the country. The school offers twelve master's degree programs and on ...

. In the years 1810-1816 he studied at the

Dresden Academy of Fine Arts The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (German ''Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden''), often abbreviated HfBK Dresden or simply HfBK, is a vocational university of visual arts located in Dresden, Germany. The present institution is the produc ...

under the direction of the sculptor Franz Pettrich. Maliński made architectural sculptures adorning the facades and interiors of buildings and churches, statues, tombstones and portraits generally maintained in the neoclassical style.

Career

In 1816, he arrived in

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at the invitation of

Stanisław Zamoyski Stanisław Zamoyski (1519–1572) was a Polish nobleman ( szlachcic). He was Łowczy of Chełmno since 1561, castellan of Chełmno since 1566, Court Hetman of the Crown and starost of Belz. He was married to Anna Herburt and had three ch ...

, who entrusted him with the execution of the sculptural decoration for rebuilding the

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. He held this position until the closure of the Department of Fine Arts after the fall of the November Uprising. In the years 1820-1822 he went on a government scholarship to Italy, where he spent two years (1820-1822) he worked under the direction of Bertel Thorvaldsen. Maliński developed including such students as Konstanty Hegel,

Władysław Oleszczyński Władysław Oleszczyński (17 December 1807 in Końskowola – 11 April 1866 in Rome) was a Polish sculptor who created a monument of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań and the tombstone of Juliusz Słowacki at the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris. Refe ...

, and Jakub Tatarkiewicz.

References

* Wladyslaw Lesniewski: History of Polish art. T. III Modern Art. Kraków: Penguin Books, 1965, p 89 * Maria Irena Kwiatkowska: Sculptors Warsaw nineteenth century. Warsaw: 1995. . Polish sculptors Polish male sculptors Czech sculptors Czech male sculptors 1790 births 1853 deaths Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw alumni {{Poland-artist-stub