Franciszek Mączyński (21 September 1874 in
Wadowice
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– 28 June 1947 in
Kraków
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) was a Polish
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
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.
Career
Mączyński was born in
Wadowice
Wadowice () is a town in southern Poland, southwest of Kraków with 17,455 inhabitants (2022), situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills (Pogórze Śląskie). Wadowice is known for being the bir ...
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.
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 (academia), rector of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Las ...
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, 1909–21
* The Press Palace, originally as a Bazaar Polish SA department store, with Tadeusz Stryjeński, 1920–1921
* Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice
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, 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.
Designed by Franciszek Mączyński
Buildings:
File:Krakow church 20070805 0912.jpg, Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Kraków
File:Pod Globusem (Under the Globe) house, 1904 design. Franciszek Mączyński and Tadeusz Stryjeński, 11 Basztowa Street, Kraków, Poland.jpg, House Under the Globe, Kraków
File:Palace of Press, 1 Wielopole street, Krakow, Poland.jpg, The Press Palace, Kraków
File:Pałac Sztuki (Palace of Art), 1898 design. by Franciszek Mączyński, 4 Szczepański Square, Old Town, Kraków, Poland.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
File:Former Śląskie Seminary Building, 1926 design. Zygmunt Gawlik and Franciszek Mączyński, 3 Mickiewicza Alley, Kraków, Poland.jpg, Former Śląskie Seminary Building, Kraków
File:Wojciech Weiss villa, 1923 design. Tadeusz Stryjeński, 31 Krupnicza street, Kraków, Poland.jpg, Wojciech Weiss villa, Kraków
Stained glass windows:
File:House under the Globe, stained glass window I, 1904 design. Franciszek Mączyński, 1 Długa street, Kraków, Poland.jpg, House Under the Globe (1904)
File:Stained glass window (5 Dunin-Wasowicza street), 1939 by S. G. Żeleński Krakow Stained Glass Workshop, Krakow, Poland.jpg, 5 Dunin-Wąsowicza Street
Tenement house (1939)
References
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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