Tadeusz Błotnicki (8 October 1858,

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- 28 March 1928,

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

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

, active mainly in Kraków. He was a disciple of

Parys Filippi Parys Filippi (1836, Kraków - 7 December 1874, Warsaw) was a Polish sculptor. His father was an Italian sculptor and stuccoist named Paolo Filippi. Biography He received his first lessons from his father. Then, from 1855 to 1858, he studied a ...

, , and

Kaspar von Zumbusch Kaspar lemens EduardZumbusch (23 November 1830 – 27 September 1915), as of 1888 Ritter von Zumbusch (a nobiliary particle), was a German sculptor, born at Herzebrock, Westphalia, who became a pre-eminent sculptor of neo-Baroque monuments in Vi ...

, from Vienna, and created many sculptures and busts in Cracow and throughout Galicia. He was also a known figure in the artistic spheres of pre-war Cracow and was friends with

Gabriela Zapolska Maria Gabriela Stefania Korwin-Piotrowska (1857–1921), known as Gabriela Zapolska, was a Polish novelist, playwright, naturalist writer, feuilletonist, theatre critic and stage actress. Zapolska wrote 41 plays, 23 novels, 177 short stories, 25 ...

Teofil Lenartowicz Teofil Aleksander Lenartowicz (27 February 1822 in Warsaw – 3 February 1893 in Florence)Jacek Malczewski Jacek Malczewski (; 15 July 1854 – 8 October 1929) was a Polish symbolist painter who is one of the most revered painters of Poland, associated with the patriotic Young Poland movement following a century of Partitions. He is regarded as the f ...

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Major works

* bust of

Stanisław Konarski Stanisław Konarski, Sch.P. (actual name: Hieronim Konarski; 30 September 1700 – 3 August 1773) was a Polish pedagogue, educational reformer, political writer, poet, dramatist, Piarist priest and precursor of the Enlightenment in the Polish–Li ...

at the entrance to the crypt of the Piarists church and inside the church * bust of on the Palace of Arts, which can be seen from the Planty, made in 1901 * allegory of Poetry, Drama and Comedy on the facade of the Słowacki Theatre in Cracow * monument to Marcel Guyski and Oskar Kolberg in the

Rakowicki Cemetery Rakowicki Cemetery (English: ; pl, Cmentarz Rakowicki) is a historic necropolis and a cultural heritage monument located on 26 Rakowicka Street in the centre of Kraków, Poland. It lies within the Administrative District No. 1 ''Stare Miasto'' ...

* figure of

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in the Capuchins church * monument to Adam Mickiewicz (1898) in Stanislawow

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