Władysław Sadłowski (June 25, 1869 in

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– May 25, 1920 in Lviv) was a renowned

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, a representative of

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and

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and a graduate of the Lwów Technical Academy.

Life

He was born on 25 June 1869 in

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(

in present-day

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(part of the

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), to father Wiktor, who worked as an architect, and mother Maria (''

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'' Rawska), who also hailed from a well-established family of Lviv architects. After graduating from secondary school he studied architecture at the

Lviv Polytechnic Lviv Polytechnic National University ( ua, Націона́льний університе́т «Льві́вська політе́хніка») is the largest scientific university in Lviv, Ukraine. Since its foundation in 1816, it has bee ...

(1888-1892) and subsequently at the Technical University in Vienna (1892-1894). Upon completion of his studies, he became an assistant to Oswald Gruber at the university (1894-1896) and at the same time he further continued his education under Karl König. He received his diploma from the Lviv Polytechnic in 1897. He started working as an architect first in Zygmunt Gorgolewski's team where he participated in creating the

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of the

Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet The Solomiya Krushelnytska Lviv State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet ( uk, Львівський Національний академічний театр опери та балету імені Соломії Крушельницької ...

(1899), then in Ivan Levynskyi's and Wincenty Rawski's architectural studios and finally as an independent architect. His early works represent

, nonetheless his style, influenced by Viennese architect

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, quickly developed into

making him one of the most distinguished representatives of this style in the architecture of Lviv. In 1888, Sadłowski was delegated to design a

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for the city of Lviv, which became a turning point in his career as an architect. The construction of the building was supervised by the Director of Lviv Railways Ludwik Wierzbicki. The final project, prepared in less than a year, encompassed a large, horizontally-oriented main hall, with two large

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s located in the background. The main entrance was topped with a large dome made of bolted steel and

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. Both wings of the symmetrical building were constituted by two pavilions, each with a smaller

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. He collaborated with many prominent architects and sculptors from Lviv at the time including

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and Edmund Zieleniewski who worked on the interior design of the railway station as well as its

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. Some of his other projects in Lviv include: Industrial School Building (47 Snopkowska Street), 1907–1908, the rebuilding of Baczewski residence, 1908 Z. Rozwadowski's Villa , 1905 and the Lviv Philharmonic, 1905-1908. He was a member of the Polish Polytechnic Society in Lviv (''Polskie Towarzystwo Politechniczne we Lwowie''). In 1936, he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the

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. He died on 25 May 1940 and was buried at the

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in the tomb of the Rawski family.

Personal life

Sadłowski was interested in music and already as a student he sang as a

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in Lviv's Opera. He was a member of the ''Lutnia'' Singing Society and he particularly admired the works of

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. He was also a passionate nature lover and a hunter. He bought an estate near

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where he settled in 1934 upon his retirement. The estate was later confiscated by the

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troops in 1939. He had two brothers: Henryk (a court judge) and Stanisław (a city council official) as well as a sister Maria. He married Jadwiga (née Wolska) with whom he had two daughters: Władysława (a hydrogeologist) and Kazimiera (a physician).

Gallery

File:Kazimierz Pochwalski - portret Władysława Sadłowskiego.jpg, ''Portrait of Władysław Sadłowski'' by Kazimierz Pochwalski, 1895 File:Двірцева пл., 9271-Pano-Edit.jpg,

Lviv Railway Station Lviv-Holovnyi railway station ( ua, Льві́в-Головни́й) is the main railway terminal in Lviv, Ukraine. It is one of the most notable pieces of Art Nouveau architecture in former Galicia. The station was opened to the public in 1 ...

File:Філармонія 3.jpg, Lviv's Philharmonic File:Lviv, Snopkivska street 47.jpg, Industrial School, Lviv File:8-8a, Rustaveli Street, Lviv.jpg, M. Stoff Townhouse, Lviv File:27 Kotliarevskoho Street, Lviv (2).jpg, Z. Rozwadowski's Villa, Lviv File:Mycow-Grobowiec.jpg, Hulimka family vault in Myców File:Личаківське, Пам'ятник на могилі сім'ї Равських (похов. арх. Садловський В.).jpg, Tomb of the Rawski family, Lviv

References

External links

www.lvivcenter.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sadlowski, Wladyslaw 1869 births 1920 deaths Architects from Lviv People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Polish Austro-Hungarians Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta Lviv Polytechnic alumni 19th-century Polish architects