Karol Podczaszyński, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Karol Podczaszyński

Polish-Lithuanian architect

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1790

Place of Birth: Zhirmuny, Belarus

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1860

Profession: architect, restorer

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Karol Podczaszyński

  • Karol Podczaszynski (Lithuanian: Karolis Podcašinskis) (7 November 1790 – 19 April 1860) was a Polish architect, a representative of the neoclassical architecture and a professor of the Imperial University of Vilna, as well as one of the pioneers of industrial design. He was born on 7 November 1790 in the village of Zyrmuny near Lida, in what is now the Hrodna Voblast of Belarus.
  • He graduated from the prestigious Polish Liceum Krzemienieckie and the Imperial University of Vilna.
  • Between 1814 and 1816 he continued his studies on architecture in St.
  • Petersburg, where he became the first Pole on the Imperial Academy of Arts.
  • Between 1817 and 1819 he also travelled to Western European countries, visiting Königsberg, Danzig, Berlin, Paris, Naples, Venice and Vienna before returning to Cracow.
  • Upon his return to Vilnius he was offered a chair of architecture, which he accepted.
  • Among his most notable architectural works are the refurbishment of the interior of the Vilna University (1802-1804), including the Aula's interior, Evangelical Reformers' Church (1829-1835) and the neoclassical Jan Sniadecki's manor in Jašiunai (reconstructed between 1824 and 1828).
  • Yet another of his major works was the neo-Palladian Tusculanum manor (in modern Žirmunai, Vilnius), completed in 1825.
  • The entire Žirmunai microdistrict in Vilnius was named after his native village, a part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the time of his birth. As a noted architect, Podczaszynski also supervised a number of other projects, among them the reconstruction of the Palace of Governors in Vilnius, carried out by Vasily Stasov.
  • In modern times the palace serves as the seat of the President of Lithuania.
  • Podczaszynski has also reconstructed the Orthodox Cathedral of the Theotokos into the Anatomicum of his alma mater (1822).
  • Finally, between 1836 and 1838 he designed the interior design of three chapels of the St.
  • Wladyslaw and Stanislaw Cathedral of Vilna.
  • In 1839, Karol Podczaszynski took the first known daguerreotype in present-day Lithuania.As a theoretician, Podczaszynski authored works on architecture and industrial design.
  • Karol Podczaszynski died on 19 April 1860 in Vilnius and was interred in Rasos Cemetery. Karol's son, Boleslaw Podczaszynski also became a noted architect.

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