Józef Pius Dziekoński

Polish architect (1844–1924)

Józef Pius Dziekoński

Born	(1844-05-05)May 5, 1844 Płock, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died	February 4, 1927(1927-02-04) (aged 82) Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
Nationality	Polish
Occupation	architect

Practice	Imperial Academy of Arts, Sankt Petersburg
Buildings	Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Białystok Karol Scheibler's Chapel in Łódź Church of the Holiest Saviour in Warsaw Radom Cathedral

Józef Pius Dziekoński (born 5 May 1844, Płock – died 4 February 1924, Warsaw) was a Polish architect and heritage conservator, a representative of the 19th-century historicism. He became the first dean at the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology and co-founded the Society for the Protection of Historical Monuments (TOnZP).

Life and career

He was born on 5 May in Płock, in the Russian-partitioned part of Poland.^[1] After graduating from high school in Warsaw in 1860, he enrolled at the School of Fine Arts.^[1] In 1866, he began his studies at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Sankt Petersburg.^[2] In 1871, he obtained the architecture degree (III Class) and in 1902, he received the title of an academician. He mostly specialized in sacral architecture and was a precursor of the so-called Vistula-Baltic style.^[2] Since 1893, he collaborated with the Committee on Research into History of Art in Poland (Komisja do Badań Historii Sztuki w Polsce). In 1906, he was one of the co-founders of the Society for the Protection of Historical Monuments (Towarzystwo Opieki nad Zabytkami Przeszłości).^[3] Among his notable pupils were architects such as Franciszek Lilpop, Hugo Kruder, Czesław Domaniewski, Józef Holewiński, Zdzisław Mączeński, Feliks Michalski, Aleksander Nieniewski, and Ludwik Panczakiewicz.

He was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta on 2 May 1922^[4] as well as the Italian Order of St. Gregory the Great. In 1919, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Lviv.

He died on 4 February in Warsaw and was buried at the Powązki Cemetery.^[5]

Selected projects

Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Białystok
John the Baptist Church in Bielsko
Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Błonie
Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Boby-Wieś
Church of Saint Bartholomew in Domaniewice
Church in Dębe Wielkie
Saint Roch Church in Długosiodło
Saint Stanisław Church [pl] in Dąbrowa Wielka
St. Catherine Church in Grybów
Church in Garbów
Collegiate church of Transfiguration in Garwolin
Church in Jadów
Church in Jakubów
Church in Janowiec Kościelny
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Kałuszyn (1889-1893)
Church in Kazimierz
Holy Trinity Church in Kołbiel
Church in Kamieńczyk
Church in Kamionna
Church in Konstancin-Jeziorna
Church in Konstantynów
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Kosów Lacki
Saint Bartholemew Church in Kulesze Kościelne

Holy Trinity Church in Latowicz
Staint Margaret Church in Leoncin
Karol Scheibler's Chapel, Łódź, (co-authored with Edward Lilpop)
Church of the Transfiguration in Malowa Góra
Reconstruction and restoration of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Mińsk Mazowiecki
St. Adalbert Church in Nasielsk
Saints Peter and Paul Church in Pniewo
Church of the Holy Family in Przedecz (1904-1909)
Glogiers' House in Radom, Sienkiewicz Street 12, (1914)
Radom Cathedral
Sacred Heart of Jesus church in Skarżysko-Kamienna
St. Anne and St. Martin Church in Stryków (co-authored with Zdzisław Mączeński)
Church of St. Matthew the Apostle Evangelist [lt] in Stulgiai [lt]^[6]
Saint Nicholas Church in Sulerzyż
Church of St. Francis of Assisi [lt] in Šilalė^[6]
St. John the Baptist Church in Tczów
Reconstruction of St. Alexander's Church, Warsaw, Three Crosses Square
St. Florian's Cathedral in Warsaw
Zamboni Brothers Tenement, Warsaw (1894)
Church of Saint Stanisław the Bishop in Warsaw
Church of the Holiest Saviour, Warsaw (together with Władysław Żychiewicz and Ludwik Panczakiewicz)
Pedestal of the Adam Mickiewicz Monument in Warsaw
Renovation of Church of St. Anne in Vilnius
Holy Family Church in Zakopane

Gallery

Bialystok Cathedral Basilica
Radom Cathedral
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Skarżysko-Kamienna
St. Alexander's Church, Warsaw (reconstruction)
St. John the Baptist Church in Tczów
Church of the Holiest Saviour in Warsaw
St. Florian's Cathedral in Warsaw
St. Nicholas Church in Sulerzyż
Holy Family Church in Zakopane
Zamboni Brothers Tenement in Warsaw
John the Baptist Church in Bielsko
Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Boby-Wieś
Church of Saint Bartholemew in Domaniewice
Saint Roch Church in Długosiodło
Church in Garbów
Collegiate church of Transfiguration in Garwolin
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Kosów Lacki
Karol Scheibler's Chapel, Łódź
Church of the Holy Family in Przedecz
Glogiers' House in Radom

References

^ ^a ^b "Śmierć architekta Józefa Piusa Dziekońskiego". Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Dziekoński Józef Pius". Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ Wierzbicka, Bożena; Siurawska, Ewa (2006). Stulecie Towarzystwa Opieki nad Zabytkami Przeszłości : 1906–2006. Warsaw: Towarzystwo Opieki nad Zabytkami. p. 4. ISBN 83-88372-32-7.
^ "Order Odrodzenia Polski. Trzechlecie pierwszej kapituły. 1921-1924". Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ "Warszawskie Zabytkowe Pomniki Nagrobne". Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b Kucharska, Jolanta (2004). Ilustrowany przewodnik po zabytkach na Wileńszczyźnie i Żmudzi: Wileńszczyzna, Żmudź, Kowno (in Polish). Burchard Edition. pp. 206, 220. ISBN 9788387654153.