Tadeusz Błotnicki

Tadeusz Błotnicki (8 October 1858, Lwów - 28 March 1928, Kraków) was a Polish sculptor, active mainly in Kraków.

Tadeusz Błotnicki; portrait by Jacek Malczewski

Monument to Michał Bałucki in the Planty from 1911

He was a disciple of Parys Filippi, Marcel Guyski, and Kaspar von Zumbusch, 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, Teofil Lenartowicz and Jacek Malczewski, who painted his portrait.[1]

Major works

bust of Stanisław Konarski at the entrance to the crypt of the Piarists church and inside the church
bust of Feliks Księżarski 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
figure of Saint Joseph in the Capuchins church
monument to Adam Mickiewicz (1898) in Stanislawow

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