Stefan Szyller

Stefan Szyller
Born	(1857-09-04)September 4, 1857 Warsaw
Died	June 22, 1933(1933-06-22) (aged 75) Kutno
Education	Member Academy of Arts (1888)
Alma mater	Imperial Academy of Arts (1881)
Known for	Architecture
Awards

Stefan Szyller (4 September 1857 — 22 June 1933) was a Polish architect, and academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts. His most prominent works are examples of architectural Revivalism, especially in the Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque styles.

Biography

Szyller was a graduate of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1881). During his studies he received awards from the Academy of Arts: a small silver medal (1878), a large silver medal (1879), a small gold medal (1880) for the program “Project of the City Council”, and a large gold medal (1881) for the “Project of the district court in the capital".

He moved to Warsaw in 1888), where he created about 700 Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque buildings, and restored many historical structures. Szyller was the chief editor of an architectural magazine and architect of the city of Warsaw.

Books

• Do we have Polish architecture? (1916).
• The tradition of folk architecture in Polish architecture (1917).

Works

• 
  The main building of the Warsaw Polytechnic Institute (1899–1901)
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  Library and gates of the University of Warsaw (1899–1901)
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  National Gallery of Art in Warsaw (1900)
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  Church of Saint Mary's Scapular in Druskininkai

Literature

• С. Н. Кондаков (1915). Юбилейный справочник Императорской Академии художеств. 1764-1914 (in Russian). Vol. 2. p. 412.