Jan Zawiejski
Jan Zawiejski, born Jan Baptysta Feintuch (20 June 1854 – 9 September 1922), was a Polish architect from an assimilated Polish-Jewish family, a representative of the 19th-century historicism advocating for a return to classical design of the past.
Jan Zawiejski

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- Name
- Jan Zawiejski
- Born
- 20 June 1854
- Birthplace
- Kraków, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 9 September 1922
- Place of death
- Kraków, Poland
- Occupation
- architect
- Nationality
- Poland
- Education
- TU Wien
- Languages
- Polish
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Jan Zawiejski, born Jan Baptysta Feintuch (20 June 1854 – 9 September 1922), was a Polish architect from an assimilated Polish-Jewish family, a representative of the 19th-century historicism advocating for a return to classical design of the past.
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Jan Zawiejski (1854–1922) was an architect and restorer, of Polish nationality. The architect was born and died in Kraków. Jan Zawiejski was educated at TU Wien. Languages used include Polish.
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• Name — Jan Zawiejski • Born — 20 June 1854 • Birthplace — Kraków, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary • Died — 9 September 1922 • Place of death — Kraków, Poland • Occupation — architect • Practice — Technical University of Munich • Significant Buildings — Juliusz Słowacki Theatre Krynica-Zdrój Main Drinking House
Life and work
Life and work
Zawiejski was born on 20 June 1854 in Kraków, located at that time in the Austrian partition. He came from a wealthy Jewish Feintuch family. In 1846, the Feintuch family accepted baptism at the Evangelical St. Martin's Church. In the years 1872–1873, he studied at the Technical University of Munich and between 1873 and 1878 at the Polytechnic in Vienna. In 1900, he became the city architect of Kraków and held that position until 1914. He worked as a professor at the Kraków School of Commerce (Krakowska Szkoła Przemysłowa) and collaborated with the Architekt and Nowa Reforma magazines. His most notable design works in Kraków include Juliusz Słowacki Theatre (1889-1893), School of Economics (1904–1906), Ohrenstein House at the corner of Stradom and Dietla streets built for Moshe Löbel Ohrenstein and his wife Reizel Wald (1911–1913), Turnaus' Townhouse at the corner of Siemiradzki and Łobzowska Streets (1889–1891) and the architect's own house, the so-called Jasny Dom (The Bright House) built 1909–1910. He also designed the old Spa House (Pol. "Stary Dom Zdrojowy") in Krynica (1884–1889; with Jan Niedzielski). Between 190 and 1013, he supervised the reconstruction of the Wielopolski Palace, seat of the Kraków City Council. Zawiejski died on 9 September 1922 in Kraków. He is interred in the Rakowicki Cemetery.
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• Illustration — Juliusz Słowacki Theatre, Kraków, by Zawiejski • Illustration — Ohrenstein tenement house, Krakow • Illustration — Small Stage Miniatura, part of the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre, Krakow • Illustration — Main drinking house in the spa town of Krynica-Zdrój • Illustration — Zawiejski's House, built in 1909, Kraków • Illustration — Economic High School, Kraków • Illustration — Turnaus' Tenement House, Kraków
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Jan Zawiejski is recorded as architect and restorer.

Jan Zawiejski (-1916)
"Nowości Illustrowane" 41/1916 (

Jan Zawiejski (-1918)
"Nowości Illustrowane" 42/1918 (
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1854
Jan Zawiejski was born in 1854 at Kraków.
1922
Jan Zawiejski died in 1922 at Kraków.
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- Purchla, Jacek. Jan Zawiejski, architekt przełomu XIX i XX wieku. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. 1986. 83-01-06458-7.
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