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Władysław Sadłowski (25 June 1869 – 25 May 1940) was a Polish architect, a representative of historicism and Art Nouveau and a graduate of the Lwów Technical Academy.
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Władysław Sadłowski (25 June 1869 – 25 May 1940) was a Polish architect, a representative of historicism and Art Nouveau and a graduate of the Lwów Technical Academy.
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Life He was born on 25 June 1869 in Lemberg (Lviv in present-day Ukraine), Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), to father Wiktor, who worked as an architect, and mother Maria (née Rawska), who also hailed from a well-established family of Lviv architects. After graduating from secondary school he studied architecture at the Lviv Polytechnic (1888-1892) and subsequently at the Technical University in Vienna (1892-1894). Upon completion of his studies, he became an assistant to Oswald Gruber at the university (1894-1896) and at the same time he further continued his education under Karl König. He received his diploma from the Lviv Polytechnic in 1897. He started working as an architect first in Zygmunt Gorgolewski's team where he participated in creating the interior design of the Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet (1899), then in Ivan Levynskyi's and Wincenty Rawski's architectural studios and finally as an independent architect. His early works represent historicism, nonetheless his style, influenced by Viennese architect Otto Wagner, quickly developed into Art Nouveau making him one of the most distinguished representatives of this style in the architecture of Lviv. In 1888, Sadłowski was delegated to design a new railway station for the city…
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Personal life Sadłowski was interested in music and already as a student he sang as a tenor in Lviv's Opera. He was a member of the Lutnia Singing Society and he particularly admired the works of Stanisław Moniuszko. He was also a passionate nature lover and a hunter. He bought an estate near Brzeżany where he settled in 1934 upon his retirement. The estate was later confiscated by the Soviet troops in 1939. He had two brothers: Henryk (a court judge) and Stanisław (a city council official) as well as a sister Maria. He married Jadwiga (née Wolska) with whom he had two daughters: Władysława (a hydrogeologist) and Kazimiera (a physician). He was a friend of the first prime minister of the Second Polish Republic, Jędrzej Moraczewski.