Jakub Kubicki

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jakub Kubicki (* 1758 in Warsaw ; † June 13, 1833 in Wilków Pierwszy ) was a Polish architect who mainly worked in Warsaw. Kubicki was one of the most important exponents of classicism of his era.

Life

Kubicki was born into a middle-class family; his brother was Maciej Kubicki, a later officer and fortress commander (von Serock ). He was taught at a college of the Jesuits and studied under the architect Domenico Merlini . In 1877 he worked for Simon Gottlieb Zug on the construction of the Protestant-Augsburg main church in Warsaw. In 1783 he went to Italy for further training, which was financed by a grant from King Stanisław August Poniatowski . He returned to Warsaw in 1786 and began working as an architect here.

Along with Jakub Fontana , Domenico Merlini, Johann Christian Kamsetzer , Ephraim Schröger and Stanisław Zawadzki, Kubicki was one of Stanisław August's most important architects. In 1791 he was ennobled in recognition of his services, he received a column crowned with wings as a coat of arms symbol. During the Kościuszko uprising , he was a member of the Order Commission of the Principality of Mazowieckie (Polish: Komisja Porządkowa Księstwa Mazowieckiego ). In 1794 he held the rank of major in the artillery. After the collapse of the independent Kingdom of Poland , he worked (from 1806 at the latest) as a civil servant in the function of general manager of the buildings of the crown (Polish: Naczelny Intendent Budowli Korony ). By Czar I. Alexander he was awarded the Order of Saint Stanislaus excellent.

Kubicki had been married since about 1783; he had three children: Helena (* 1784), Józef (1787–1812) and Izabela (* 1791). Kubicki belonged to the Masonic Lodge "Świątynia Izis" ("The Temple of Isis"), in which in 1811 became an honorary member.

Architecture and buildings (selection)

Kubicki's designs up to the turn of the century are strictly classical. He was influenced by Palladianism . As one of Warsaw's main architects from 1806, Kubicki then became a mediator between pure eighteenth-century classicism and the style of the Empire . Later he also used neo-Gothic forms . Characteristic elements of his designs are column porticos and garden-side risalits . He is thus a main representative of the then common Polish country house / palace style ( Dwór ).

Kubicki left behind a large number of mansions across Poland, including the palaces in Bejsce , Białaczów , Młochów , Nadzów , Pławowice , Radziejowice , Sowiniec and Sterdyń . He also designed the town halls in Łęczyca and Płock and an arms factory in Kozienice . But the center of his work was Warsaw. In addition to many buildings in the city center, around a dozen customs buildings ( Rogatki Miejskie ) were built on the outskirts of Warsaw between 1816 and 1818 . The terrace construction he built at the Royal Palace between 1818 and 1821 is named after him as the Kubicki Arcades . The conceptions for the Schlossplatz and the Schlosspark also go back to him. The horse stables in Łazienki Park , built in 1825, are also named “Kubicki stables” after the architect.

Objects in Warsaw:

  • Conversion of the Sierakowski Palace in Ulica Konwiktorska 3
  • Temple of Divine Providence (not realized)
  • Orthodox Church on Podwale Street (before 1818)
  • Reconstruction of the first and second pavilions of the barracks of the "Dzieci Warszawy" infantry unit in the Warsaw Citadel
  • Reconstruction of the III. to IX. Pavilions of the barracks of the Strzelców Kaniowskich infantry unit in the Warsaw Citadel
  • Carrier pigeon station in the Warsaw Citadel
  • Stock Exchange building at 14 Królewska Street

Objects in Łazienki Park:

  • Conversion of the Belvedere (1818–1822)
  • Sybille Temple ( Świątynia Sybilli , around 1820)
  • Egyptian Temple ( Świątynia Egipska , 1819–1822)
  • Manage in the Belvedere (1823–1824)
  • Barracks / Invalidenheim (1826–1829)
  • Reconstruction of the new guard building ( Nowa Kordegarda , 1830).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to Jerzy Lileyko: The Royal Castle in Warsaw. Interpress publishing house, ISBN 83-223-1957-6 , Warsaw 1981, p. 69.
  2. ↑ according to Information in the article Ogród Belwederski on the website of the Museum Łazienki Park (in Polish)
  3. ↑ according to Andrzej Rottermund, The Royal Castle in Warsaw. ISBN 978-83-7022-133-1 , Wydawn. Artystyczne i Filmowe, Warsaw 2002.
  4. ↑ according to Discover Małgorzata Danecka, Thorsten Hoppe, Warsaw. Tours through the Polish capital , Trescher Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89794-116-8 , Berlin 2008, p. 75.

Web links

Commons : Jakub Kubicki  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Kubicki, Jakub
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1758
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1833
Place of death Wilków Pierwszy