Leonard Marconi

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Leonard Marconi
Marconi's tomb in Lviv

Leonard Marconi (born October 6, 1835 in Warsaw , † April 1, 1899 in Lemberg ) was a Polish sculptor of Italian descent.

Life and origin

Leonard Marconi was the son of the Italian sculptor Ferrante Marconi, who had lived in Warsaw since 1828, and the nephew of the architect Enrico Marconi, who also emigrated there . His cousin Władysław Marconi was an architect and one of the leading conservationists in the Kingdom of Poland before 1916.

Marconi first studied at the Warsaw School of Fine Arts before completing his training as a sculptor at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome between 1859 and 1861 . After completing his studies, he returned to Warsaw, where he ran a sculpture workshop from 1862 to 1873. In 1873 he moved to Lemberg, where he was appointed lecturer at the Technical University and carried out numerous projects in public spaces.

As a sculptor, Marconi mainly dealt with portraits and tombs. However, his focus was also on architectural sculptures.

In 1899 he was buried in the famous Lützenhof cemetery in Lemberg.

Works (selection)

Web links

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