Wojciech Jaszczołd

Wojciech Jaszczołd (* 1763 in Jaszczołdy ; † March 22, 1821 in Warsaw ) was a Polish sculptor, draftsman and painter who also worked as a (lay) architect. He designedinteriors for castles and gardenaccessories for Polish magnates , including in Arkadia and Puławy .

Life

Little is known about Jaszczołd's early years . He evidently acquired his artistic skills during stays abroad in Italy and France. He was a student of Marcello Bacciarelli and Franciszek Smuglewicz . After his return he soon made a name for himself among the aristocrats of Poland both as an interior designer and as an organizer of parties.

From 1813 he worked for Stanisław Kostka Potocki in Wilanów , where he looked after the picture gallery and created a "Chinese Cabinet". He was buried in the Świętokrzyski Cemetery, which was liquidated in 1860, in what is now Warsaw's inner city. His son was the architect Franciszek Jaszczołd (1808–1873).

Works (selection)

• Cathedral in Puławy ; Interior
• Temple of the Sibyl in Puławy ; Interior
• “Rich Apartment”, Warsaw, for Stanislaus Zamojski
• Saint Anthony , Kazimierz , Church of the Reformers; painting

literature

• Jaszczołd, Wojciech . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 18 : Hubatsch – Ingouf . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1925, p. 443-444 .
• Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs . Volume 7: Herweg – Koster. Gründ, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-7000-3017-6 , p. 492.