Czapski Palace

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Czapski Palace
Pałac Czapskich w Warszawie (in Polish)
Czapski Palace
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General information
Architectural styleRococo
Town or cityWarsaw
CountryPoland
Construction started1686
Completed1705
Demolished1939
Design and construction
Architect(s)Tylman Gamerski
Historic Monument of Poland
Designated1994-09-08
Part ofWarsaw – historic city center with the Royal Route and Wilanów
Reference no.M.P. 1994 nr 50 poz. 423[1]

The Czapski Palace (Polish: Pałac Czapskich, IPA: [ˈpawat͡s ˈt͡ʂapskʲix], formerly also known as the Krasiński, Sieniawski or Raczyński Palace) is a palatial complex in the center of Warsaw, located at 5 Krakowskie Przedmieście. It is considered one of the most distinguished examples of rococo architecture in Poland's capital.

The building, just across the street from the University of Warsaw, has been home to famous persons including artist Zygmunt Vogel, composer Frédéric Chopin, and poets Zygmunt Krasiński and Cyprian Norwid.

The palace now houses the

Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts.[2]

History

Façade Principale du Palais de Son Excellence Monseigneur le Comte Czapski, Staroste de Kniszyn à Warsowie, 1750s.[3]

"Czapski Palace" is the name most often applied to the building, but in reference to subsequent residents it is also sometimes called the Krasiński,

Czartoryskis
.

Now the home of the

Cardinal Primate.[5] Between 1712 and 1721 it was reconstructed by Agostino Locci and Kacper Bażanka (alcoves and breaks were added) for the next owner, Great Crown Hetman Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski.[5] In 1733 it was purchased by Aleksander Czartoryski, as a dowry for his daughter Maria who married her cousin Thomas Czapski (1711-1761). Its present rococo character dates from 1752–65, when the palace belonged to the Czapski family.[5] At that time, the Krakowskie Przedmieście
entrance was decorated with eagles and allegorical figures of the Four Seasons.

Krasiński coat-of-arms over main entrance

The Czapski Palace changed owners at least ten times. It was the residence of

Constitution of May 3, 1791.[5] Małachowski and his wife Konstancja, née Czapska (daughter of Thomas Czapski), in the mid-eighteenth century remodeled the palace into a French-style city palace. Added around the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were two classicist annexes designed by Jan Chrystian Kamsetzer.[5] Another famous resident of the palace (1808–26) was Zygmunt Vogel, an artist who specialized in watercolor and drawing and was a professor in the University of Warsaw Department of Fine Arts.[5]

Ballroom, neoclassical paneling, before 1939

In the first half of the nineteenth century, the palace was acquired by Wincenty Krasiński.

Fryderyk Chopin lived here with his family in the building's south annex, on Krakowskie Przedmieście;[6] the Palace was Chopin's last home before he went into exile. In 1837–39 it would be home to poet Cyprian Norwid, author of "Chopin's Piano" about the Russian troops' 1863 defenestration of the instrument. In 1851–52 the palace was rebuilt by Enrico Marconi.[5] From 1909 to the outbreak of World War II, the building belonged to Edward Raczyński, future President (1979–86) of the Republic of Poland in Exile.[6]

The palace burned in 1939 after being shelled by German artillery, and priceless paintings and books are thought to have been destroyed.

Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
.

Today

Chopin family parlor
.

In the courtyard before the Palace stands a copy of

condottiere Bartolomeo Colleoni.[2]

In the south annex to the Palace, facing directly onto

Chopin Family Parlor (Salonik Chopinów), features period furniture and memorabilia of the composer.[2] The parlor's interior and decor, from the first half of the nineteenth century, have been reconstructed from sketches made in 1832 by Antoni Kolberg.[6] The parlor is open to the public.[6]

The Academy of Fine Arts museum that opened in 1985 holds 30,000 works from all fields of

visual art: painting, sculpture, graphics, drawing, posters, architecture, artistic crafts, industrial design.[7] The museum is located in the Palace's attic. The collections are held in 200 square metres of storage rooms, while the exhibition rooms host meetings, lectures and temporary displays.[7]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Zarządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 8 września 1994 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii., M.P. z 1994 r. Nr 50, poz. 423
  2. ^ a b c "Czapski Palace - Fine Arts Academy". eGuide / Treasures of Warsaw on-line. Archived from the original on 2006-05-16. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  3. ^ "Pałac Czapskich". www.ewarszawa.com (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  4. Radziwiłł Palace
    ."
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Pałac Czapskich". www.warszawa1939.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  6. ^ a b c d "Warsaw: Czapski/Krasiński Palace". en.chopin.nifc.pl. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  7. ^ a b "Muzeum Akademii Sztuk Pięknych". info.galerie.art.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2009-03-25.

External links

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