Kazimierz Chodziński

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General Casimir Pulaski in Washington, one of Chodziński's most famous works

Kazimierz Chodziński (Casimir) (1861 – 1919

General Casimir Pulaski statue
in Washington, DC.

Biography

Kazimierz Chodziński was born in 1861 in

Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Edmund von Hellmer.[1] He received a number of other awards and scholarships, finishing his studies in 1887.[1]

Afterward he returned to Kraków, where he opened a studio specializing in sculptures for religious and monumental buildings.[1] Later, he moved his studio to Warsaw (capital of the Congress Poland), due to better conditions for exporting his work.[1]

Around 1903-1910 he worked in the United States, where he designed, among others, the

Washington, DC.[1]

Chodziński died in 1919 in Lviv (Lwów), then in the newly independent Second Polish Republic.[1]

Selected works

Some of his most famous works include: "Egyptian Woman," "Old Man," "Boy," "Dancing Faun," "Joyous Life," "Lord of the World," "Czesnik and Regent," "Boy's Head," "Girl's Head," "Readying for the Ball," "Praying Prisoner".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kazimierz Chodziński biographical entry, based on "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943 and Pamietnik Uroczystosci Polskich w Waszyngtonie, [Memorial Book of Polish Observances in Washington], 1910, p. 52-53
  2. ^ "CHODZIŃSKI Kazimierz". Artinfo.pl. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
  3. ^ Polski słownik biograficzny.T.3.- Kraków, 1937
  4. ^ "Chodziński Kazimierz - Encyklopedia PWN - WP.PL". Encyklopedia.wp.pl. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
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