Cyprian Godebski | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Cypr_Godebski.jpg) Cyprian Godebski, c. 1909 | |
| Born | 30 October 1835 |
| Died | 25 November 1909 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Notable work | Nicolaus Copernicus Monument in Kraków, Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Warsaw, Statue of Adrien François Servais |
| Movement | Realism |
| Children | Misia Sert |
Cyprian Godebski (30 October 1835 – 25 November 1909) was a Polish sculptor known in the Russian Empire and Paris. From 1870 he was a professor at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. He was the grandson of Polish poet and novelist Cyprian Godebski, creator of the "Legions poetry" genre, who had served in Napoleon's Polish Legions.[1]
Cyprian Godebski is remembered for having won the contest for the Adam Mickiewicz Monument in Kraków. But he lost that commission to a newcomer, Teodor Rygier, whose more popular design was ultimately adopted by the city in 1889.[2]
Godebski, however, was commissioned for his equally revered Mickiewicz monument in Warsaw, erected 10 years later on Krakowskie Przedmieście, for which he was awarded 50,000 rubles by the committee to Erect the Adam Mickiewicz Monument (Społeczny Komitet Budowy Pomnika). The Warsaw statue was destroyed by German Nazis in 1942 during World War II. It was recreated in 1955 using the head and a fragment of the torso recovered in Hamburg.[3]
- ^ (in Polish) Piotr Szubert, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, "Cyprian Godebski biography" Instytut Adama Mickiewicza (Adam Mickiewicz Institute), February 2002
- ^ Adam Mickiewicz Monument Archived March 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at the City's official website, ACK Cyfronet AGH, 2009.
- ^ (in English) "Adam Mickiewicz Monument". Treasures of Warsaw on-line. Warsaw City Hall. Archived from the original on 22 November 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2008.