Józef Holewiński, portret Leonarda Marconiego, 1899
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Józef Holewiński, portret Leonarda Marconiego, 1899
Licence: public domain, Source: Wikimedia Commons, Conditions d\'autorisation

Leonard Marconi

First name:

Leonard

Last Name:

Marconi

Parents:

Ferrante

Date of birth:

06-10-1835

Place of birth:

Warszawa

Date of death:

01-04-1899

Place od death:

Lwów

Age:

Profession:

sculptor, artist

Biography:

Leonard Marconi (1835-1899) born in Warsaw, a Polish sculptor of Italian origin. His father Ferrante settled in Poland in 1828. Leonard studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw and at the Academy of St Luke in Rome. From 1862 to 1873 he ran a sculpture atelier in Warsaw. From 1873 he taught at the Lviv Technical Academy. He was the author of many sculptural works, including: the Tadeusz Kościuszko monument in Krakow (a copy of the sculpture in Detroit, USA); the façade of the Grand Hotel in Lviv and the decoration of the façade and interiors of the Galician Sejm also in Lviv.