Jan Tomasz Kudelski's architecture beyond the contemporary Polish borders

He left behind buildings that form a whole mosaic of styles, ranging from Neo-Renaissance, through Neo-Baroque, Neo-Rococo and Eclecticism to Art Nouveau itself. Jan Tomasz Kudelski was a gifted architect who honed his professional skills mainly in Stanislavov and Lviv, and it was to these places that he connected his life.

Jan Tomasz Kudelski (1861-1937) was a Polish architect who was born in Budziska, but studied in the Galician capital, first at the gymnasium and then at the local polytechnic. He took his first professional steps in Lviv , but after a while he moved to Stanislavov , and then to Warsaw.

The young architect first worked under the guidance of Julian Zachariewicz , a "virtuoso" of Lviv architecture. He then established cooperation with Jan Lewiński . At that time, he developed his profession as an architect, creating designs for tenement houses and residences in Lviv.

Together with Jan Lewiński, Jan Kudelski transformed the Siemieński house into an elegant palace with neo-Baroque reliefs. He also built Franciszek Steifer's Villa "Spokojna ", located on Nabielaka (Kotlarewskiego) Street, or the Baczewskis' tenement house , inspired by Baroque architecture. Many of the buildings he constructed still have Neo-Renaissance or Art Nouveau facades. The Krzyżanowski Chapel, which combines the Neo-Romanesque and Neo-Gothic styles, was built at the Lychakiv Cemetery based on his plans.

At the end of the 19th century, Kudelski was offered the post of construction manager of the Stanislavov Railway Directorate . As it turned out, the architect fell in love with the city and spent almost three decades there, during which time his greatest creative activity occurred. Here he designed, among other things, the secondary school to be located in Matejki Street, as well as the Main Post Office and the building of the 'Sokol' Society . While spending time in what is now Ivano-Frankivsk, he also created the building of the Austro-Hungarian Bank, which has an "L" shape and is in the eclectic style.