Tadeusz Maria Rostworowski (21 March 1860 – 23 August 1928) was a Polish architect and painter, mostly active in Lithuania from Tsar Alexander III's reign through the Second Rzeczpospolita days.
Early life and education He was born on 21 March 1860 in Kowalewszczyzna, Congress Poland. After completing gymnasium in Warsaw, he entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Saint Petersburg, where he earned a diploma in architecture in 1885. He was taught by Alfred Parland and Vasil Kennel. He furthered his studies in Kraków, Munich and Paris.
Career His major works included: Puttkamer's palace in Bolcieniki, in English Neo-Gothic style (c. 1890–1896) Imperial Palace in Białowieża, in collaboration with N. J. de Rochefort (dismantled in 1950s) Expansion of the manor house owned by the Chomiński family (wooden, 18th century), in St. Georges Hotel in Vilnius (1893) Reconstruction of Ignacy Korwin-Milewski's palace in Neo-Baroque style (1895) Neo-Gothic expansion of Władysław Tyszkiewicz's palace in Lentvaris (1899), in collaboration with Belgian architect de Waegh Manor of the Wańkowicz family in Rudaków (1900), in collaboration with Bronisław Mineyko Reconstruction project of Józef Biszewski's palace in Łyntupy, in Neo-Renessance style Railway management building in Vilnius
Rostworowski built or rebuilt nearly thirty churches in Podlachia and Lithuania, including: the Neo-Renessance church in Parafianowo, churches in Bieniakonie (1901), Lentvaris, Molėtai, Kreva, Baltoji Vokė and Šalčininkai.
Personal life In 1898, he married Zofia (née Oskierka), with whom he had a son, Andrzej, and a daughter, Maria Róża. Besides his architectural profession, he was also a keen painter. He died suddenly of a heart attack on 23 August 1928.
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