Marcin Knackfus
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Marcin Knackfus (Template:Langx; c. 1740 – c. 1821Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".), was an architect, professor, and military captain from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[1]
He was first person to introduce Neoclassical architecture in Lithuania.[2] He designed several important buildings in Vilnius, the capital and largest city of Lithuania.
Biography
Marcin Knackfus was born c. 1740Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". in Wólka Ostrożeńska, Kingdom of Poland, near the city of Garwolin.[1] His date of birth is not known but is estimated based on the assumption that he was around 25 years old in 1767 when his first child was born and when he joined the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army as construction engineer. He held the rank of captain.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Knackfus first moved to Vilnius around 1768.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Knackfus studied architecture in Warsaw and was influenced by other local architects of late Baroque (Ephraim Schröger and Szymon Bogumił Zug) and early Neoclassicism (Domenico Merlini and Johann Christian Kammsetzer).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Knackfus taught at the Lithuanian Engineering Corps military school from 1769 until 1773[1] before becoming the first professor of architecture at Vilnius University until 1777.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
In April 1771, Bishop of Vilnius Ignacy Jakub Massalski ordered Knackfus to survey a corner of the Vilnius Cathedral that had been damaged after a front tower of the cathedral collapsed in 1769. He drew up blueprints of the reconstruction, and after five reconstruction attempts, the cathedral was rebuilt in 1777 under the supervision of Polish-Lithuanian architect and former student of Knackfus, Laurynas Gucevičius.[3]Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
In 1773, Knackfus became an architect of the Commission of National Education and prepared projects for schools.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". From 1788 on, Knackfus mostly designed reconstruction projects for the city of Vilnius as well as residences for Lithuanian nobles. These include the homes of Heinrich de Reuss LXIII, the Łopaciński family, Andrzej Abramowicz, and Antoni Tyzenhaus. Knackfus worked with numerous nobles, including Vilnius bishops Ignacy Jakub Massalski and Ignacy Krasicki, Field Hetman Ludwik Tyszkiewicz, voivode Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, and Grand Marshal Stanisław Lubomirski.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Personal life
Knackfus married Agnieszka Pawłowska in 1767. They had two children, Joachim and Katarzyna.[1]
Knackfus was a freemason and was a member of three Masonic lodges in Vilnius. Through his masonic connections, he became a supporter of Tadeusz Kościuszko and the 1794 Kościuszko Uprising. Upon the failure of the uprising, Russian forces stormed Vilnius and burnt down many buildings in the Sereikiškės area of Vilnius where Knackfus lived. Fearing retribution for his involvement, Knackfus moved to the Suwałki Region on the Lithuania–Poland border.[1]
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Works
- Verkiai Palace in Verkiai, Vilnius (1769–1781)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Late Baroque Church of the Holy Trinity in Troškūnai (1774–1787)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Šuazeliai Palace, home of Heinrich de Reuss LXIII, prince of the House of Reuss, at Liejyklos Street, Daukantas Square, Vilnius Old Town (1775)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- An expansion of Vilnius University Astronomical Observatory in Vilnius Old Town (1782–1788)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Vilnius Botanical Garden in Antakalnis (1784)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Late Baroque Church of St. Jacob in Kurtuvėnai (1783–1792)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Altar in the Church of All Saints in Vilnius (1787)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Project for the New Arsenal at the Vilnius Castle ComplexScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- St. Bartholomew Church in Užupis, Vilnius (1788)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Supervised the construction of the Green Bridge in Vilnius (1789)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Renovations to the Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Trakai (1789–1790)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[4]
- Abramavičiai Palace, home of Andrzej Abramowicz, Polish castellan and nobleman (present-day Vilnius Conservatory of Juozas Tallat-Kelpša), Vilnius (1790)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Tyzenhaus Palace, home of Antoni Tyzenhaus, Major General of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, at Trakų Street in Vilnius Old Town (around 1790)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Archives of the Lithuanian Tribunal in Vilnius (1790)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Łopaciński Palace, home of the wealthy Łopaciński family at Skapo Streer in Vilnius Old Town (1791)[5]
- Manor and park in Paežeriai, Vilkaviškis District (1794)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Parish school in Troškūnai, Utena County (1796)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Designed layout of Basanavičius street in Vilnius (1798)Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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