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Julian Lisiecki (1881–1945) – architect and restorer 5
more than one occasion
14
as well as a member of the archi-
tects’ defence committee in court proceedings over house
plastering in Warsaw (1915)
15
. He himself won the rst
prize in the competition for the enlargement of the Warsaw
Technicians’ Association Building (1913)
16
. In 1914 he was
appointed to the commission for the develop ment of the fa-
mous Polish Architecture Exhibition “Village and Town”
17
.
Conservation activity
On the basis of archival material, we can say much more
about Julian Lisiecki’s involvement in the eld of monu-
ment protection. His name rst appeared in the professional
press in 1909 in a report on a conference of SPMP
18
. A year
later he is mentioned again as a member and participant
in the meetings of the Society
19
. From February 1910 to
June 1912, he was secretary of the Architectural Depart-
ment of the SPMP [12, p. 26]
20
. At that time he had the
opportunity to work with Józef Dziekoński (1844–1927)
as chairman and Władysław Marconi (1848–1915) as his
deputy. In 1911, as one of the six representatives of the So-
ciety, he took part in the meetings of the Zjazd Miłośników
Ojczystych Zabytków [Convention of the Lovers of Native
Monuments] [12, p. 19]. As one of the so-called Protec-
tor Members, he was actively involved in nancing the
Society’s work [13 § 7.2], [12, p. 14, III, XIII]. By virtue
of his position as board member and secretary, the press
began to publish signed articles of a reporting nature. He
wrote, among other things, a memoir about Konstanty Woj -
ciechowski – vice-president of SPMP [14, p. 10, 11] and
the article entitled Dom Baryczków na Starem Mieście [The
Baryczka family’s tenement house in the Old Town] [15,
pp. 610–612], presenting the characteristics of the tene-
ment house acquired by the Society, the circumstances
surrounding the decision to buy it, and the course of the
restoration work which he directed. Over time, this house
became a centre which, as Lisiecki wrote 10 years later,
[…] gave birth to and trained people suitable for conserva-
tion matters [and in which] the very idea of conservation of
monuments was born and solidied [16, p. 46]. In the pages
of the “Przegląd Techniczny”, in the column “Construction
Movement and Varieties”, regular reports of the meetings
of the Society’s Architectural Department were published,
signed in 1910–1912 with the initials of Julian Lisiecki
21
.
14
Cf. “Architekt” 1911, No. 11–12, p. 177, 1912, No. 3–4, p. 41, 1914,
No. 5, p. 88; “Przegląd Techniczny” 1914, No. 12, p. 154, No. 19, p. 260.
15
Cf. “Przegląd Techniczny” 1915, No. 15–16, p. 159.
16
Only three works were submitted for the competition. Cf. “Ar-
chitekt” 1913, No. 9–10, p. 146. Design drawings were published by
“Przegląd Techniczny” 1913, No. 44, tab. X.
17
The committee consisted of S. Szyller, J. Wojciechowski, J. Kłos,
and Z. Kalinowski. Cf. “Przegląd Techniczny” 1915, No. 3–4, p. 30.
18
Cf. “Architekt” 1909, No. 6, pp. 108–110.
19
Cf. “Architekt” 1910, No. 5, p. 78.
20
A
t the end of 1912, the Society’s structure was reorganised – the
Conservation Department took over the work of the previous departments of
Architecture, Painting, Inventory and Old Warsaw, and the Department of Art
History was also established. Cf. “Przegląd Techniczny” 1912, No. 51, p. 686.
21
The reports appeared with varying frequency. In 1910 in issues
8, 11, 17, 21, 38, 39, 42, in 1911 in issues: 7, 10, 12, 13, 15, 25–27, 29,
31, 32, 37–40, 44, 46, in 1912 in issues 22 and 24.
Among the more important tasks the Society undertook
for heritage conservation were visiting historic buildings
and meeting with their administrators, giving them advice
and putting them in touch with specialists. Reports of the
meetings show that Lisiecki was repeatedly delegated there-
to. Within a few years from 1910 until the outbreak of the
Great War, Lisiecki inspected churches in: Kroczewo, Bo -
rze wo (currently Bożewo),
Sulejów, Olkusz, a post-Pauli-
nian church in Beszowa, in Zborówek (the Stopnica district),
Chle wiska [12, p. 22], Waliszew, Sutkówka (near Ży rardów),
Ra cła wice, Osiek, Sierpc, Rypin, Bielsk, Strzy gi [12, p. 23],
Bru dzew (the Koło district), Buczek (the Łask district), Skier -
niewice, Skomlin, Mokrsko, Krzywo rze ka, Żdżary (the Wie-
luń district),
Pułtusk, Ruda, wooden churches in the Wie luń
district in Ożarów, Grębień, Po po wice, the tower in Woj cie-
chów, the Dekiert palace and house at 38 Długa and 47 Piw-
na Streets in Warsaw, the commemorative statue in Raszyn
and the town hall and castle in Szydłowiec
22
.
On behalf of the Society’s Architectural Department,
together with Stefan Szyller he became a delegate to the
artistic commission appointed at Jasna Góra in connection
with the restoration works in the monastery complex of
the Pauline Fathers, including the chapel of the Mother
of God
23
. The result of Lisiecki’s study trips is a series
of photographs of historic buildings dating from 1909 to
1914 and a collection of inventory drawings
24
.
He was involved in giving lectures – both internally and
to the wider public [12, p. 23]. In most cases, these were
reports of inspections of individual monuments or summa-
ries of longer periods of the Society’s work [12, p. 5].
22
Reports of these inspections regularly appeared in the “Przegląd
Techniczny” in 1910 in issues 8, 19, 26, in the following year in issues:
10, 20 and 38, in 1912 in issues: 22, 26, 33, 38 and 45, in 1913 in issues:
19, 21, 31, 46, 49, and in 1914 in issues: 6, 7, 13, 15, 24, 27, 28.
23
Cf. “Przegląd Techniczny” 1913, No. 2, p. 24; No. 4, p. 48.
24
The digitised iconographic collection of SPMP deposited at the Art
Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences contains over 200 items (pho-
tographs, plates, inventory drawings), of which author is Julian Lisiecki.
Fig. 1. The Terebieżów Palace, arch. J. Lisiecki, 1906,
photographed 1910–1935
(source: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe, Ref. 3/1/0/9/6267)
Il. 1. Pałac w Terebieżowie, arch. J. Lisiecki, 1906, fot. 1910–1935
(źródło: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe, sygn. 3/1/0/9/6267)