Prof. dr hab. inż. arch. Wojciech Kalinowski (23.02.1919-18.04.1992)

• Authors: Konopka Marek

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Professor Wojciech Kalinowski (23 February 1 9 1 9 -1 8 April 1992)

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

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Professor Wojciech Kalinowski, a celebrated expert on the history o f Polish towns, lecturer, eminent scholar and conservator o f historical monuments, died two years after retirement. He was wounded in September 1939, an inmate o f the concentration camps o f Sachsenhausen and Dachau, a soldier o f the Warsaw Uprising o f 1944 and prisoner o f war. Professor Kalinowski was a graduate o f the Department o f Architecture at Warsaw University. From 1946 he worked as an assistant to Professor Jan Zachwatowicz and in the years 1951-1969 was the scientific secretary and vice-director o f the Institute o f Town Planning and Architecture. From 1969 professor Kalinowski lectured in the Institute o f Historical Monuments and Conservation at the Mikołaj Kopernik University in Toruń, a post he held until death. In the 1970-1975 period he worked in the Institute o f History o f M aterial Culture at the Polish Academy o f Science and from 1975- to 1989 held the post o f director o f the Centre for the Documentation o f Monuments in Warsaw. His Ph.D. dissertation entitled „Industrial Architecture o f Textile Manufactures in the Kingdom o f Poland, 1815-1830" was presented in 1961 at Warsaw Polytechnic and the title o f doctor hab. was granted upon the basis o f „C ity Development in Poland up to mid-19th Century"published in the United States. In 1973 Wojciech Kalinowski was nominated professor. His scientific achievements include over 200 publications. The main topic o f his studies was the history o f towns in Poland, and in particular, town planning; he also dealt with architecture and especially wooden and industrial buildings, including sacral constructions. Numerous works were devoted to terminology, principles for the documentation o f monuments and the revalorization o f old towns. His historical-town planning study concerning Radom became a model work copied by his successors. Professor Kalinowski published many sources (including cartography) for nineteenth-century towns. In 1968 in a group work edited by E. Camasasco he presented the part pertaining to the history o f Polish towns; and entitled „Storia della casa". Professor Kalinowski was the author o f 30 historical studies concerning towns and the editor and co-author o f the first volume o f „The Monuments o f Town Planning and Architecture in Poland. Reconstruction and Conservation", entitled „H is to rical Towns" (Warsaw 1986). He also published valuable academic textbooks at the University o f Toruń dealing with the history o f towns and the principles o f their protection. Professor Kalinowski was an extraordinarily active lecturer; he spoke at Warsaw University (the Institute o f Art), The Technical University in Dresden, and acted as a guest lecturer in England, France, the United States and East Germany. He was a member o f ICOMOS from 1973, and took part in numerous conferences held in Ingelheim, Milan, Graz and Budapest where he presented his accomplishments and took an activité part in international cooperation for the protection o f the cultural heritage. He also gave a new impetus to the Centre for the Documentation o f Monuments in Warsaw. It was upon his initiative that a fu ll register o f architectonic monuments in Poland, some 600000, was inaugurated together with the inventory o f archeological sides and the publication o f „Spotkania z Zabytkami". Professor Kalinowski transformed the Centre from an archive devoted to documents into a centre for the organization o f scientific investigations concerned with the protection o f monuments. Thanks to his universal interests. Professor Kalinowski remained a precursor o f the protection o f the cultural heritage. He was an extremely well liked head o f an institution and an independent expert during the most difficult period o f censorship in Poland. He was a member o f the Society o f Polish Architects, the Society o f Polish Town Planners and an honorary member o f the Association o f the Conservators o f Monuments. Professor Kalinowski was awarded the Cavalier Cross o f the Polonia Restitute medal, and the Cross o f the Warsaw Uprising and in 1987 he received an award o f the first degree from the Minister o f Culture and A rt for his achievements in the domain o f the protection o f historical monuments and didactics.

Keywords

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Wojciech Kalinowski; ochrona zabytków

• Publisher: Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
• Journal: Ochrona Zabytków
• Year: 1992
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 3-6

Dates

published

1992

Contributors

author

Konopka Marek

Identifiers

ISSN

0029-8247