1. Teodor Rygier was a Polish sculptor known especially for his Adam Mickiewicz Monument in Krakow, Poland.
10 Facts About Teodor Rygier
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Teodor Rygier was selected in the major competition by popular demand.
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Teodor Rygier won a stipend in Berlin that allowed him to study in Paris.
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Teodor Rygier returned to Poland to found a factory for the production of terra cotta statues, but the factory fell victim to a fire.
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Teodor Rygier completed several other works, including a statue of the Immaculate Conception, Coquette, busts of the Madonna, and a bust of a girl titled il Sorriso.
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Teodor Rygier intended to complete the 14 Stations of the Passion in bronze, but was stymied by the expense.
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Teodor Rygier made busts of his wife and sister; of George Washington ; of poet Teofil Lenartowicz ; of doctor Levitoni, philosopher of Warsaw; of Leopold Kronenberg ; and writer Kraszetcski.
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At the International competition of Moscow for the Monument to Alexander II, in October 1882, Teodor Rygier won 3rd prize for 3000 rubles.
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Teodor Rygier took part in all three stages of the contest, and was awarded the rights to produce the monument by popular demand.
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Teodor Rygier's work was commissioned ahead of that of more than 60 artists, including the renowned Cyprian Godebski, professor at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg from Paris, who had won first prize in the competition.