Parys Filippi

After receiving a scholarship from the city of Kraków, he went to study at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich.

[1] When he returned home, he opened a sculpture studio in the refectory of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi.

which became a popular meeting place for many of the city's young artists, including Jan Matejko.

[2] During these years, he created numerous small to medium projects for the local churches and nobility, including series of busts for the Potocki and Sapieha families, as well as busts of nine Polish kings, based on their tombstones.

Having long suffered from alcoholism, he became severely depressed and committed suicide, while away from home, performing conservation work in Warsaw.