1901-1988

Born to Polish immigrants, Joseph Kiselewski studied at the Minneapolis School of Art, the National Academy of Design and the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design. While he worked as an assistant to sculptor Lee Lawrie, he won the Parisian Beaux Arts competition in 1925 and received the Prix de Rome in 1926. Kiselewski established a highly successful studio in New York in 1929, and in 1936 was appointed an Associate of the National Academy of Design. By 1944, he had become a faculty member. Kiselewski's work designing numerous medals for the US Air Force and the US Army earned him the J. Sanford Saltus Medal in 1970 for excellence in the art of medallic sculpture. Among his most known sculptures are four pieces at the Bronx County Courthouse, the Bas-Relief above the doors for the George Rogers Clark Memorial. For the 1939 World's Fair, Kiselewski created a 30-foot-high by 140-foot-wide sundial called “Time.” He retired in 1980 to Browerville, Minnesota. Photo: "Gossip" by Joseph Kiselewski.