Frederick John Kiesler

Frederick John Kiesler, born in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary (in today's Ukraine), received his education at the Technische Hochschule and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He and his wife moved to New York City in 1926, who has been active in theater and exhibit design, he produced a respected body of work in architecture, sculpture, and also in drawing and painting. Kiesler wrote extensively and made substantial contributions to the theory of architecture. Among these works are Pseudo-Functionalism in Modern Architecture and Contemporary Art Applied to the Store and Its Display.

In 1952, he was named one of the 15 leading artists at mid-century by the Museum of Modern Art, New York.