Cyril Colnik

สถานที่: Austria

เกิด: 1871

ความตาย: 1958

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Cyril Colnik (20 September 1871 – 25 October 1958) was a metalsmith originally from Austria sometimes called 'The Tiffany of wrought iron'. He emigrated to the United States to attend the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, where he won a gold medal for his entry to the exposition. He settled in Milwaukee Wisconsin, Colnik opened a workshop there in 1894. He was a pacifist, which lead him to close his business instead of making armaments for World War I. Colnik spent the remainder of his career working in and around Milwaukee, retiring in 1955.