Cyril Colnik

Cyril Colnik (1871-1958) was born in Austria. In his teens he began an apprenticeship studying in Graz and then Vienna. He settled in Munich and became part of the German ironworking team at 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. Colnik entered the grilled pictured below depicting Vulcan, for which he won a gold medal. After the exhibition Colnik moved to Milwaukee where he set up shop in 1894 and soon found brewer Frederick Pabst a willing Patron. Colnik would continuing working in, largely in the region until 1955. The Villa Terrece Museum in Milwaukee is a repository of several of his works.