A Visionary of Space and Form Frederick John Kiesler was an Austrian-American architect, sculptor, painter, designer, scenographer, author, lithographer, theatre designer, and writer. Born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, he studied at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna and later attended painting and printmaking classes at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna. After moving to New York City in 1926, he became a naturalized American cit…