Marjorie Kreilick (1925-2023), professor emerita, is an artist and educator born in Ohio. Kreilick earned degrees in sculpture at Ohio State University and Cranbrook Academy of Art, which is known as "the cradle of American modernism." She taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Art Department for 38 years from 1953 to 1991. In 1956, Kreilick was formally trained on the art of mosaics and bronze casting during a year long sabbatical in Rome, Italy. Throughout her time at UW-Madison, Kreilick taught renowned courses on color theory and design. Her paintings, sculptures, and mosaic panels are held in many museum collections including the Chazen Museum of Art, Racine Art Museum, and the Museum of Wisconsin Art. In 1959, Kreilick was commissioned to create ten mosaic panels for the State Office Building in Milwaukee, completed in 1963, they remain on view today.
