Julio Kilenyi

{{Short description|American sculptor}}

{{Western name order|Kilényi Gyula}}

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Julio Kilenyi (February 21, 1885 Arad, Kingdom of Hungary (now in Romania) - January 29, 1959) an American sculptor and medallic artist. In 1909, he moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[http://www.huszadikszazad.hu/kultura/magyar-szobrasz-argentinaban Travel to Argentina from a Hungarian newspaper in 1912] Later he moved to New York.[http://numismatics.org/search/results?q=department_facet:%22Medal%22%20AND%20artist_facet:%22Kilenyi,%20Julio%22 Some of his work listed here]{{cite web | url=http://www.sk-szeged.hu/statikus_html/vasvary/newsletter/09jun/hungarian_artists.html | title=Some Famous Hungarian-American Artists of the Past: Julio Kilenyi | first=Stephen | last=Beszedits | work=VasVary Collection Newsletter | publisher=Somogyi Károly Városi és Megyei Könyvtár | accessdate=25 April 2013 | archive-date=24 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924102352/http://www.sk-szeged.hu/statikus_html/vasvary/newsletter/09jun/hungarian_artists.html | url-status=dead }} He began his career in the U.S. in 1916 and was known primarily as the designer of commemorative medals.{{cite book | editor-last=Downs |editor-first=Winfield Scott |title=Encyclopedia of American Biography: New Series |volume=10 | publisher=American Historical Society |year=1939 | pages=203–204 | oclc=649569887 | url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89080535495&view=1up&seq=436 |via=HathiTrust }} His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/921813 |title=Julio Kilenyi |work=Olympedia |accessdate=8 August 2020}}