| Gilbert Riswold | |
| Birth Date: | 1882 |
| Birth Place: | Minnehaha County, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Death Date: | 1938 |
| Death Place: | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | South Dakota State University School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Occupation: | Sculptor |
Gilbert Riswold (1882–1938) was an American sculptor.
Gilbert Riswold was born in 1882 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, not far from Baltic.[1] [2] He graduated from South Dakota State University, and attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[2]
Riswold began his career as a sculptor in Chicago.[1] He designed the statue of Stephen A. Douglas on the grounds of the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois.[1] [2] He also designed a monument in Scoville Park in Oak Park, Illinois.[1] [2]
Riswold moved to Utah in 1926 to design the Mormon Battalion Monument on the grounds of the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah.[1] [3] By the 1930s, he worked as a sculptor in Los Angeles, California.[2] He also designed sculptures in his home state of South Dakota.[1]
Riswold died in 1938 in Los Angeles.[1] [2]