Background
Winkel, Nina was born on May 21, 1905 in Germany. Arrived in United States, 1942, naturalized, 1945. Daughter of Ernst and Augustine (Bauer) Koch.
Winkel, Nina was born on May 21, 1905 in Germany. Arrived in United States, 1942, naturalized, 1945. Daughter of Ernst and Augustine (Bauer) Koch.
Came to the United States, 1942, naturalized, 1945. Student Staedel Museum Art School, 1929-1931. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), State University of New York, 1985.
Trustee, Sculpture Center, Incorporated., New York City, 1946-1969, president, 1970-1973, president emeritus, trustee, 1974-1990. One-man shows: Notre Dame University, 1954,Sculpture Center, New York City, 1944, 47, 58, 72, Adirondack Museum, Elizabethtown, New York, 1976, Center Music Drama Art, Lake Placid, New York, 1977, National.Savs. Bank, Plattsburgh, New York, 1979, Carpenter and Painter Gallery, Elizabethtown, 1982, Allentown (Pennsylvania) Art Museum, 1982, State University of New York-Plattsburgh, 1983, 84, State University of New York-Albany, 1984, Sculpture Center Incorporated., New York City, 1984.
Group shows: Metropolitan Museum, Whitney Museum, Pennsylvania Academy, San Francisco Museum, Virginia.Mus.
Honorary Adjunct Professor State University of New York-Plattsburgh, 1983. Juror for sculpture competition Winter Olympics 1980 in Lake Placid, 1978.
Trustee Keene Valley library association, from 1967, chairman bi-centennial committee, 1973-1977. Trustee Adirondack Museum, Elizabethtown, New York, from 1978.
Fellow National Sculpture Society (secretary 1965-1968, Bronze medal 1967, 71, Purchase prize 1981, Medal of Honor 1988). Member National Academy Design (East. Watrous Gold medal 1945, 78, 83), Sculptors Guild, Center Music, Drama and Arts-Lake Placid, Omicron Delta Kappa (honorary). Winkel Sculpture Court, State University of New York-Plattsburgh, dedicated October 1987, contains over 50 pieces of her sculpture.
Died May 24, 1990.
Married George J. Winkel, December 15, 1934.