Lumen Martin Winter

Lumen Martin Winter (December 12, 1908 – April 5, 1982) was an American muralist, sculptor, painter and mosaic artist.

Biography

Photo of Lumen Martin Winter's signature from one of his prints

Winter was born in Ellery, Illinois, on December 12, 1908. His family moved to Larned in western Kansas when he was three years old. The family ranch was located along the Santa Fe Trail.[1]

He attended the Grand Rapids Junior College in Michigan, Cleveland School of Art, the National Academy of Design in New York City, the Grand Central School of Art and the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, New York. He settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1939 and served as an artist with the U.S. Signal Corps in the Air Force in World War II. He died on April 5, 1982, in New Rochelle, New York.

Works

Interior of the Catholic Chapel in the lower floor of the Air Force Academy

List of murals and sculptures

References

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