Lumen Martin Winter About the Artist

Lumen Martin Winter, the creator of "The Olympian," the Loucks Track & Field Award, was an internationally known muralist, sculptor, painter and mosaic artist at his death in 1982 at age 73.

Mr. Winter’s monumental works are displayed at the Roman Catholic and Protestant chapels of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York City, the John F. Kennedy Memorial Gateway in Los Alamos, N.M., as well as the National Wildlife Federation and national headquarters of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., both in Washington, D.C. Mr. Winter also provided several works for public schools. He designed the official medallion for the ill-fated Apollo 13 space flight from his 1969 painting, "Steeds of Apollo." Locally, his work includes Our Lady of the Thruways in White Plains. The art gallery at the New Rochelle Public Library, in the city where he last resided, is named in his honor.

His work is found in many prestigious collections, including the Library of Congress, the White House, the University of Israel and the Vatican. Exhibits of Mr. Winter’s work have included the National Academy, the American Watercolor Society Annuals, Gold Medal Shows at the Architectural League of New York, the National Arts Club, the Salmagundi Club and numerous New York City galleries.

An Illinois native, Mr. Winter studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art and the

National Academy of Design. As a youth, Mr. Winter competed in the high jump and two-mile run.