Nina Winkel, nee Koch, was born in 1905 in Borken, Germany. She studied sculpture at the Staedel Institute in Frankfurt/Main and in Paris from 1923 to 1941. She came to the United States in 1942, becoming a citizen in 1945. During the war, she taught at the servicemen's canteen of the Sculpture Center. Winkel is also known for her research on antique and Byzantine mosaics, becoming an outside reader at the Institute of Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks. She was the President of the Sculpture Center from 1970-1973.
From the description of Nina Winkel papers, 1944-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122675