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Lea Nikel, painter, born 1918, Zhitomir, Ukraine. Lived and worked in Moshav Kidron. Died September 2005. She immigrated to Israel in 1920 and grew up in Tel Aviv. During the years 1950-61 she lived and worked in Paris, France; 1961-63 and 1964-65 in Ashdod, Israel; 1963-64 in New York City, USA; 1964 toured the Central African Republic; 1965-67 in Safed; 1967-70 in Rome, Italy; 1970-73 in Tel Aviv; 1973-77 in New York City, USA; 1977-80 returned to Tel Aviv. She was nicknamed "queen of abstract painting" and "queen of color and composition" among her Israeli colleagues. Her works are in several museums such as The Tate, London, Britain.

Education

Studied languages, shorthand, and correspondance in a business school in Tel Aviv
1935 Studied painting with Chaim Gliksberg
1935 Studied dance with Gertrude Krauss, Tel Aviv
1946-1947 Studied with Avigdor Stematsky and Yehezkel Straichman, Tel Aviv

Awards And Prizes

1953 First Prize, Israeli Painters in Paris Exhibition, Israeli Embassy, Paris, France
1968 The National Council of Culture and Art Prize, Ministry of Education and Culture
1972 Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1982 Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa
1985 Merdal for activity at UNESCO Experimental Workshop and the Role of the Texhing of Visual Arts at Schools, UNESCO
1987 Gamzu Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
1995 Israel Prize for Painting
1997 Chevalier of Arts and Letters, French Ministry of Culture