Lea Nikel (Lea Nikelsberg) was born in Zhitomir, Ukraine, on December 6, 1918.[2] Her family immigrated to British-administered Palestine in 1920. She had one sister, Sara (Bock), who was born in 1926. She began studying with painter Chaim Gliksberg in Tel Aviv in 1935, later studying with Yechezkel Streichman and Avigdor Stematsky. From 1961 to 1977, Nikel lived in Greenwich Village (one year), Rome (three years) and New York (four years), before returning to Israel in 1977. She was married to Sam Leiman and had one daughter, Ziva Hanan. She lived in Moshav Kidron.[3]
Artistic careeredit
Nikel held her first solo exhibition in 1954 at the Chemerinsky Art Gallery in Tel Aviv[4] and her first solo show in Paris at Galerie Colette Allendy in 1957. She took part in numerous international group exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale in 1964. The Tel Aviv Museum of Art organized a retrospective exhibition of her paintings in 1995.[5] Nikel continued to paint until just a few days before her death on September 10, 2005.[3]
Nikel's style was a form of expressionistic abstraction sometimes called lyrical abstraction. She painted with a brusque, generous touch and favored high-keyed colors. She was known for buoyant compositions consisting of rough-edged blocks of color and scribbly, calligraphic lines that together conveyed a sense of imaginative excitement and urgent sensuousness.[3]
Awardsedit
In 1972, she was awarded the Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art from the Israel Museum.[7]
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nikel, hebrew, לאה, ניקל, born, 1918, died, 2005, israeli, abstract, artist, photograph, 1979photographer, stanley, batkinborndecember, 1918zhitomir, ukrainedied10, september, 2005, 2005, aged, nationalityisraeli, jewishknown, forpaintingmovementisraeli, conte. Lea Nikel Hebrew לאה ניקל born 1918 died 2005 was an Israeli abstract artist 1 Lea NikelPhotograph of Lea Nikel 1979Photographer Stanley I BatkinBornDecember 6 1918Zhitomir UkraineDied10 September 2005 2005 09 11 aged 86 NationalityIsraeli JewishKnown forPaintingMovementIsraeli art Contents 1 Biography 2 Artistic career 3 Artistic style 4 Awards 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksBiography editLea Nikel Lea Nikelsberg was born in Zhitomir Ukraine on December 6 1918 2 Her family immigrated to British administered Palestine in 1920 She had one sister Sara Bock who was born in 1926 She began studying with painter Chaim Gliksberg in Tel Aviv in 1935 later studying with Yechezkel Streichman and Avigdor Stematsky From 1961 to 1977 Nikel lived in Greenwich Village one year Rome three years and New York four years before returning to Israel in 1977 She was married to Sam Leiman and had one daughter Ziva Hanan She lived in Moshav Kidron 3 Artistic career editNikel held her first solo exhibition in 1954 at the Chemerinsky Art Gallery in Tel Aviv 4 and her first solo show in Paris at Galerie Colette Allendy in 1957 She took part in numerous international group exhibitions including the Venice Biennale in 1964 The Tel Aviv Museum of Art organized a retrospective exhibition of her paintings in 1995 5 Nikel continued to paint until just a few days before her death on September 10 2005 3 In 2023 her work was included in the exhibition Action Gesture Paint Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940 1970 at the Whitechapel Gallery in London 6 Artistic style editNikel s style was a form of expressionistic abstraction sometimes called lyrical abstraction She painted with a brusque generous touch and favored high keyed colors She was known for buoyant compositions consisting of rough edged blocks of color and scribbly calligraphic lines that together conveyed a sense of imaginative excitement and urgent sensuousness 3 Awards editIn 1972 she was awarded the Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art from the Israel Museum 7 In 1982 Nikel was awarded the Dizengoff Prize for Painting 8 In 1985 she was awarded a medal from the UNESCO workshop on experimental activities in Nice France In 1987 she won the Gamzo Award In 1995 she was awarded the Israel Prize for painting 9 In 1997 she was made a Chevalier of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture See also editList of Israel Prize recipientsReferences edit Gilerman Dana 13 September 2007 The birth of a new generation Haaretz Retrieved 22 January 2014 Nikel Lea De Gruyter Retrieved 22 April 2023 a b c Ken Johnson 1 October 2005 Lea Nikel Abstract Painter and One of Israel s Top Artists Dies at 86 The New York Times Retrieved 22 January 2014 Lea Nikel Jewish Women s Archive Retrieved 22 April 2023 Lea Nikel AWARE Women artists Femmes artistes Retrieved 22 April 2023 Action Gesture Paint Whitechapel Gallery Retrieved 22 April 2023 Lea Nikel Israel Museum Retrieved 22 April 2023 List of Dizengoff Prize laureates PDF in Hebrew Tel Aviv Municipality Archived from the original PDF on December 17 2007 Israel Prize Official Site Recipients in 1995 in Hebrew Archived from the original on 2008 12 27 External links edit Lea Nikel Engel Gallery Archived from the original on 2022 03 31 Retrieved 2014 01 23 Lea Nikel Har El Printers amp Publishers Archived from the original on 2020 10 01 Retrieved 2018 12 17 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lea Nikel amp oldid 1184429486, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
