Description Property from a Private Collection, Hilton Head Island, SC Lea Nikel (Israeli, 1918-2005), Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, 1971, signed lower right and dated '71. Frame size: 33 1/2 in. x 33 1/2 in. In 1918, Lea Nikel was born in Zhitomir Ukraine. Nikel, with her family, immigrated to British Administered Palestine. She began studying in Tel Aviv in 1935 under painter Chaim Gliksberg. She continued her studies with Yechezel Streichman and Avigdor Stematsky. Between the years of 1961 to 1977, Nikel lived in Greenwich Village, Rome and New York before returning to Israel. At the Chemerinsky Art Gallery in Tel Aviv, Nikel held her first solo exhibition. In 1957 she had a solo show in Paris at Galerie Colette Allendy. In 1964, she took part in numerous international group exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale. In 2005, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art organized a retrospective exhibition of her paintings. Nikel continued to paint until just a few days before her death in September 2005. (AskArt.com)