A Life of Color and Movement Zhitomir, Ukraine, 1918. A child is born into a family that will soon move to Mandatory Palestine in 1920. This early displacement marks the beginning of a life defined by shifting borders and evolving perspectives. By 1935, the young Lea Nikelsberg sits in a Tel Aviv studio, absorbing the lessons of Chaim Gliksberg. The foundations of her visual language are being laid through rigorous study, later refined under the guidance of Yechezkel Streichman and Avigdor Stematsky. The trajectory shifts toward Europe. Paris becomes a central stage between 1950 and 1961. H…