"Rooftops" Albert Handell (American, born 1937). Painting depicting New York Rooftops with Statue of Liberty in the distance (upper right). Oil on board. Signed lower left. Sight Size: 9.5 x 13.5 in. Overall Size: in. Trained in New York City and Paris, Albert attended the Art Students League for three and a half years, and his most influential teacher was Frank Mason. In 1987 Handell was named to the Pastel Society of America's Hall of Fame and in 2000 he earned the first Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pastel Society of the West Coast.