About the Artist
ALBERT HANDELL was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1937. At an early
age, a favorite activity of his was drawing with chalks on the city
streets. He began formal studies of drawing and anatomy at the age of
sixteen. In 1954, he enrolled at the Art Students League of New York
City to study drawing and anatomy with the late Louis Priscilla and
the late Robert Ward Johnson, and later studied painting for two years
with Frank Mason. From 1961 to 1965, Mr. Handel lived and traveled in
Europe. In Paris, he painted independently in his own studio, working
from the model at L'Ecole de la Grande Chaumiere and at the Louvre,
copying the old masters.
Since 1961, he has had over thirty one-man shows and has received over
seventy prizes and awards, including the following partial listing from
the annual exhibitions of:
- The Allied Artists of America, New York City
- The Audubon Artists of America, New York City
- The National Academy of Design, New York City
- Academie Artists of America, Springfield, Massachusetts
- The Pastel Society of America, New York City
- The Butler Institute of America Art, Youngstown, Ohio
- State University of New York, Albany, New York
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
- National Arts Club, New York City
- The Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, New York
- The Berkshire Museum of Art, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York
- Artists of America (Denver- Rotary Club) 1983, 1984, 1990
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Mr. Handell has received grants from the John F. and Anna Lee Stacy
Foundation and from the Elizabeth T. Greenshields Foundation, Montreal
Canada. His paintings are in numerous private and public collections
and museums.
A partial listing of gallery one-man and museum one-man shows:
- The Ventana Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1987 to the
present
- The Guild Gallery, New York City, 1979
- The Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, 1977
- The Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, New York, 1976
- The Berkshire Museum of Art, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1975
- The Eileen Kuhlich Gallery, New York City, 1973
- The A.C.A. Gallery, New York City, 1966
- The Fitzgerald Gallery, New York City, 1961-1963
Mr. Handell now exhibits with the Ventana Fine Art Gallery in Santa
Fe, New Mexico, where, since 1987, he has had annual one-man shows.
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A partial listing of articles written on Albert Handell:
- Teacher Achievement Awards, Pastels, $1,000 cash award, plus
an article in American Artist Magazine, June 1994
- Albert Handell: He Saw the Light by Vicki Stavig, Art of
the West, January - February 1993
- Tastes That Make Life Grand: The Works of Albert Handell,
by Segue Smith, Focus/Santa Fe, April - May 1989
- Magic Show: The Works of Albert Handell, by Mary Carroll
Nelson,
Southwest Profile, August 1987
- Albert Handell Enraptured, by Joy Murphy, Southwest Art,
April 1986
- Albert Handell, by Kitty Gibbons Silvery, Art Gallery
International, September 1985
- The Pastels of Albert Handell, by Joy Murphy, Southwest Profile,
June 1984
- Albert Handell: Landscapes in Pastel, by Leslie Trainor,
American Artist magazine, December 1981
- The Inner Universe of Albert Handell, by Heather Meredith-Owens
for American Artist mazagine, April 1971
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Since 1979, four books have been written and published on Mr. Handell's
paintings and teachings. All four books are published by Watson Guptill
Art Publications, New York City.
- Intuitive Light, published May 1995.
- Intuitive Compositiom published 1989, is in its third printing
- Pastel Painting Workshop, published in 1981, is in its fourth printing
and is translated into German
- Oil,Painting Workshop, published 1979, is in its sixth printing
and is translated into German
In 1987, The Pastel Society of America elected him into the Pastel
Hall of Fame, making him one of three living artists so honored.
He is well known for his Painting Workshops, which he conducts nationwide
and abroad. He is now represented by the Ventana Fine Art Gallery in
Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Cottage Art Gallery in Carmel, California
and the Joyce Petter Callery in Douglas, Michigan.
Mr. Handell lives and paints in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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PERMANENT COLLECTIONS (Partial Listing):
- Ranger Purchase Award, National Academy of Design, N.Y.C. Donated
to Bates College, Lewistown, Maine
- Elizabeth T. Greenshiekls, Memorial Foundation and Museum, Montreal,
Canada
- Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
- Schenectady Museum of Art, Schenectady, NY
- Syracuse Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
- Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
- R.K. Mellon Art Acquisition Fund Purchase
- Sidney Mishkin Art Gallery at Baruch College, City University of
New York City
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania
- The Rio Hotel and Casino in the Italian Resort of Bellagio, Las
Vegas, Nevada
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RECENT NATIONAL AND GROUP- EXHIBITIONS (Partial Listing):
- Oil Painters of America, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
- Contemporary Romanticism; Landscape in Pastel, Southern Alleghenies
Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania, 1999
- First Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational Competition, Laguna
Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California, 1999
- The American Scene, A National Exhibition of Major Works, Van Vechten-
Lineberry Taos Art Museum, Taos, New Mexico, 1999
- Albuquerque Museum of Miniatures 1996, 1997, 1998
- The Plein Air Painters of America, Invited Artist, Catalina Island,
CA 1998
- "Tradition" John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1996
- C.M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana 1999
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ADDITIONAL RECENT ARTICLES (Partial Listing):
Albert
Handell's website: http://
www.alberthandell.com
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