Richard Charles Muhlberger

Background

Muhlberger, Richard Charles was born on January 20, 1938 in Engelwood, New Jersey, United States. Son of George Albert and Margaret Bertha (Heins) Muhlberger.

Education

Associate of Arts, California Concordia College, 1958; Bachelor, Wayne State University, 1964; Master of Arts in Art History, Johns Hopkins University, 1967.

Career

Curator music education, Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, 1966-1972; chairman education, Detroit Institute Arts, 1972-1975; director, Museum Fine Arts and George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1976-1987; vice director for education, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1987-1989; director, Knoxville (Tennessee) Museum Art, 1990-1991; Adjunct Professor art history, Western New England College, Springfield, Massachusetts, since 1991. Guest curator Museum American Folk Art, 1997-1998. Member of advisory panel National Endowment for Humanities, 1976-1978, Massachusetts Council on Arts and Humanities, 1979-1981.

Member policy panel, music program National Endowment Arts, 1981-1983.

Achievements

• Richard Charles Muhlberger has been listed as a notable museum director, writer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • American Folk Marquetry Masterpieces In Wood

    (Marquetry is Decorative work in which amazing puzzlelike ...)

  • What Makes a Bruegel a Bruegel?

    (From the former Vice Director for Education at the world ...)

  • What Makes a Cassatt a Cassatt?

    (From the former vice director for education at the world ...)

  • What Makes a Goya a Goya?

    (What makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt? Or a van Gogh a van G...)

  • Charles Webster Hawthorne: Paintings and Watercolors

    (This is the first life comprehensive book on the life and...)

  • Bible in Art: Old Testament

    (illustrated / / Ecclesiastical art / Engels / English / A...)

  • What Makes a Raphael a Raphael?

    (Explores such art topics as style, composition, color, an...)

  • What Makes A Rembrandt A Rembrandt?

    (Now, for the first time, What Makes a Rembrandt a Rembran...)

  • What Makes A Van Gogh A Van Gogh?

    (Now, for the first time, What Makes a Van Gogh a Van Gogh...)

  • What Makes A Degas A Degas?

    (Now, for the first time, What Makes a Degas a Degas is av...)

  • What Makes A Monet A Monet?

    (Now, for the first time, What Makes a Monet a Monet is av...)

  • What Makes a Leonardo a Leonardo?

    (The name on the painting isn't the artist's only signatur...)

  • The Unseen Van Gogh

    (This book is the remedy for the quick look. It is an expl...)

  • American Folk Marquetry: Masterpieces in Wood

    (Book by Muhlberger, Richard)

  • What Makes a Picasso a Picasso?

    (Book by Muhlberger, Richard)

  • What Makes A Monet A Monet? by Muhlberger, Richard (2002) Hardcover

    (First printing.)

  • What Makes a Degas a Degas? by Muhlberger, Richard (1993) Paperback

    (1st)

  • What Makes a Picasso a Picasso? by Muhlberger, Richard (1994) Paperback
  • What Makes a Picasso a Picasso? by Richard Muhlberger (1994-12-01)
  • Bible in Art: New Testament by Muhlberger, Richard (1990) Hardcover
  • What Makes A Van Gogh A Van Gogh? by Muhlberger, Richard (2002) Hardcover
  • What Makes a Raphael a Raphael? by Richard Muhlberger (1993-10-01)
  • What Makes a Monet a Monet? by Richard Muhlberger (1993-10-01)
  • What Makes a Van Gogh a Van Gogh? Paperback October 1, 1993
  • Charles Webster Hawthorne: Paintings and Watercolors by Richard Muhlberger (2000-05-01) Hardcover
  • What Makes a Van Gogh a Van Gogh? by Richard Muhlberger (1993-10-01)
  • What Makes a Leonardo a Leonardo? by Richard Muhlberger (1994-12-01)
  • What Makes a Goya a Goya? by Richard Muhlberger (1995-09-30)
  • What Makes A Rembrandt A Rembrandt? by Muhlberger, Richard (2002) Hardcover
  • What Makes a Cassatt a Cassatt? by Muhlberger, Richard (1994) Paperback
  • Bible in Art: New Testament
  • What Makes A Rembrandt A Rembrandt? by Richard Muhlberger (2002-06-03)

Membership

Member American Association Museums (chairman committee on education 1974-1976, councilor 1988-1991), New England Museum Association (president 1985-1987), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Father:

George Albert Muhlberger

Mother:

Margaret Bertha (Heins) Muhlberger