Richard Muhlberger
(b. 1938)

Museum administrator, writer, and educator Richard Muhlberger is best known for his critiques of the great masters of art, including Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt van Rijn, Vincent Van Gogh, and Pablo Picasso. Born in New Jersey, Muhlberger was a professor of art history at Western New England College in Massachusetts and the vice-director for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. His career as an art critic and museum administrator and curator spans more than 35 years.

Muhlberger's literary works include The Bible in Art, The New Testament (1990) and The Bible in Art, The Old Testament (1990). In 1993, he wrote a series of books that make the works of famous artists understandable and accessible to the average viewer: What Makes a Raphael a Raphael?, What Make a Bruegel a Bruegel?, What Makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt?, and What Makes a Van Gogh a Van Gogh? He published a similar series in 1994 on Leonardo da Vinci, Francisco Goya, Mary Cassatt, and Pablo Picasso. His latest work, Charles Webster Hawthorne: Paintings and Watercolors, was published in 1999.

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