10 Facts About Edgar Munhall

Edgar Joseph Munhall was an American art historian and Curator Emeritus of the Frick Collection.

Edgar Munhall initially trained as an artist and at the age of seventeen won a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York City to study fashion drawing.

Edgar Munhall transferred to New York University's Institute of Fine Arts for his master's degree, which he earned in 1957 with the thesis "The Statues in Watteau's Paintings".

Edgar Munhall returned to Yale for his PhD, writing his dissertation, which was completed in 1959, on Jean-Baptiste Greuze and his critical reception.

Edgar Munhall contributed to a series of major acquisitions, including paintings by Gentile da Fabriano, Hans Memling, and Francois-Hubert Drouais.

Edgar Munhall was instrumental in the acquisition of a significant collection of clocks and watches bequeathed to the museum in 1999 by Winthrop Kellogg Edey.

Edgar Munhall is recognized internationally as an authority on the art of Jean-Baptiste Greuze.

Edgar Munhall was awarded a Distinguished Achievement Award of the Graduate Alumni Association of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at New York University in 1980.

Edgar Munhall was named an Officier of the same order in 2001.

Edgar Munhall was an Honorary Fellow of The Frick Collection and a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Frick Art Reference Library.