# Richard Titlebaum

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Not to be confused with [Richard Teitelbaum](/source/Richard_Teitelbaum).

**Richard Theodore Titlebaum** (January 26, 1939 in [Boston](/source/Boston) – 2006) was a writer, artist, antiquarian book collector and literature professor.

## Biography

Richard Theodore Titlebaum attended [Boston Latin School](/source/Boston_Latin_School), and received a [B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts)(1960) and [M.A.](/source/Master_of_Arts) from [Harvard](/source/Harvard). In 1969, he received a doctorate in English literature from Harvard University.

Titlebaum died October 9, 2006, in [Ann Arbor, Michigan](/source/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan).[1]

## Literary and art career

He taught literature at Harvard, the [University of California](/source/University_of_California), [Berkeley](/source/Berkeley,_California), the [University of Haifa](/source/University_of_Haifa) and the [University of the Witwatersrand](/source/University_of_the_Witwatersrand).

In 1976, he decided to devote himself full-time to painting. He participated in over 300 art events in 27 states and won 48 awards. Some of Titlebaum's works were done in [Surrealistic](/source/Surrealistic) styles, often with [Old Testament](/source/Old_Testament) religious motifs. He was especially interested in [Middle Eastern history](/source/Middle_Eastern_history) and the [Jewish Revolts](/source/Jewish_Revolts). Many of his large paintings were donated to the [Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation](/source/Leslie_Lohman_Gay_Art_Foundation) on his death and may be viewed on their website. At the end of his life, most of his work was religious in subject matter. His paintings are in the [Fogg Art Museum](/source/Fogg_Art_Museum), the Permanent Collection of the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), [Liberty University](/source/Liberty_University), and the Miami City Hall.

## Published works

His Harvard thesis, completed in 1969 but published only in 1987, is entitled: Three Victorian Views of the Italian Renaissance: [John Ruskin](/source/John_Ruskin), [Walter Pater](/source/Walter_Pater) and John Addington Symonds.

## References

1. [In memoriam: Richard Titlebaum](https://orgtheory.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/in-memoriam-richard-titlebaum/)

## External links

- [Titlebaum Art Gallery](http://www.rtitlebaum.com/) *[Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation](http://www.leslielohman.org/)

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