Emily Genauer (July 19, 1911 – August 23, 2002) was an American art critic for the ''

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'', the '' New York Herald Tribune'', and '' Newsday''. She won the

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in 1974.

Biography

She was born on Staten Island in 1911, to a delicatessen-owning father who was an amateur sculptor. After studying at Hunter College and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, she went to work as a writer for the ''

'', eventually becoming a critic in the 1930s. After she married Frederick Gash, she retained her maiden name as her byline. She was instrumental in introducing modern artists to her readers, championing Marc Chagall,

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and

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. She quit the newspaper (which had become the ''

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'' after a merger) in 1949, during the Cold War, when ''World-Telegram'' president

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complained that she was promoting left-wing artists. Genauer joined the '' New York Herald Tribune'', where she was the art critic through 1967. She then went to work for ''Newsday'', which syndicated her work. Genauer also wrote books and served on the National Council on the Humanities from 1966 to 1970.

References

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