Mario Amaya | |
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| Born | October 6, 1933 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 52) London, England |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | American art critic, museum director, magazine editor |
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Mario Amaya (October 6, 1933[1] – June 29, 1986) was an American art critic, museum director and magazine editor, and (1972–1976) director of the New York Cultural Center and (1976–1979) the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia. He was also (1969–1972) the chief curator of the Art Gallery of Ontario and the founding editor of London's Art and Artists magazine. He studied Art Nouveau for 35 years, for some of this time under the teaching of the artist Mark Rothko.