Eleanor Munro | |
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| Born | Eleanor Carroll Munro March 28, 1928 |
| Died | April 1, 2022 (aged 94) Rye, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Smith College (BA) Columbia University (MA) |
| Known for | Associate editor, art writer and reviewer, ARTnews The New Republic, The Atlantic, Saturday Review, Vogue, Ms. |
| Notable work | Originals: American Women Artists, Simon & Schuster |
| Movement | Contemporary art, feminist art, art by women and people of color |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature (1988) Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award |
Eleanor Carroll Munro (March 28, 1928 – April 1, 2022) was an American art critic, art historian, writer, and editor. She was known for her work on women artists. Some of her published books included The Encyclopedia of Art (1961), Originals: American Women Artists (1979); Memoirs of a Modernist's Daughter (1988), Through the Vermilion Gates (1971), and On Glory Roads: a Pilgrim's Book about Pilgrimage (1988).[1][2][3] Munro was also known for her published interviews with women artists of note including Louise Bourgeois, Helen Frankenthaler, Jennifer Bartlett, Julie Taymor, Louise Nevelson, Maya Lin, and Kiki Smith.[4][5] Munro received the Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature in 1988.
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- ^ "Eleanor Munro papers, circa 1880-2011, bulk 1950-2011 Munro, Eleanor, 1928- Writer". American Archive of Art. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on January 6, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2017.