James Robert Mellow (February 28, 1926 — November 22, 1997) was an American art critic and biographer. After starting his art career in the mid-1950s, Mellow primarily worked in editorial positions for Arts Magazine and Industrial Design during the 1960s. As an art critic from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s, Mellow worked for The New Leader, Art International, and The New York Times. Apart from art, Mellow became a biographer in 1974 when he released a biography on Gertrude Stein.
Books in order of publication:
Charmed Circle: Gertrude Stein and Company – 1974
Nathaniel Hawthorne in His Times – 1980
Invented Lives: F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald – 1984
Hemingway: A Life Without Consequences – 1992
Walker Evans – 1999
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