James Huneker (1857 - 1921)

James Gibbons Huneker (31 January 1857 – 9 February 1921) was an American music writer and critic.

Huneker is mostly remembered now for his music criticism. He was a music critic who familiarized Americans with then modern European artistic movements and wrote in a highly subjective style, full of metaphorical descriptions.

Huneker was equally proficient in his knowledge of art and literature, and was one of the first to write of Gauguin, Ibsen, Wagner, Nietzsche, France, van Gogh, and George Moore. He also wrote fiction, including the short stories collected in Melomaniacs and Visionaries, and the novel Painted Veils.