Teruo Fujieda (1936–2018) was a Japanese art critic and art historian. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, he studied at Kyoto University and the University of Pennsylvania and began publishing art criticism extensively in the late 1960s. He later taught at Musashino Art University, where he became professor emeritus. Known as an important advocate of formalist criticism in Japan, Fujieda specialized in Abstract Expressionism and modern American art while also engaging critically with developments in contemporary Japanese art. His major work, "Jackson Pollock," closely examines Pollock’s paintings and artistic development, looking beyond the conventional image of Action Painting to analyze the formal structures of his work and his place within Abstract Expressionism.
