Elise Traunstein Grilli (August 4, 1906 – November 13, 1969),[1] born Elsa Traunstein, was an American art critic, professor, columnist, and lecturer based in Japan from 1947 to 1969.
[2] She graduated from Barnard College in 1929,[3] and completed a master's degree at Columbia University in 1932.
[5] Grilli moved to Japan with her family after World War II, when her husband worked with the Allied Occupation Forces in Tokyo.
[5] In 1964 Grilli was a visiting lecturer in East Asian art at Earlham College in Indiana,[10] and organized an exhibit of her own collection of Japanese art at the campus.
[14] Traunstein married Italian-born music critic Marcel F. Grilli.