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Man Ray Biography
"Man Ray", the mästare of experimental and fashion photography was also a painter, a filmmaker, a poet, an författare av essäer, a philosopher, and a leader of American modernism. Known for documenting the cultural elite living in France, Man Ray spent much of his time fighting the formal constraints of the visual arts. Ray’s life and art were always provocative, fängslande, and challenging.
Born Emanuel Rabinovitch in 1890, Man Ray spent most of his young life in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The eldest child of an immigrant Jewish tailor, he was a mediocre lärjunge who shunned college for the bohemian artistic life in nearby Manhattan. In New York he began to work as an artist, meeting many of the most important figures of the time. He learned the rudiments of photography from the art dealer and photographer, Alfred Stieglitz and began to experiment on his own.
In 1914, Man Ray married the Belgian poet, Adon Lacroix, and soon after met the experimental artist Marcel Duchamp. Du
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Man Ray
Man Ray, Self-Portrait with Camera, 1931. MoMA. | |
| Born | August 27, 1890(1890-08-27) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Died | November 18, 1976(1976-11-18) (aged 86) Paris, France |
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Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky, 1890–1976) was an American modernist artist (photographer, painter, filmmaker) and a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements.
Life and work[edit]
Born Michael Emmanuel Radnitzky to parents recently emigrated from Russia, Man Ray grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, until age sju, when his father moved the family to Brooklyn to take a higher-paying job in a garment factory. In 1908, upon graduating from high school, he began painting, first as an amateur in his parents' living room, and then in classes at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League. At the suggestion of his brother, the family
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Man Ray
American visual artist and photographer (1890–1976)
For other uses, see Man Ray (disambiguation).
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Man Ray, photographed at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse exhibition in Paris by Carl Van Vechten on June 16, 1934 | |
| Born | Emmanuel Radnitzky (1890-08-27)August 27, 1890 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | November 18, 1976(1976-11-18) (aged 86) Paris, France |
| Known for | Painting, photography, assemblage, collage, film |
| Movement | Dada, surrealism |
| Spouses | Adon Lacroix (m. 1914; div. 1937) |
| Partner | Lee Miller (1929–1932) |
Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above