Man Ray

Also known as Man Rei, hola Denise de 1_A no es confidencial soy yo, Emmanuel Rudnitzky, Emmanuel Radnitzky, Emmanuel Rudnizky, Emmanuel Rudnitsky, Emmanuel Radnitzsky, Emmanuel Radensky

American and French visual artist (1890–1976)

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Man Ray was an American and French visual artist who lived from 1890 to 1976 and worked across multiple creative mediums. He is significant for his pioneering contributions to modern art movements and his influential work in photography, painting, and experimental visual techniques.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky, August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American modernist artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. 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 all. He was best known in the art world for his…

Known for

Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray — Self2024
Un été à la Garoupe — Self2020
The Truth about Black Dahlia — archive footage2007
William Wegman: Video Work 1970-19992006
About Special Effects2001
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde — Self (archive footage)1997
Lee Miller: Through the Mirror — Self (archive footage)1996
Filming Man Ray1990
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma — Self (archive footage)1978
Dog Duet1975

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Emmanuel
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Philadelphia
Place of death: 6th arrondissement of Paris
Occupation: lithographer
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Participant in: 1910 United States Census
Field of work: Erotic photography
Genre: abstract art
Movement: Dada
Official website: www.manraytrust.com
Image: Man Ray Salvador Dali (cropped).jpg
Motto: unconcerned but not indifferent
Work location: France

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topic's main category: Category:Man Ray
place of burial: Montparnasse Cemetery
Commons category: Man Ray
date of death: 1976-11-18
date of birth: 1890-08-27
Commons gallery: Man Ray
member of: College of 'Pataphysics
Commons Creator page: Man Ray
name in native language: Man Ray
cause of death: infectious disease
archives at: Getty Research Institute
unmarried partner: Alice Prin
pseudonym: Rudnitzky, Emmanuel
writing language: English language
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relative: Naomi Savage
manner of death: natural causes

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Works in European collections

9 objects attributed to Man Ray, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Schere und Raster

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Encyclopedic overview

Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American-born, French-naturalized 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 all. He was a photography innovator as well as a fashion and portrait photographer, and is noted for his work with photograms, which he called "rayographs" in reference to himself.

Biography

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