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Man Ray Biography
Childhood
Man Ray was born as Emmanuel Radnitzky in 1890 to a Russian-Jewish immigrant family in Philadelphia. His tailor father and seamstress mother soon relocated the family to the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, where Ray spent most of his childhood. His family changed their surname to Ray due to the fear of anti-Semitism. His name evolved to Man Ray after shortening his nickname, Manny, to Man. He kept his family background secret for most of his career, though the influence of his parents' occupations is evident in many of his works.
In high school, Ray learned freehand drawing, drafting and other basic techniques of architecture and engineering. He also excelled in his art class. Though he hated the special attention from his art teacher, he still frequented art museums and studied on his own the works of the Renaissance Masters like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titian, and Caravaggio. Such self-motivation from the early age proved to be a solid grounding for the versatility he showed throughout his artis
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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
Born Michael Emmanuel Radnitzky to parents recently emigrated from Russia, Man Ray grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, until age seven, 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 changed its name to Ray in 1912, after which Man Ray signed his work with that name.
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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 all. He was best known for his pioneering photography, and was a renowned fashion and portrait phot
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