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1890 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1976 Paris, France. Known for: Dada, surreal, cubist imagery.
Man Ray was born in 1890, the son of Russian immigrants in Philadelphia and raised in Brooklyn. One of his earliest memories was of a dada-like act: pressing his childish hands onto the bright green... Read full biography
Man Ray was born in 1890, the son of Russian immigrants in Philadelphia and raised in Brooklyn. One of his earliest memories was of a dada-like act: pressing his childish hands onto the bright green wetness of freshly painted shutters. He was born with the name Emmanuel Radensky but was given the... Read full biography
Man Ray was born in 1890, the son of Russian immigrants in Philadelphia and raised in Brooklyn. One of his earliest memories was of a dada-like act: pressing his childish hands onto the bright green wetness of freshly painted shutters. He was born with the name Emmanuel Radensky but was given the name Man Ray by his family when he was fifteen and wished to be known only by that name. He moved with his family to New York City where he attended the Academy of Fine Arts and the Ferrer School,... Read full biography
Man Ray was born in 1890, the son of Russian immigrants in Philadelphia and raised in Brooklyn. One of his earliest memories was of a dada-like act: pressing his childish hands onto the bright green wetness of freshly painted shutters. He was born with the name Emmanuel Radensky but was given the name Man Ray by his family when he was fifteen and wished to be known only by that name. He moved with his family to New York City where he attended the Academy of Fine Arts and the Ferrer School, based on avant-garde curriculum, which emphasized free-thinking and non conformity. From that time on he was largely self-taught. As a young man he haunted the modern art exhibits at the gallery run by Alfred Stieglitz, who also introduced him to... Read full biography
Man Ray was born in 1890, the son of Russian immigrants in Philadelphia and raised in Brooklyn. One of his earliest memories was of a dada-like act: pressing his childish hands onto the bright green wetness of freshly painted shutters. He was born with the name Emmanuel Radensky but was given the name Man Ray by his family when he was fifteen and wished to be known only by that name. He moved with his family to New York City where he attended the Academy of Fine Arts and the Ferrer School, based on avant-garde curriculum, which emphasized free-thinking and non conformity. From that time on he was largely self-taught. As a young man he haunted the modern art exhibits at the gallery run by Alfred Stieglitz, who also introduced him to photography. He became a widely sought-after fashion photographer, earning his living in this way. But Man Ray was... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Airbrush
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Photograms
- •Photography as Fine Art
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Aluminum/Aluminium
- •Assemblage
- •Brass
- •Bronze
- •Chalk
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Iron, Cast Iron
- •Marble
- •Metal, Metalwork, Metal Plates, Metal Point
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Plastics
- •Silver, Silversmithing
- •Steel, Stainless Steel
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Cubism, Cubist
- •Dada, Dadaism
- •Expressive, Expressionist, Expressionism
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
- •Synchromism
Art Subject
- •Botanics, Plant Life
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Still Life
- •Torsos
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Expatriate from USA or Canada
Art Association
- •Societe Anonyme
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •New York School of Art, Chase School, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •London Transport Underground Artist
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Artist Colony
- •Ridgefield, New Jersey
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art