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Man Ray
Man Ray, Self-Portrait with Camera, MoMA. | |
| Born | August 27, () Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Died | November 18, () (aged&#;86) Paris, France |
| Web | UbuWeb Film, UbuWeb Sound, UbuWeb Historical, Dada Companion, Iowa Digital Library, Wikipedia |
Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky, –) 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 , 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 , after which Man Ray signed
