Man Ray was born Emmanuel Radnitzky in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the year 1890. He was associated with the Surrealist painters. He grew up in Brooklyn and spent much of his youth visiting the wonderful museums of the area. Man Ray worked in many different mediums including painting, printmaking, collage, assemblage, and film.
He began his career in New York City and then moved to Paris, France.
In this clip a great selection of photographs of Man Ray:
Man Ray began to explore the medium of photography in 1915. His most famous series were called “Rayographs” These were camera shots taken when objects were placed on light sensitive paper. The artist was also a well respected portrait photographer. He took photographs of many artists including Pablo Picasso.
Ray is thought of as a leading American Modernist painter.
Spent much of his career based out of Paris and Los Angeles, California.
Ray is part of many internationally renowned collections including the Art Insitutute of Chicago, the Getty Musuem located in Los Angeles, Califonia, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art located in New York City, and the Tate Museum of London.
Man Ray passed away in 1976 at the age of 86 years old.
Price range information: Lithographs and etchings can be found for $5,000. Photographs sell between $5,oo0 and $400,000. Oil paintings sell for as much as $5 million.
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