Man Ray 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. Wikipedia
Man Ray was on
the most versatile and inventive artists of this century. Born in Philadelphia
in 1890, he knew the worlds of Greenwich Village in the avant garde
era following the 1913 Armory show; Paris in the 1920's and 1930's,
where he played a key role in the Dada and Surrealist movements;
The Hollywood of the 1940s, where he joined others chased by war
from their homes in Europe; and finally, Paris again until his death
in 1976. "
— From his web site
Born in Philadelphia, Emmanuel Radnitsky grew up in New Jersey and
became a commercial artist in New York in the 1910s. He began to sign
his name Man Ray in 1912, although his family did not change its surname to Ray
until the 1920s. He initially taught himself photography in order to
reproduce his own works of art, which included paintings and mixed
media. In 1921 he moved to Paris and set up a photography studio to
support himself. There he began to make photograms, which he called
"Rayographs." In the 1920s, he also began making moving pictures. Man
Ray's four completed films--Return to Reason, Emak Bakia, Starfish, and Mystery of the Chateau--were all highly creative, non-narrative explorations of the possibilities of the medium.
Shortly before World War II, Man Ray returned to the United States and settled in Los Angeles from 1940 until 1951. He was disappointed that he was recognized only for his photography in America and not for the filmmaking, painting, sculpture, and other media in which he worked. In 1951 Man Ray returned to Paris. He concentrated primarily on painting until his death in 1976.
Shortly before World War II, Man Ray returned to the United States and settled in Los Angeles from 1940 until 1951. He was disappointed that he was recognized only for his photography in America and not for the filmmaking, painting, sculpture, and other media in which he worked. In 1951 Man Ray returned to Paris. He concentrated primarily on painting until his death in 1976.
— From the Getty Museum web site
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