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Also Known As Emanuel Rabinovitch • Emmanuel Radnitzky • Ray, Man
Born August 27, 1890 • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Died November 18, 1976 (aged 86) • Paris • France • (Anniversary in 5 days)
Founder SociĂŠtĂŠ Anonyme
Notable Works “Anemic Cinema” • “Le Violon d’Ingres” • “Object to be Destroyed” • “Return to Reason” • “The Gift”
Movement / Style Dada • Surrealism • ready-made

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Man Ray was a photographer, painter, and filmmaker who was the only American to play a major role in both the Dada and Surrealist movements.
Man Ray: Landscape (Paysage Fauve)
Cover of Mother Earth magazine, August 1914, features Man Ray's illustration of two beasts labeled Capitalism and Government pulling apart a figure labeled Humanity.
Man Ray sits indoors holding a pair of eyeglasses, looking at the camera, with a potted plant on the windowsill beside him.
Man Ray: Le Violon d'Ingres
Salvador DalĂ­ and Man Ray
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Andy Warhol
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Duchamp, Marcel
Marcel Duchamp
French artist
Jean Cocteau, 1939.
Jean Cocteau
French poet and artist
Salvador DalĂ­
Salvador DalĂ­
Spanish artist
Harry Smith
Harry Smith
American artist, musicologist, and collector
Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks
American author, photographer, and film director
Elliott Erwitt
Elliott Erwitt
French-born American photographer and filmmaker
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Julian Schnabel
American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and filmmaker
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Larry Clark
American photographer
Frank, Robert
Robert Frank
Swiss American photographer and director
Lee Miller and Frederick Laws
Lee Miller
American photographer, artist, and model
Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea Tanning
American painter and writer
German artist Max Ernst stands indoors in a casual jacket with one hand on his hip, looking toward the camera, circa 1955 in France.
Max Ernst
German artist
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David Octavius Hill
Scottish painter
Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat
Iranian-born American artist
M.F. Husain
M.F. Husain
Indian artist
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Ruth Orkin
American photographer and filmmaker
Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl
German director and actor
Agnes Varda in 2018, wearing a black and white polka dot scarf over a floral top, with her signature two-tone bob hairstyle, looking at the camera.
Agnès Varda
French photographer and director
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Sir Cecil Beaton
British photographer and costume and production designer

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