Man Ray, born Emmanuel Radnitzky in 1890, is a significant 20th-century figure in photography and art, known for his groundbreaking work in Dadaism, surrealism, and avant-garde filmmaking.
Man Ray was a renowned portrait photographer who produced memorable portraits of intellectuals and celebrities of his era in addition to his experimental work.
Man Ray, a renowned artist, constantly experimented with new techniques, creating diverse works that influenced generations of artists over sixty years.
Man Ray returned to painting in the late 1930s, producing several of his most crucial Surrealist paintings—dreamlike landscapes tinged with mystery and sexuality.
In the 1920s, he expressed his freedom from painting to his American patron, Ferdinand Howald, but continued to use it over the following decades.
According to Kim Knowles, ‘Man Ray was one of the key figures of the cinematic avant-garde of the early twentieth century.