Man Ray

Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky) ]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. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. He was best known in the art world for his avant-garde photography, and he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. Ray is also noted for his work with photograms, which…

This iconic surrealist image of the women with the spherical tears is by avant-garde photographer and artist Man Ray (1890-1976). It is marvellously theatrical, and surreal because it only partly …

American, 1890–1976.

After occupying the walls of the Cantini Museum in Marseille, the traveling exhibition "Man Ray et la Mode" will open this coming April at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris.

If there’s one word that sums up the Dada art movement, it would probably be “nonsensical.” The point was for it not to make sense.

Man Ray was born Emmanuel Radnitzky in 1890, is best known as a photographer. But he also remained a painter and filmmaker throughout his lifetime.

Man Ray was one of the leading artists of the avant garde of 1920s and 1930s Paris. A key figure in the Dada and Surrealist movements, his works spanned various media, including film.

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky). Anatomies. 1929. Gelatin silver print. 8 7/8 × 6 3/4" (22.6 × 17.2 cm). Gift of James Thrall Soby. 151.1941. © 2024 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photography

Iconic surrealist artist/film director, Man Ray's 'Le Violon d'Ingres' (1924) is the photograph in question that is expected to fetch between $5 and $7 million.