Man Ray
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| Born | Emmanuel Radnitzky August 27, 1890 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | November 18, 1976 (aged 86) Paris, France |
| Known for | Painting, photography, assemblage, collage, film |
| Movement | Dada, surrealism |
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Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American-born, French-naturalized visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. 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 a photography innovator as well as a fashion and portrait photographer, and is noted for his work with photograms, which he called "rayographs" in reference to himself.