Artist

Man Ray

born Philadelphia, PA 1890-died Paris, France 1976
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Man Ray by Adolf Hoffmeister. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
Also known as
  • Emmanuel Radnitsky
  • Emmanuel Radensky
  • Emmanuel Radinski
  • Emmanuel Rudnitsky
  • Emmanuel Radnitzsky
  • Man Ray
Born
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died
Paris, France
Active in
  • New York, New York, United States
Biography

Born in Philadelphia, lived intermittently in the United States, but preferred Paris. Innovative painter, photographer, filmmaker who has been described as a Dadaist-Surrealist.

Charles Sullivan, ed American Beauties: Women in Art and Literature (New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with National Museum of American Art, 1993)

Exhibitions

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Graphic Masters I: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
November 21, 2008May 24, 2009
Graphic Masters I: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum is the first in a series of special installations that celebrate the extraordinary variety and accomplishment of American artists' works on paper.
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Abstract Drawings
June 14, 2012January 6, 2013
Abstract Drawings presents a selection of forty-six works on paper from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s permanent collection that are rarely on public display.