Man Ray

Also known as Man Rei, hola Denise de 1_A no es confidencial soy yo, Emmanuel Rudnitzky, Emmanuel Radnitzky, Emmanuel Rudnizky, Emmanuel Rudnitsky, Emmanuel Radnitzsky, Emmanuel Radensky

American and French visual artist (1890–1976)

OverviewAI-generated

Man Ray (1890–1976) was an American artist who worked under the pseudonyms Emmanuel Radenski, Man Rei, and Emmanuel Rudnitzky. His artistic output includes works such as *Opera grafica*, *La photographie n'est pas l'art*, *Portraits*, *Poésie et vérité 1942*, and *Bilder der Stille*. He is associated with genres including blues, jazz, and jazz blues, as well as tags like acid house, electronic, and spoken word.

Ray stated that he had freed himself from the "sticky medium of paint" to work directly with light. He also noted that it was never his object to record dreams, but rather to realize them. His writings include the observation that a creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1890
Died: 1976
Works: 125

Top works

Opera grafica
La photographie n'est pas l'art
Portraits
Poésie et vérité 1942
Bilder der Stille

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1930-09-23
Active to: 2004-06-10

2008 universal fire victimaln-shbluesjazzjazz bluesr&b

Discography

Georgia On My Mind1930
Ray Charles (Hallelujah I Love Her So)1957
The Great Ray Charles1957
Soul Brothers1958
Yes Indeed!1958
What’d I Say1959
The Genius of Ray Charles1959
Fathead1960
The Genius Hits the Road1960
Dedicated to You1961

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 17,294
Total plays: 115,905

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,961x
Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,698x
LAMMPS - a flexible simulation tool for particle-based materials modeling at the atomic, meso, and continuum scales
· 2022 · cited 11,669x
Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia
· 2020 · cited 11,579x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x

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Quotes

“I have finally freed myself from the sticky medium of paint, and am working directly with light itself.”
“One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.”
“It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.”
“There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love. There are simply different ways of doing it.”
“A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.”
“Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask "how", while others of a more curious nature will ask "why". Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Emmanuel
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Philadelphia
Place of death: 6th arrondissement of Paris
Occupation: lithographer
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Participant in: 1910 United States Census
Field of work: Erotic photography
Genre: abstract art
Movement: Dada
Official website: www.manraytrust.com
Image: Man Ray Salvador Dali (cropped).jpg
Motto: unconcerned but not indifferent
Work location: France

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topic's main category: Category:Man Ray
place of burial: Montparnasse Cemetery
Commons category: Man Ray
date of death: 1976-11-18
date of birth: 1890-08-27
Commons gallery: Man Ray
member of: College of 'Pataphysics
Commons Creator page: Man Ray
name in native language: Man Ray
cause of death: infectious disease
archives at: Getty Research Institute
unmarried partner: Alice Prin
pseudonym: Rudnitzky, Emmanuel
writing language: English language
P8168: EAI
relative: Naomi Savage
manner of death: natural causes

Sources (13)

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Works in European collections

9 objects attributed to Man Ray, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Man Ray” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Man Ray