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Man Ray Painter

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Aug 27, 1890
  • Died: Nov 18, 1976

Man Ray was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in 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 for his photography, and he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. Ray is also noted for his work with photograms, which he called "rayographs" in reference to himself.

It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them. dreams

I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive. dreams & imagination