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Man Ray

1890 - 1976

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Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American naturalized French 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Man Ray is the 143rd most popular painter (up from 157th in 2019), the 457th most popular biography from United States (down from 403rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Painter.

Man Ray was a photographer and artist who is most famous for his work in Dadaism.

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Among painters, Man Ray ranks 143 out of 2,023. Before him are Charles Le Brun, Mary Cassatt, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Edward Hopper, Émile Bernard, and Lili Elbe. After him are Lavinia Fontana, Antonello da Messina, Édouard-Henri Avril, Jean Fouquet, Jan Steen, and Frederic Leighton.

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Among people born in 1890, Man Ray ranks 19. Before him are Fritz Lang, George II of Greece, Kurt Lewin, Bacha Khan, Colonel Sanders, and Stan Laurel. After him are Bohuslav Martinů, Walther Funk, Carlos Gardel, El Lissitzky, Jaroslav Heyrovský, and Robert Ley. Among people deceased in 1976, Man Ray ranks 18. Before him are Fritz Lang, Leopold Ružička, André Malraux, Yonatan Netanyahu, Eyvind Johnson, and Trofim Lysenko. After him are Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Henrik Dam, Jacques Monod, Benjamin Britten, Lars Onsager, and Joachim Peiper.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Man Ray ranks 457 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Nelson (1942), Eli Wallach (1915), John Rawls (1921), William F. Sharpe (1934), Angelina Jolie (1975), and Edward Drinker Cope (1840). After him are Millard Fillmore (1800), David Rockefeller (1915), Robert Zemeckis (1952), Joe Dassin (1938), Joseph Murray (1919), and Oliver Hardy (1892).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Man Ray ranks 6. Before him are Bob Ross (1942), Jackson Pollock (1912), James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834), Mary Cassatt (1844), and Edward Hopper (1882). After him are Georgia O'Keeffe (1887), Asher Brown Durand (1796), Joseph Kosuth (1945), Norman Rockwell (1894), Robert Rauschenberg (1925), and Lyonel Feininger (1871).

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