Born Emmanuel Radnitzky, Man Ray was a famous American filmmaker, painter and photographer. His career is distinctive, above all, for the success he achieved in both the United States and Europe. First maturing at the center of American modernism in the 1910s, he made Paris his home in the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1940s, he crossed the Atlantic once again and spent periods in New York and Hollywood.
Ray’s art spanned painting, sculpture, film, prints and poetry, and in his long career, he worked in styles influenced by Cubism, Futurism, Dada and Surrealism. He also successfully navigated the worlds of commercial and fine art and came to be a sought-after fashion photographer. Ray is perhaps most remembered for his photographs of the inter-war years, in particular, the camera-less pictures he called "Rayographs," but he always regarded himself first and foremost as a painter. Although he matured as an abstract painter, Ray eventually disregarded the traditional superiority painting held over photography and happily moved between different forms. Dada and Surrealism were important in encouraging this attitude; they also persuaded him that the idea that motivates a work of art was more important than the work of art itself.
André Breton once described Ray as a pre-Surrealist, something which accurately describes his natural affinity for the style. Even before the movement had coalesced, in the mid-1920s, his work, influenced by Marcel Duchamp, had Surrealist undertones. He would continue to draw on the movement's ideas throughout his life. Ray's work has ultimately been very important in popularizing Surrealism.
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1966 Man Ray - Los Angeles County Museum of Art Original Vintage Poster
By Man Ray
Located in Winchester, GB
Gorgeous poster promoting Man Ray's solo exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The exhibition opened on October 26th 1966 and featured many of the artists paintings and...
Paper
1986 Man Ray - Galleria Bianca Pilat Milano Original Vintage Poster
By Man Ray
Located in Winchester, GB
Gorgeous poster promoting Man Ray's solo exhibition at the Galleria Bianca Pilat in Milan, Italy. The exhibition opened on October and ran until November 1986 and featured many of th...
Paper
Louisiana Gallery Original Poster by Morris Louis, 1975
By Morris Louis
Located in Winchester, GB
Featuring distinctive artwork from the American "Colour Field" painter, this beautiful poster advertises Morris Louis' exhibition at the at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Held f...
Paper
Galerie Adrien Maeght Original Poster by Jan Voss, 1983
Located in Winchester, GB
Featuring beautiful untitled abstract artwork created in the same year, this poster was created for the exhibition of the German painter and artist Jan Voss at the Galerie Adrien Mae...
Paper
Galerie Adrien Maeght Original Poster by Walter Stohrer, 1984
Located in Winchester, GB
Featuring beautiful abstract artwork, this poster was created for the exhibition of German artist Walter Stohrer's work at the Galerie Maeght in Paris in 1984. Galerie Maeght opened...
Paper
Louisiana Gallery Original Poster by Arne Jacobsen, 2002
By Arne Jacobsen
Located in Winchester, GB
Brilliant poster from the Louisiana Gallery's exhibition of the celebrated Danish architect and furniture designer Arne Jacobsen. Depicting his artwork Skovshoved Gas Station, the po...
Paper
Alexandre Lolas Exhibition Poster, Lithograph, Late 20th Century
By Man Ray
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Poster. Made in Italy. Measures 32.75 x 19 inches and is unframed. The piece is in Good/Fair Condition-significant fading/discoloration primarily on the top portion of the print-cons...
Lithograph
1972 Original poster - Musée National d'Art Moderne Man Ray exhibition
By Man Ray
Located in PARIS, FR
Original poster In 1972, the Musée National d'Art Moderne devoted a major retrospective to Man Ray. Like all the exhibitions held in collaboration with the artist at that time, it s...
Paper
(after) Man Ray - serigraph, 1967
By Man Ray
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: serigraph (after the drawing). Printed in 1967 on semi-glossy paper and published by Gemini G.E.L. of Los Angeles as part of a prospectus to promote the sale of limited editi...
Serigraph
1972 Original Poster of Man Ray's exhibition at the Françoise Tournié Gallery
By Man Ray
Located in PARIS, FR
Poster of Man Ray's exhibition ( 1890 - 1970 ) at the Françoise Tournié Gallery in 1972. Man Ray was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. Actor of Dadaism in New York, then of Surrealism in Paris, Man Ray perfected the photogram technique of Christian Schad...
Paper, Lithograph
1966 original exhibition poster by Man Ray at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
By Man Ray
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1966 original exhibition poster by Man Ray for "À l'heure de l'observatoire – les amoureux" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is a captivating piece of art history....
Paper, Lithograph
1970 Man Ray Galerie XXe Siècle Original French Exhibition Poster
By Man Ray
Located in PARIS, FR
Created in 1970 by the celebrated artist Man Ray, this original exhibition poster was issued for an exhibition held at the Galerie XXe Siècle, located at 14 rue des Canettes in Paris...
Paper, Lithograph
Donated by John Pritzker, the collection includes works by Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and more.
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