ESSENTIAL MAN RAY
By Ingrid Schaffner
One of the essential series published b Harry N Abrams of New York , here we learn about the life and career of the Philadelphia born Dadaist-Surrealist photographer and painter Man Ray , whi began life as Emmanuel Rudinitsky in 1890 and died in Paris in 1976.
He delighted in shocking his viewers with works designed to”amuse, annoy, bewilder, and mystify”, we learn that the essence of the man and his work lies in surrealism , his art showing us the uncanny and disturbing in the every day life.
Although he liked to be known as a painter , his most striking images were made with the camera , and well women specifically was probably the biggest influence in his art.
By Ingrid Schaffner
One of the essential series published b Harry N Abrams of New York , here we learn about the life and career of the Philadelphia born Dadaist-Surrealist photographer and painter Man Ray , whi began life as Emmanuel Rudinitsky in 1890 and died in Paris in 1976.
He delighted in shocking his viewers with works designed to”amuse, annoy, bewilder, and mystify”, we learn that the essence of the man and his work lies in surrealism , his art showing us the uncanny and disturbing in the every day life.
Although he liked to be known as a painter , his most striking images were made with the camera , and well women specifically was probably the biggest influence in his art.
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