(Philadelphia 1890 - Parigi 1976)

Dopo gli studi a New York entra in contatto con Alfred Stieglitz e gli ambienti dell’avanguardia.

Con Marcel Duchamp è il principale animatore del Dadaismo newyorkese e promotore di numerose iniziative. Alle prime opere di ispirazione cubista segue la sperimentazione di varie tecniche (collage, sculture e assemblaggi, pittura ad aerografo, fotografia). Nel 1921 a Parigi, si lega al gruppo dei surrealisti. Nel 1941 si reca a Los Angeles dove rimane fino al 1951, per poi rientrare a Parigi dove continua a realizzare dipinti, sculture, film e fotografie.

After studying in New York, Man Ray met Alfred Stieglitz and began to frequent the avant-garde milieu. Together with Marcel Duchamp he became the main exponent of New York Dadaism and promoted many initiatives. His early cubist-inspired works were followed by experiments in various techniques, such as collage, sculptures and assemblage, airbrush painting and photography.

In 1921 he joined the Surrealist group in Paris. Between 1941 and 1951 he lived in Los Angeles, then returned to Paris where he continued to make paintings, sculptures, films and photographs.

Principali collezioni pubbliche

Works in major public collections
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venezia - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - Kunstmuseum Basel - Staatliche Museen, Berlino - Kunstmuseum Bern - Museum Ludwig, Colonia - National Galleries of Scotland, Edimburgo - Tate Gallery, Londra - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid - Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée d’Orsay, Parigi - Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam - Kunsthaus Zürich - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Art Institute of Chicago - The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles - Guggenheim Museum, The Jewish Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York - Philadelphia Museum of Art - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - Corcoran Gallery of Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Phillips Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington - National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.