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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Man Ray has received more than 3,873,426 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Man Ray is the 157th most popular painter (down from 136th in 2019), the 403rd most popular biography from United States (down from 331st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Painter.

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

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  • 4.07

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Man Ray ranks 157 out of 2,023. Before him are Eugène Boudin, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Otto Dix, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Lili Elbe, and Filippino Lippi. After him are Frédéric Bazille, Édouard-Henri Avril, Jacob Jordaens, Gentile Bellini, Jacob van Ruisdael, and Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Man Ray ranks 18. Before him are Fritz Lang, Kurt Lewin, George II of Greece, Lawrence Bragg, Colonel Sanders, and Stan Laurel. After him are Carlos Gardel, Walther Funk, Robert Ley, Fanny Kaplan, El Lissitzky, and Franz Werfel. Among people deceased in 1976, Man Ray ranks 16. Before him are Max Ernst, Jean Gabin, Bernard Montgomery, André Malraux, Henrik Dam, and Ulrike Meinhof. After him are J. Paul Getty, Joachim Peiper, Jacques Monod, Eyvind Johnson, Benjamin Britten, and Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Man Ray ranks 403 out of 20,380. Before him are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947), Barbara McClintock (1902), Dean Martin (1917), Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), Sarah Palin (1964), and James Hong (1929). After him are Florence Foster Jenkins (1868), Sarah Vaughan (1924), Philip Roth (1933), Billie Holiday (1915), Frank Herbert (1920), and Prince (1958).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Man Ray ranks 3. Before him are Jackson Pollock (1912), and Mary Cassatt (1844). After him are Edward Hopper (1882), Georgia O'Keeffe (1887), Grant Wood (1891), Richard Serra (1939), Norman Rockwell (1894), Robert Rauschenberg (1925), Frederic Edwin Church (1826), Joseph Kosuth (1945), and James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834).

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