Happy Birthday to the famous artist Man Ray who revolutionized modern photography and was a leading figure in the Dada and Surrealist Movements.
Man Ray was born on this day in 1890 in Philadelphia PA as Emmanuel Radnitzky. He was a pioneering American artist who played a vital role in the Dada and Surrealist movements.
We will feature a print of Man Ray’s monumental painting titled Observatory Time—The Lovers, 1936 (or as it has become more familiarly known–The Lips). This painting has been described as the quintessential Surrealist painting–and its title exemplifies Gertrude Stein’s insistence upon embodying “time in the composition.” The canvas was eight feet long and over three feet high, and it took Man Ray two years of meticulous, daily work to get it right.