Man Ray was a modernist artist active from 1890-1976 who was influenced by surrealism. Surrealism sought to access the unconscious mind through art and literature. Man Ray created rayographs, which were early photographic techniques that did not require a camera, and was known for his celebrity portraits of figures like Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Henri Matisse, James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, and Alexander Calder.

1. Man Ray
1890-1976

2. a modernist artist with surrealist inclinations

3. Surrealism is an avant-garde movement in art and
literature that sought to release the creative potential
of the unconscious mind.
Surrealisms looked at the
World War II and thought “If
this is what rationality leads
to, we don’t want to be
rational.”

4. RAYOGRAPHS

8. Celebrity Portraits
Pablo Picasso
artist

9. Gertrude Stein
Writer, poet, art collector

10. Henri Matisse
artist

11. James Joyce
author

12. Marcel Duchamp
artist

13. Alexander Calder
artist

14. Solarization