Man RayAmerican, 1890–1976Etude Pour La Fortune
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Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, United States
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Meanwhile, in the life of Man Ray
The whole lifelate 1934 – August 1940
Ady Fidelin — companion and model
Ray is in a relationship with the French art model Ady Fidelin, who appears in many of his photographs; when he flees Nazi-occupied France, she chooses to stay behind to care for her family.
1935–1937
Books with Paul Éluard and André Breton
Ray makes books with poets: Facile with Paul Éluard (1935), and La photographie n'est pas l'art with André Breton and Les mains libres (drawings) with Éluard, both in 1937.
1937
Formal divorce from Adon Lacroix
Ray and Adon Lacroix are formally divorced, years after their separation.
1940
Fleeing occupied France for the United States
The Second World War forces Ray to flee Nazi-occupied France and return to the United States; Ady Fidelin chooses to stay behind.
1940
Meeting Juliet Browner
A few days after arriving in Los Angeles Ray meets Juliet Browner, a first-generation American of Romanian-Jewish lineage, a trained dancer who studied with Martha Graham, and an experienced artists' model; they will marry in 1946.
1940–1951
Los Angeles: painting and teaching
From 1940 to 1951 Ray lives in Los Angeles, where he focuses his creative energy on painting and also teaches painting and photography.
