Juliet Man Ray (born Juliet Browner; 1911 – January 17, 1991) was an American dancer and model, who became the wife and muse of the artist

Man Ray Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American naturalized French visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealism, Surrealist movements, ...

Biography

Early life

Ray was born Juliet Browner, the daughter of Henry Browner, who had emigrated from Romania and later graduated from the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy now known as LIU Pharmacy (the Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences). She graduated from James Monroe High School and then studied dance with

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, before becoming a model.

Career

She worked as an art model, often for

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painters, and at the age of 30 moved to

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, to try to start a movie career.

Marriage

She first met the artist

in a Los Angeles nightclub. Man Ray later described the meeting:

After dinner we went to a night club where some of the best jazz of the period was being played. We danced. Juliet was like a feather in my arms.

In 1946, she married Man Ray, in a double wedding with their friends

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and

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. From 1951, they lived in a studio in Paris near the Luxembourg Gardens until his death in 1976 at the age of 86.

Death

She is buried at Paris's

Montparnasse Cemetery Montparnasse Cemetery () is a cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, in the city's 14th arrondissement of Paris, 14th arrondissement. The cemetery is roughly 47 acres and is the second largest cemetery in Paris. The cemetery has over 35,00 ...

, alongside her husband.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Man Ray, Juliet 1911 births 1991 deaths American artists' models American people of Romanian-Jewish descent Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery American expatriates in France James Monroe High School (New York City) alumni Muses (persons)