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Also Known As Helmut Franz Josef Herzfeld
Born June 19, 1891 • Berlin • Germany
Died April 26, 1968 (aged 76) • Berlin • Germany • (Anniversary in 5 days)
Movement / Style Dada
Dada exhibit
Hannah Höch
German artist
Marianne Brandt
German painter, photographer and designer
Max Ernst
Max Ernst
German artist
George Grosz.
George Grosz
German artist
David Hockney
David Hockney
British artist
Matter, Herbert: World War II poster
Herbert Matter
American photographer
Raoul Hausmann
Austrian artist
Man Ray was a photographer, painter, and filmmaker who was the only American to play a major role in both the Dada and Surrealist movements.
Man Ray
American photographer and painter
Helmut Newton
Australian photographer
Hilla Becher
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Andreas Gursky
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Thomas Struth
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Ilse Bing
German-born photographer
Tillmans, Wolfgang
Wolfgang Tillmans
German photographer
Thomas Demand
German photographer
Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl
German director and actor
Benny Rebel
German-Iranian photographer
Karl Schwarzschild
Karl Schwarzschild
German astronomer
August Sander
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