Much More Than A Muse: Lee Miller And Man Ray
A new exhibit celebrates the work of two Surrealist artists: first lovers, and later, friends. Elizabeth Lee Miller was an actress, a model, and a war correspondent, who had an intoxicating effect on her lovers. One of those lovers was the avant-garde American artist Man Ray. His love for her nearly drove him to madness — and also inspired some of his most well-known work.
Miller was Ray's muse, but she became an accomplished photographer in her own right. Now, their work is displayed together for the first time at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., in an exhibit called Man Ray/Lee Miller, Partners in Surrealism .
Phillip Prodger, curator of the exhibit, and Miller's son, Antony Penrose, speak with NPR's Jacki Lyden about Miller and Ray's passionate relationship — and the love that bound them together and inspired their work.
Interview HighlightsOn Miller's unlikely path to becoming a model, and her transition to art
Prodger: "It was only because Lee Miller was rescued from being run over by a truck in the streets of New York by the publisher Conde Nast that she was discovered as a fashion model. Conde Nast looked at her and said, 'Gosh, you've got the makings of a great model.' And before anybody knew it, she was on the cover of Vogue .
"But when one of her images was licensed to the Kotex Co., suddenly she found that she was a persona non grata in the fashion industry, and she had to find another job. She went back to art, and she was recommended to meet Man Ray. [She] traveled to Paris, unannounced — just presented herself at the doorstep — and the rest is history. Shortly after that she became his assistant, and also they became lovers at that time."
On the blossoming of Surrealism in Paris in the late 1920s
Penrose: "When Lee arrived in Paris she had, in a way, been a Surrealist for some time — before the movement even had a name — because she had that determination to pursue her life free of the constraints of society which the Surrealists were already rebelling against. They wanted to create a new world which was not governed by religion or law or whatever. ... The Surrealist movement was going in tremendous force, and she was ready-made for it, and it for her.
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Miller was Ray's muse, but she became an accomplished photographer in her own right. Now, their work is displayed together for the first time at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., in an exhibit called Man Ray/Lee Miller, Partners in Surrealism.
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When he was a little boy, Antony Penrose once bit Pablo Picasso and often played with a Man Ray assemblage. The son of conflict photojournalist Lee Miller and the painter/writer Roland Penrose, the young Penrose grew up around some of the most influential artists of the 20th century. However, in a recent interview, Penrose says he felt little connection to his mother, who before gave birth to her son had photographed the London blitz and the liberation of Dachau and Buchenwald as a correspondent for Vogue. Photo Magazine | Photography Magazine | Photos Magazine | Professional Photographer Magazine | Photo News | Best News Photos PDNonline is the leading photo magazine. This professional photographer magazine covers photo news and the best news photos. PDN Online, is a photography magazine and photos magazine which offers photography news and research on the latest trends in the photo industry. From photographic equipment and SLR digital camera reviews to editorial profiles of upcoming photographers, PDN Online has it all. For Photography News and updates, sign up for any of our Photo Magazine RSS feeds today!
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