” Even today I remain convinced there’s a life in another world that goes on behind the transparent glass. We are doubles, without a mirror I would never have become a human being. Only fools call it a narcissist complex. No mirror, no art, no echo, no music. “

Upcoming & current exhibitions:

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Jewish Museum of Belgium

Erwin Blumenfeld. Photography. 1930-1950

From September 29, the Jewish Museum of Belgium proposes an exhibition featuring the photographer Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969). Famous for his exceptionnaly creative fashion portraits, Blumenfeld’s artistry is offers a polymorphic work where Dadaïst inspiration, political committment and artistic expérimentations intertwine.

Featuring over a hundred photographs, the exhibition looks back at the life of this Berlin Jew who evolved within the cultural avant-garde movement in Amsterdam and Paris. As WWII broke out, he endured internment in a camp but was able to flee to New York in 1941 where his art blossomed with a free exploration of shapes and colors.

 

29 September 2023–4 February 2024

Look for more information on the website.

Past exhibitions:

The Trials and Tribulations of Erwin Blumenfeld

Mahj – Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme – Paris

The Trials and Tribulations
of Erwin Blumenfeld,
1930-1950

Featuring some 180 photographs, including series never previously exhibited,
and numerous documents, The Trials and Tribulations of Erwin Blumenfeld,
1930-1950 exhibition focuses on the photographer’s most fertile period. It also
casts new light on his vision of art and his life during the Second World War.

 

13 October 2022 – 5 March 2023

Look for more information on the website.

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Samaritaine – Paris Pont Neuf

ERWIN BLUMENFELD, LA MODE EST UN JEU

 

Temple of luxury and fashion in Paris, La Samaritaine highlights artists and actors from the world of fashion and art. In this majestic setting, we discover the most innovative shots of Erwin Blumenfeld, famous fashion photographer who has long worked for Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar.

 

February 17 – May 12 2022

Look for more information on the website.

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Jewish Museum new York

Modern Look: Photography and the American Magazine

 

Through over 150 works, explore how photography, graphic design, and popular magazines converged to transform American visual culture from the 1930s to the 1950s.

 

April 3 – July 11, 2021

Look for more information on the website.

 

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Musée d’arts de Nantes

CHARLIE CHAPLIN

Dans l’oeil des avant-gardes

 

 18 Octobre 2019 – 3 February 2020

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Blumenfeld Amsterdam

Stadsarchief, Amsterdam.

MODERN PERSPECTIVES

Foto & Film
Amsterdam  1920 – 1940

 

 18 Octobre 2019 – 16 February 2020

More information on the website.

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FOAM, Amsterdam.

Erwin Blumenfeld in color

 

 15 February – 14 April 2019

Curators: Nadia Blumenfeld- Charbit, François Cheval,  Audrey Hoareau. 

Check out the movie as well, it’s overhere

 

Lianzhou 2018

LIANZHOU MUSEUM FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.

Erwin Blumenfeld: Imagining photography

 

 December 1,  2018 – April 1, 2019

Curators: Nadia Blumenfeld- Charbit, François Cheval,  Audrey Hoareau.

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Galerie Sophie Scheidecker, Paris

Erwin Blumenfeld

 

November 9 – January 22,  2019

Galerie Sophie Scheidecker

14 bis, rue des Minimes 75 003 Paris France + 33 1 42 74 26 94 info@sophiescheidecker.com / www.galerie-sophiescheidecker.com

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CORKIN GALLERY, TORONTO

Erwin Blumenfeld

Drawings, Collages and Photographs, 1919 – 1945

April 26 – October  14,  2018

Corkin Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of rare early collages and photographs by Erwin Blumenfeld.

Please find a detailed description of the exhibition overhere

EDWYNN HOUK GALLERY, NEW YORK

Erwin Blumenfeld

April – June 2018

A total of 21 black and white photographs, framed in white and matted. All of the works are gelatin silver prints, made between 1936 and 1952, with some works undated.

Please find a detailed description of the exhibition here.

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CITÉ DE LA MODE ET DU DESIGN, PARIS, FRANCE

Studio Blumenfeld, New York 1941-1960

“Smuggled Art”

Cité de la Mode et du Design, Paris, March – June 2017
Curators: Nadia Blumenfeld-Charbit & François Cheval

The exhibition showcases Erwin Blumenfeld’s vibrant color photography for advertising clients and fashion media. The images on display include new prints of Kodachromes and Ektachromes taken during the mid-20th century, and feature striking commissions including American Vogue editorials, Chesterfield Cigarette ads, and a cover of Grace Kelly for Cosmopolitan.

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FAAP, SAO PAOLO, BRASIL

Blumenfeld Studio, New York 1941-1960

October 2014 – January 2015
Curators: Nadia Blumenfeld-Charbit & Danniel Rangel

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CORSO COMO 10, SHANGHAI, CHINA

Blumenfeld, Studio, Colour, New York 1941 – 1960

September – November 2014.

Curators: Nadia Blumenfeld-Charbit, François Cheval, Ute Eskildsen

 

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GALLERIA CARLA SOZZANI, MILAN, ITALY 

Blumenfeld, Studio, Colour, New York 1941 – 1960

February – April 2014.

Curators: Nadia Blumenfeld-Charbit, François Cheval, Ute Eskildsen

 

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MULTIMEDIA ART MUSEUM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA

Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969)

Photographs, drawings and photomontages

February – May 2014.

Curator: Ute Eskildsen

 

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JEU DE PAUME, PARIS , FRANCE

Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969)

Photographs, drawings and photomontages

From 15 October 2013 until 26 January 2014.

Curator: Ute Eskildsen

Erwin Blumenfeld’s life and work impressively document the socio-political context of artistic development between the two World Wars, while highlighting the individual consequences of emigration. The exhibition devoted to Erwin Blumenfeld’s multi-layered œuvre brings together over 300 works and documents from the late 1910s to the 1960s, and encompasses the various media explored by the artist throughout his career: drawings, photographs, montages and collages.

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TMMOP, TOKYO, JAPAN

The Hidden Ritual of Beauty

March – May 2013.

Curators: Nadia Blumenfeld-Charbit, Harumi Niwa

Somerset-Poster

SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON, UK

Blumenfeld Studio, New York 1941-1960

May – September 2013.

Curators : Nadia Blumenfeld-Charbit, François Cheval, Ute Eskildsen

Essen

MUSEUM FOLKWANG, ESSEN, GERMANY

Blumenfeld Studio, New York 1941-1960

March – May 2013.

Curators : Nadia Blumenfeld-Charbit, François Cheval, Ute Eskildsen

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MUSÉE NICÉPHORE NIÉPCE, CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE, FRANCE

Studio Blumenfeld, New York 1941-1960

From June  until September 2012.

Curators : Nadia Blumenfeld-Charbit, François Cheval, Ute Eskildsen

 

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FASHION FESTIVAL, HYÈRES, FRANCE

Villa Noailles, May – June 2011
Curators : Michel Mallard & Raphaëlle Stopin

Erwin Blumenfeld | Fotomuseum Den Haag

FOTOMUSEUM, DEN HAAG, THE NETHERLANDS

“Erwin Blumenfeld, The Dutch Years”

Spetember – November 2006

Curated by Wim van Sinderin

Location: The Hague Museum of Photography, Netherland

Blumenfeld, Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris, 1998

08/11/1998 – Le Culte de la Beaute. Curated by William Ewing

Location: Paris

Erwin Blumenfeld, Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1998

08/11/1998

Location: Netherlands

Batons chiffres et lettres FIAC 97

08/11/1997 – Batons, chiffres et lettres, FIAC 97, Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Espace Eiffel Branly, Paris, France.

Location: Paris

Blumenfeld, a fetish for beauty – Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Suisse.

08/11/1996

Location: Zurich

Blumenfeld, Photographies,1936-1958

08/11/1995 – Blumenfeld, Photographies,1936-1958, Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Geneve.

Blumenfeld & Citroen, The Photographer’s Gallery, Londres, Angleterre.

08/11/1993

Location: London


Collages et photos, Galleria Milano, Milan, Italie.

08/11/1990

Location: Milan

Blumenfeld Autoportraits

08/11/1988 – Blumenfeld Autoportraits, Photographer’s Gallery, Londres, Angleterre. Dada – Collages et photos, Erwin Blumenfeld DADA, Collage and Photography, Rachel Adler Gallery, New York, October 27 to November 26, 1988

Location: New York

Blumenfeld – photographies de Mode

08/11/1981 – Blumenfeld – photographies de Mode, Musée d’art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. Exposition itinérante en France jusqu’en 1987.

Location: Paris

100 Best, Musee Rath, Geneve, Suisse. (26 janvier au 4 mars)

08/11/1979

Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres, Angleterre.

08/11/1978

Retrospective, Jadis et Daguerre, FNAC, Paris, France. 1 avril – 10 mai.

08/11/1975

Cinquantenaire Dada. Musee d’Art Moderne. Paris, France.

08/11/1966

17 American Photographers

26/08/1948

Location: LA Museum

In and out of focus

10/05/1948

Location: MOMA, New York

Group show ‘L’art Cruel’ Gallery Billiet, Rue de la Boetie, Paris. Pierre Worms

08/11/1937

Amsterdam Photographs Gallery Billiet, Rue de la Boetie, Paris. Pierre Worms

01/03/1936

Kunstzaal Van Leer

21/11/1932 – Kunstzaal Van Leer. Amsterdam, Holland.

Location: Holland


Film und Foto

20/11/1929 – Film und Foto. Deutscher Werkbund. Stuttgart, Allemagne.

Location: Stuttgart