” 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:
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
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Past exhibitions:
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
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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
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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
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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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Stadsarchief, Amsterdam.
MODERN PERSPECTIVES
Foto & Film
Amsterdam 1920 – 1940
18 Octobre 2019 – 16 February 2020
More information on the website.
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 MUSEUM FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
Erwin Blumenfeld: Imagining photography
December 1, 2018 – April 1, 2019
Curators: Nadia Blumenfeld- Charbit, François Cheval, Audrey Hoareau.
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
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.
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.
FAAP, SAO PAOLO, BRASIL
Blumenfeld Studio, New York 1941-1960
October 2014 – January 2015
Curators: Nadia Blumenfeld-Charbit & Danniel Rangel
CORSO COMO 10, SHANGHAI, CHINA
Blumenfeld, Studio, Colour, New York 1941 – 1960
September – November 2014.
Curators: Nadia Blumenfeld-Charbit, François Cheval, Ute Eskildsen
GALLERIA CARLA SOZZANI, MILAN, ITALY
Blumenfeld, Studio, Colour, New York 1941 – 1960
February – April 2014.
Curators: Nadia Blumenfeld-Charbit, François Cheval, Ute Eskildsen
MULTIMEDIA ART MUSEUM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969)
Photographs, drawings and photomontages
February – May 2014.
Curator: Ute Eskildsen
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.
TMMOP, TOKYO, JAPAN
The Hidden Ritual of Beauty
March – May 2013.
Curators: Nadia Blumenfeld-Charbit, Harumi Niwa
SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON, UK
Blumenfeld Studio, New York 1941-1960
May – September 2013.
Curators : Nadia Blumenfeld-Charbit, François Cheval, Ute Eskildsen
MUSEUM FOLKWANG, ESSEN, GERMANY
Blumenfeld Studio, New York 1941-1960
March – May 2013.
Curators : Nadia Blumenfeld-Charbit, François Cheval, Ute Eskildsen
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
FASHION FESTIVAL, HYÈRES, FRANCE
Villa Noailles, May – June 2011
Curators : Michel Mallard & Raphaëlle Stopin
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
