Written in French.
Between 1936, the year he moved to Paris, and 1946, the year he became an American citizen, Erwin Blumenfeld's artistic and personal destiny changed dramatically. His immersion in the effervescence of the capital and the world of fashion was brutally interrupted by the defeat of 1940.
He experienced wandering, internment in several French camps, confinement with his family in a camp in Morocco, then was lucky enough to escape in extremis to the new world.
The years 1930-1950 were also those of the revelation of his photographic talent, the moment of an original and abundant artistic experimentation, pursued with the same fervour from Paris to New York.
The exhibition at the mahJ (Museum of Jewish Art and History) sheds light on the photographer's most fertile period, and reveals sets never before exhibited - on the gypsies at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, and on the dances of the Amerindians of Taos Pueblo in New Mexico - but also offers certain insights into his vision of art, as well as photographs of his personal and family life. Making the link between his participation in Dada and his insertion into the Parisian avant-garde, the series of the "Dictator" and the calf's heads will find its place with the portraits, the work on Maillol's sculpture, and the experiments around the female body that will make him a sought-after photographer.
Exhibition Paris, at the mahJ (Museum of Jewish Art and History) from October 13th 2022 to March 5th 2023.
Written in French.
240 pages / 200 illustrations
Rmn - Grand Palais / majH
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