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1897 Born in Berlin at the 26. January. His parents, Albert Blumenfeld and Emma Cohn, already had a child, into 1894 born Annie |
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1900 Birth of his brother Heinz, that at the honorary-field in 1918. will die |
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1913 Gets is diploma at the end of his studies. Death of his father. Erwin find work in a method-store: Moses et Schlochauer. |
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1916-18 e is recruited as to drivers of an ambulance in the German army. |
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1918 Takes at the, Dada" movement in Holland with Grosz, Mynona, Mehring and Citroen Devotes itself the painting and the literature. |
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1921 Marriage with Léna Citroen. |
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1922-35 Business for leather-working up into Amsterdam ([Kalverstraat]). While he does this period photos and paints, if he between two customer-dates time has as well as on Sundays. |
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1922 Birth of his daughter Lisette. |
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1925 Birth of his son Heinz. |
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1932 Birth of his son Frank Yorick. |
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1935 Bankruptcy of his business. |
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1936 Erwin leave Holland and works in Paris as photo-graph. |
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First showing in Paris at [Billier]. |
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1937 Publication of his photos in the first distribution of Verve, publishers: E. Tériade. |
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1938 First photos show his popularity. |
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1939 First trip in the United state, where he a contract with Harper' s Bazaar sign. |
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1940 Return in France. Blumenfeld become in the concentration-storing of Montbard-Marmagne, Vernet of Ariege and Catus intern. |
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1941 Hiking they into the United states out of, there he divides the studio with the photo-graphs Munkasci. |
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1943 He opens is own studio into the 222 Central park South. The success comes very quickly. He becomes an of the best photo-graphs. |
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1955 Blumenfeld] begin, to write his autobiography. The French translation will come out in 1975 under the title: Jadis et Daguerre. In 1976 they appear into German (V.O) under the title: Through millennial time. |
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1964 First heart attack. |
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1969 At the 4. He dies July in Rome to an of further heart attack |