Erwin Olaf is a Dutch photographer.
Royal Blood, Marie-Antoinette + 1793
Royal Blood, Sissi + 1898
Royal Blood, Tsarina Alexandra + 1918
Olaf’s pictures are filled with humor, imagination and exuberance, but
they go much further than simple visual intrigue. His work broach ideas
and visions of freedom, beauty, loneliness, and being different.
Blacks, Alandus
Blacks, Marie
Erwin Olaf has had numerous important group and solo exhibitions both
nationally and internationally, including George Eastman House,
Rochester, USA; Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris; Chelsea Art
Museum, New York; Kunsthalle, Winterthur, Switzerland and the Museum of
the City of New York, New York. Solo exhibitions include Stedelijk
Museum, Amsterdam, Bilbao Art Centre, Bilbao, Spain; Groninger Museum,
Groningen; MonteVideo, Amsterdam; Modern Art Gallery of Bologna,
Bologna, Italy; Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia; The Hague Museum
of Photography, The Hague; Photo Museum Antwerp, Antwerp; Institut
Néerlandais, Paris; Domus Artium, Salamanca; Hermitage, Amsterdam;
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. His work is part of the collections of
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague; Centraal Museum, Utrecht; Stedelijk Museum,
Amsterdam; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Groninger Museum, Groningen; Ludwig
Museum, Cologne, Germany; FNAC Collection, Paris; CaldicCollection,
Rotterdam; Rosenblum Collection, Paris; Orefa Collection, Paris.
Erwin Olaf
