Bruno Arnold

Bruno Arnold (born November 16, 1884 in Leipzig , † March 1, 1933 in Füssen ) was a German photographer .

Life

Arnold originally wanted to become a gardener, but his health constitution meant that he learned the photography trade in Leipzig. In 1911 he passed his master craftsman examination in Kempten (Allgäu) , moved to Füssen and opened a studio at Luitpoldstraße 8. In 1912 he married the daughter of the brewery owner Margareta Deuringer from Kempten. His son Hermann was born in 1915 and, after the early death of his father in 1933, continued the studio until 1977.

In addition to earning a living as a local photographer, Bruno Arnold began intensively to photograph his homeland in the Allgäu . In this way, a large number of photos were taken with high artistic standards, some of which were only possible after an arduous ascent in the mountains. His photos of Füssen and Hohenschwangau are of particular interest - only a few decades after the completion of Neuschwanstein Castle, he documented the scree slopes of the construction work or the change in rural architecture to more urban forms of construction.

literature

• Hannes Arnold , Klaus-Dieter Eichler (Ed.): Bruno Arnold. Album from Füssen and Hohenschwangau. After photographs by Bruno Arnold. Pagma-Verlag, Nuremberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-9810758-2-3 .