Karl Arnold (artist)
Karl Maximilian Arnold (born April 1, 1883 in Neustadt bei Coburg , † November 29, 1953 in Munich ) was a German draftsman , caricaturist and painter .
Life
Karl Arnold was the fourth of nine children of the Upper Franconian entrepreneur and politician Max Oscar Arnold and his wife Emilie, geb. Mandrel. After attending elementary school, he learned drawing and modeling at the ducal industrial and trade school in Neustadt. In the autumn of 1901 he moved to Munich and enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . He studied first in the drawing class of Karl Raupp and then in the painting classes of Ludwig von Löfftz and Franz von Stuck .
Unsupported by his wealthy father, he turned to the editorial offices of the leading illustrated magazines in Munich because of financial difficulties. On September 23, 1907 his first drawing was printed in Simplicissimus ; in the same year he was able to start publishing in the magazine Die Jugend . In 1913 Arnold was allowed to design a title page for Simplicissimus for the first time , and in 1917 he became a partner in the GmbH, in which the leading draftsmen of the magazine and the Albert Langen publishing house shared ownership rights to the successful title. By autumn 1942 Arnold published more than 1,800 drawings in Simplicissimus .
At the beginning of the First World War Arnold was drafted and was lucky enough to be able to work as a draftsman for the Liller War newspaper , a propaganda sheet for the 6th Army . By 1917, 300 patriotic and nationalist drawings by him had appeared there. In the 1920s, Arnold published in addition to the Simplicissimus in the Swiss satirical newspaper Nebelspalter , the Münchner Illustrierte Presse , and the magazines Die Dame and Ulk .
When , contrary to expectations, the National Socialists did not forbid Simplicissimus in 1933 , despite its sharp criticism of Hitler in previous years, but continued it, Arnold was able to continue publishing there. The employees of the Simplicissimus had formally submitted in 1933. He himself admitted that he was not suitable as a resister and waved his way through. In 1936 he was also able to work for the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung , published by Ullstein Verlag in Berlin , and in 1937 he traveled to Paris as a press illustrator for the world exhibition . In 1938, however, his book "Berliner Bilder", published for the first time in 1924, was indexed by the Reichsschrifttumskammer as harmful and undesirable. Nevertheless, in 1939 he was awarded the unofficial title of professor.
During his studies, Karl Arnold met the budding artist Anne-Dora Volquardsen (1883–1971), with whom he lived in Paris in 1909/10 and with whom he married in Munich in 1911. With her, called Stina, he had four sons: Peter (1912–1914), the later editor Fritz (1916–1999), the artist Claus Arnold and the diplomat Hans Arnold . In 1942 Karl Arnold suffered a stroke from which he could not recover and which made artistic work impossible for him.
Along with Olaf Gulbransson , Thomas Theodor Heine and Bruno Paul, Karl Arnold was one of the most important caricaturists of the first half of the 20th century in Germany. He died in 1953 at the age of 70. The couple's grave is located in the Munich North Cemetery .
Book illustrations (selection)
- Joachim Ringelnatz : Kuddel Daddeldu (25 drawings); Kurt Wolff Verlag, Munich, 1923
- Eugen Roth : The miracle doctor. Cheerful verses (cover draft); Alexander Duncker Verlag, Weimar, 1940
Awards
- 1952 Honorary Prize for Graphics from the City of Munich
- 1953 member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich
exhibition
- 2010: Oops, we're alive! Berlin paintings from the 1920s , Berlinische Galerie , Berlin and 2011 in the Käthe Kollwitz Museum Cologne
- 2012: Karl Arnold. Illustrations from Ringelnatz to Valentin , Olaf Gulbransson Museum , Tegernsee
- 2012: The draftsman Karl Arnold , State Graphic Collection Munich in the Pinakothek der Moderne , Munich and 2013 in the Caricature Museum Krems
literature
- Thomas Matuszak: Karl Arnold (1883-1953) A study on the biography and early work of the artist With a list of his drawings up to 1918 . Dissertation, Göttingen 1991.
- Freya Mülhaupt: Karl Arnold. Oops, we're alive! Berlin pictures from the 1920s , exhibition catalog Berlinische Galerie, Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje-Cantz, 2010. ISBN 978-3-940208-14-9
- Andreas Strobl: The draftsman Karl Arnold , exhibition catalog State Graphic Collection Munich, Berlin / Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2011. ISBN 978-3-422-07131-5
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Arnold in the catalog of the German National Library
- Museum of Arts and Crafts: Karl Arnold "The seaman Kuttel Daddeldu". ( Memento from December 12, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Exhibition March 26, 2004 - October 31 , 2005
- Andreas Platthaus: Caricaturist Karl Arnold: How does Hitler's head get on the naked woman? In: FAZ.net, August 20, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010
- Karl Arnold in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harald Eggebrecht: Strength and weakness of new objectivity · Exposing and liberating: The draftsman and caricaturist Karl Arnold in two exhibitions , SZ June 28, 2012
- ^ Tomb in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved July 1, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arnold, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arnold, Karl Maximilian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German draftsman, caricaturist and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neustadt near Coburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1953 |
| Place of death | Munich |