Karl August Arnold

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Karl August Arnold (born October 29, 1888 in Steinbach (Baden-Baden) , † November 7, 1980 in Rosenheim ) was a German painter .

Life

Karl August Arnold was the son of a school principal. He studied German , modern philology and art history in Strasbourg and Munich . During his studies in 1910 he became a member of the Strasbourg fraternity Arminia . After dropping out of teaching , he became a student of Heinrich von Zügel and became a painter. During the First World War he was used as an artillery observer and artillery officer in northern France and Galicia . War drawings , sketches and watercolors were created there . After the war he worked as a freelance artist in the Black Forest and moved to Endorf am Chiemsee in 1919 . From 1921 to 1940 he showed a permanent art exhibition to Arnold Herrenchiemsee in the library hall of Herrenchiemsee Palace .

Works (selection)

  • Strasbourg Cathedral. 1912
  • Feldberg view. 1916
  • Lakeside. 1921
  • At the Chiemsee near Gassau. 1926
  • Frauenchiemsee. 1926
  • Lofer in autumn. 1926
  • Albtal near Ettlingen. 1927
  • At the Tegernsee near Bad Wiessee. 1927
  • Autumn evening at Tegernsee. 1927
  • Neckar near Neckarsteinach. 1928
  • Autumn sun at Tegernsee. 1929
  • Irschenberg landscape. 1931
  • Mauthäuslstrasse. 1931
  • Ashtal. 1945

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1921–1940: Arnold Herrenchiemsee art exhibition in Herrenchiemsee Palace
  • 2009: Exhibition about Karl August Arnold in the Rebland Museum Steinbach
  • 2011: Exhibition in Zell am Harmersbach with a cross-section through the painterly work during his participation in the First World War

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume II: Artists. Winter, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8253-6813-5 , pp. 17-18.
  • Fritz Aigner: Painter on the Chiemsee. Market Prien am Chiemsee 1983. ( Online )

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personal data
SURNAME Arnold, Karl August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Steinbach (Baden-Baden)
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1980
Place of death Rosenheim