Leo Arndt

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W. Leo Arndt (born November 6, 1857 in Eilenburg , † November 11, 1945 in Berlin ) was a German illustrator and etcher .

Life

Leo Arndt was born in the Prussian district town of Eilenburg in the province of Saxony . After attending the Art Academy in Leipzig and the universities of fine arts in Berlin and Karlsruhe, Leo Arndt worked as a freelance illustrator and etcher. Many of his etchings, drawings and genre pictures have been exhibited in German museums. During his time in Sarajevo around 1900 he founded a painter's club together with the painter Maximilian Liebenwein and Johanna Kobilca and his brother, the painter Ewald Arndt .

He was a member of the Berlin Artists' Association , the Association of German Illustrators and the former Association of Graphics and a member of the cartel of visual artists.

Leo Arndt had his studio in Berlin-Halensee , Johann-Georg-Straße 21/22. He was married to Anna, nee Möhle, in his second marriage since 1894.

literature

• Degeners who is it? Berlin 1935, p. 34.
• Arndt, Leo . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 264 .
• Arndt, Leo . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 126 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Arndt, Leo . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 5, Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, ISBN 3-598-22745-0 , p. 186.

Web links

Commons : Leo Arndt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Work examples at www.kunst-und-kultur.de
• Entry in the artist directory on www.antikbayreuth.de
• Entry at st.museum-digital.de with an example of the work
• Works on artnet.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Picture folder of the Sarajevo Painters Club. Sketches from Bosnia and Herzegovina . J. Löwy, Vienna 1901.