Carl Arp
1867 Kiel – 1913 Weimar
Short information about the artist
Carl Arp was a German landscape painter, a founding member of the Schleswig-Holstein Art Cooperative and a representative of the Weimar School of Painting. From 1886 he studied at the Weimar art school with Theodor Hagen and Leopold von Kalckreuth. He then went to Italy (Capri, Sicily, Venice) for a few years and spent the summers in Tyrol and Switzerland. In 1912 he became a professor at the Weimar Academy. Carl Arp is considered to be one of the main representatives of “plein air” painting in Germany. His landscapes (mostly motifs from Schleswig-Holstein and the surrounding area of Weimar) are characterized by the precise study of nature and lighting conditions. Carl Arp had a close friendship with Christian Rohlfs. He was also the cousin of the sculptor Hans Arp. At the time, his works were shown in major exhibitions in Munich, Berlin and Düsseldorf. Today his works are in private collections and museums, such as the museum in Weimar and the Kunsthalle in Kiel.
