Biography

Alfred Arndt Elbląg, Poland 1898 - 1976 Darmstadt After an apprenticeship as a draftsman in a large machine factory in Elbląg/East Prussia, Arndt continued his education at the trade school and at the Königsberg Art Academy. From 1921-26 he studied at the State Bauhaus in Weimar and also made the move to Dessau. He took the preliminary course with Johannes Itten and lessons with Paul Klee. From 1925 to 1926 he worked in Dessau, mainly in the mural painting department with Hinnerk Scheper. At the same time, from 1926, he worked as a freelance architect in Probstzella, Thuringia, and oversaw the building of the People's House commissioned by Franz Itting, which he designed in the spirit of New Building and which remains his best-known work to this day. In 1929, Hannes Meyer brought Arndt back to the Bauhaus in Dessau. From 1930 to 1931, Arndt headed the construction and finishing department, which combined the architecture and finishing departments. He stayed at the Bauhaus until 1933. Until 1945, Arndt was responsible for various private and public buildings. After 1945, Arndt worked for three years as a building supervisor in Jena. Together with Wassili Luckhardt, Georg Neidenberger and Joost Schmidt, he strove to re-open the Bauhaus in Weimar. In 1948 Arndt moved to West Germany. In Darmstadt he was involved in setting up the Bauhaus archive and worked as an architect with a focus on industrial construction until his death.

Objects by Alfred Arndt