Mina Arndt
New Zealand artist (1885-1926)
Hermina "Mina" Arndt (18 April 1885 – 22 December 1926) was a New Zealand artist.
Biography
Arndt was born at Thurlby Domain, near Queenstown on 18 April 1885, the third daughter of Jewish parents Maria and Herman Arndt. Her father died shortly before her birth, and her mother moved the family to Dunedin where Mina attended Otago Girls' High School. Later in Wellington, she attended art classes at the technical college before embarking for Europe.
In 1906, Arndt was living in London studying under Frank Brangwyn at the London School of Art in Kensington. While there she met German printmaker Hermann Struck, who invited her to study etching with him in Berlin, which was considered an honour as he rarely took pupils. Soon after, in 1907, Arndt became involved with the Newlyn School in Cornwall and worked with Stanhope Forbes, Laura and Harold Knight. She returned to Berlin, living with her sisters and in 1911 renting a studio in Lietzenburgstrasse. While in Berlin she studied with Lovis Corinth at his art school in Klopstockstrasse, and his influence is cited in her works such as The Red Hat (c.1914). Later, Arndt showed at the Royal Academy and in Paris at the Société des Artistes Français, where her painting "The Model" was exhibited in 1913.
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