Mina Arndt

Mina Arndt was a Jewish New Zealand painter who worked in a variety of mediums in Europe in the 1900s. Born to a single mother of three, Arndt’s art education was a priority for her family, and all four of them moved to London in 1907 so she could study at prominent schools. Arndt soon moved to Berlin to study etching but soon returned to painting as her primary medium. While studying under the German Expressionist painter Lovis Corinth in Berlin, Arndt developed the loose, expressive painting style that would define her career. While embracing Modernist themes, Arndt stayed true to realistic colors and proportions in her work, but her use of a variety of mediums in her works, including chalk, oil, watercolor, charcoal, and crayon, was deeply experimental. Over the next 20 years, Arndt would receive critical acclaim for her works that were exhibited throughout Europe and was often compared to Edgar Degas.