His father, Gustav Wilhelm Arndt was the District Judge. His brother, Wilhelm Arndt, became a noted historian and palaeographer.
He studied at the Grand-Ducal Saxon Art School, Weimar, under Alexander Michelis and Theodor Hagen. In 1876, he became a Professor of landscape painting there and, from 1879 to 1881, he served as Secretary of the Art School. He was also a member of the Weimar "Society for Etchings".
From 1872 to 1877, he made several study trips to Italy. In 1884, he quit his positions at the school and moved to Berlin.[1] Three years later, he moved again, to Blasewitz, near Dresden.[2]
There is a painting by Arndt in the Шаблон:Ill which may depict Liszt at the Шаблон:Ill in the Park an der Ilm, which was one of Liszt's favorite places in Weimar. But it means a scene of Liszt's Consolations. He is also known for "The Four Seasons", created in conjunction with Шаблон:Ill, in the dining room of the noted art collector, Шаблон:Ill, completed in 1877.[3]
"Arndt, Franz Gustav". In: Friedrich von Boetticher: Malerwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts. Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte. Vol.1/1, Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1891 Online
"Arndt, Franz Gustav". In: Hermann Alexander Müller, Hans Wolfgang Singer: Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon. Vol.1, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt/M. 1921 (Online).
Walther Scheidig: Die Geschichte der Weimarer Malerschule 1860–1900. Seemann, Leipzig 1991, Шаблон:ISBN.
