Career
Subsequent to his studies there under Theodor Hagen and Leopold von Kalckreuth, he spent several years in Italy. Carl Arp is viewed as one of the main representatives of the "en plein air" style of landscape painting. Arp taught in Kiel und Weimar, and had exhibitions in Munich, Berlin and Düsseldorf.
During the second world war, the Steamship Cap Tafelneh, sunk by German planes at Dunkirk and salvaged by the German navy, was named after him.
Arp"s works are mostly oil or water colour paintings with motives from Schleswig-Holstein and the Kieler Förde, as well as his time in southern Germany and Italy. Examples include:
An den Schleusen / At the Sluice Gates, oil on board, 75 cm x 54 cm
Giardino Pubblico, Venedig / Public Gardens, Venice, oil on board, 31 cm x 24 cm
Matterhorn / Monte Cervino, oil on board, 16,5 cm x 21,5 cm.