early life and education alfred arndt, a german architect, was born in elbing, germany in 1896. he studied draughtsmanship at a large machine factory in elbing, east prussia, before being conscripted into military duty during world war i. arndt's early artistic endeavors led him to join the wandervogel, a german nature-oriented youth movement, from 1915 to 1918. career and bauhaus affiliation arndt studied at the staatliches bauhaus in weimar and at the bauhaus dessau from 1921 to 1926. notably, he took classes under renowned artists like paul klee, dora wibiral, and dorothea seeligmüller. hi…