Arthur Langhammer

Arthur Langhammer (July 6, 1854 – July 4, 1901) was a German Impressionist painter and illustrator best known for rural genre paintings.

Biography Arthur Langhammer was born in Lützen, Germany. He studied art first at the Leipzig Art Academy and then at the Munich Art Academy, graduating in 1882. He initially earned his living as an illustrator.

In 1888 his friend Adolf Hölzel moved to the village of Dachau, Germany, and Langhammer began spending time there as well. In 1897, Hölzel, Langhammer and Ludwig Dill founded the "New Dachau" art school, which became the keystone of the burgeoning Dachau art colony.

He died in Dachau.