Trude HOPPE-ARENDT

Trude Hoppe-Arendt (1905 – September 18, 2001) was a German plein air and object painter.

As the daughter of a Berlin industrialist, she initially worked as a self-taught artist before becoming a student of Hans Licht. At one point, she was married to a textile manufacturer from Hanover, but they divorced before World War II. Works such as Bunter Blumenstrauß mit Fingerhut (Colorful Bouquet with Foxglove) from 1922 and Grunewald Ende Januar (Grunewald at the End of January) from 1934 allowed Hoppe-Arendt to gain access to the upper echelons of the Nazi regime. In post-war Germany, these works were considered typical examples of a home art influenced by the Nazi ideology and were entirely rejected in the GDR (East Germany). Consequently, engagement with her oeuvre only began after her death, and her paintings have been increasing in value since then.

Trude Hoppe-Arendt was the mother of animal filmmaker Ernst Arendt.