Carl Geist

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Geist (9 December 1870, Reichelsheim – 29 November 1931, Bad Wimpfen) was a German Impressionist painter.

With a scholarship from the Grand Ducal Ministry of the Interior, he undertook further studies in Munich, Vienna and Italy.

He briefly lived in Darmstadt, then returned to Grünberg in 1905 although, as a free-lance painter, he travelled frequently to visit his clients.

World War I hit him very hard; especially the loss of friends such as August Macke and Franz Marc.

In response, he abandoned impressionism for a gloomier Academic style and his output decreased dramatically.