Born September 1, 1823, in Nimjegen, Holland, Arnold Wydeveld became a still life and genre painter known primarily for fruit and floral still lifes. He also did numerous depictions of fish from the 1870s.  His original Dutch name was Arnoldus. His parents were Evert Andries van Weydevelt and Hendrina Emmerik. He had a brother Henri, whose son Hendrikus Theodorus later became a famous architect.

Arnold moved to the United States in 1853 to follow his brother Andries, who had moved there in 1851. Arnold returned to Holland in 1864 but went back to the United States by the end of the 1860s. He died in New York City or Baltimore sometime after 1888, but the exact year is undetermined.  He exhibited at the National Academy under several names including Wyderveld, Wydefield, and Wydefeldt.