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Hans von Aachen Hans von Aachen (1552 – 4 March 1615) was a German painter who was one of the leading representatives of Northern Mannerism. Hans von Aachen was a versatile and productive artist who worked in many genres. He was successful as a painter of p ...
(1552–1615) * Aatifi (born 1965) * Karl Abt (1899–1985) * Tomma Abts (born 1967) * Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910) * Oswald Achenbach (1827–1905) *
Herbert Achternbusch Herbert Achternbusch ( Schild; 23 November 1938 – 10 January 2022) was a German film director, writer and painter. He began as a writer of avant-garde prose, such as the novel ''Die Alexanderschlacht'', before turning to low-budget films. He h ...
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Franz Ackermann Franz Ackermann (born 1963 in Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, Bavaria) is a German painter and installation artist based in Berlin. He makes cartoonish Abstract art, abstraction. Life He attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Akademie der Bildenden K ...
(born 1963) * Johann Adam Ackermann (1780–1853) * Max Ackermann (1887–1975) * Otto Ackermann (1872–1953) * Albrecht Adam (1786–1862) * Benno Adam (1812–1892) * Emil Adam (1843–1924) * Eugen Adam (1817–1880) * Franz Adam (1815–1886) * Heinrich Adam (1787–1862) *
Luitpold Adam Luitpold Adam (1888–1950) was a German painter. Adam was an official war artist during the First World War; and he was chosen by Adolf Hitler to be the head of the Nazi war artist program in the Second World War. In 1944, the number of war art ...
(1888–1950) * Jankel Adler (1895–1949) * Salomon Adler (1630–1709) * Christoph Ludwig Agricola (1667–1719) * Karl Agricola (1779–1852) * August Ahlborn (1796–1857) * Erwin Aichele (1887–1974) * Wolfram Aichele (1924–2016) * Max Ainmiller (1807–1870) *
Josef Albers Josef Albers ( , , ; March 19, 1888March 25, 1976) was a German-born American artist and Visual arts education, educator who is considered one of the most influential 20th-century art teachers in the United States. Born in 1888 in Bottrop, Westp ...
(1888–1976) * Heinrich Jacob Aldenrath (1775–1844) * William Alexander (1915–1997) *
Christian Wilhelm Allers Christian Wilhelm Allers (6 August 1857 – 19 October 1915) was a German painter and printmaker. Biography Allers, the son of a merchant, was born in Hamburg. He first worked as a lithographer, and in 1877 he moved to Karlsruhe where he c ...
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Jakob Alt Jakob Alt (27 September 1789 – 30 September 1872) was a German painter and lithographer. Life Alt was the son of Barbara Alt, née Horst, and Frankfurt carpenter Johann Leonhart Alt. He was born at Frankfurt am Main in 1789, where he receive ...
(1789–1872) * Theodor Alt (1846–1937) *
Albrecht Altdorfer Albrecht Altdorfer ( – 12 February 1538) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg, Bavaria. Along with Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber he is regarded to be the main representative of the Da ...
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Kai Althoff Kai Althoff (born 1966 in Cologne) is a German visual artist, painter, and musician. Life and work Kai Althoff was born in Cologne, West Germany, in February 1966. Althoff has been a long-time friend with Michael Karoli, a member of Cologne k ...
(born 1966) * Karl Altmann (1802–1861) * Hans am Ende (1864–1918) *
Christoph Amberger Christoph Amberger (c. 1505 – 1562) was a painter of Augsburg in the sixteenth century, a disciple of Hans Holbein the Younger, Hans Holbein, his principal work being the history of Joseph in twelve pictures. Life His father was a stonema ...
(1505–1562) * Heinrich Amersdorffer (1905–1986) * Tobias Andreae (1823–1873) * Peter Angermann (born 1945) * Hermann Anschütz (1802–1880) *
Horst Antes Horst Antes (born 28 October 1936 Heppenheim, Germany) is a German artist and sculptor. Early life and education After his Abitur, he studied from 1957 to 1959 under the important woodcutter HAP Grieshaber at the Akademie der Bildenden Kün ...
(born 1936) * Karl von Appen (1900–1981) * Joseph Ignaz Appiani (1706–1785) * Clara Arnheim (1865–1942) * Johann Samuel Arnhold (1766–1828) * Ferdinand von Arnim (1814–1866) * Heinrich Gotthold Arnold (1785–1854) * Ulrike Arnold (born 1950) * Carl Arp (1867–1913) *
Hans Arp Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp (; ; 16 September 1886 – 7 June 1966), better known as Jean Arp in English, was a German-French sculptor, painter and poet. He was known as a Dadaist and an abstract artist. Early life Arp was born Hans Peter Wilhelm Ar ...
(1886–1966) * Otto Arpke (1886–1943) * Isidor Ascheim (1891–1968) * Hans Aschenborn (1888–1931) * Fritz Ascher (1893–1970) * Louis Asher (1804–1878) *
Frank Auerbach Frank Helmut Auerbach (29 April 1931 – 11 November 2024) was a German-born British painter. Born in Germany to Jewish parents, he became a naturalised British subject in 1947. He is considered one of the leading names in the School of Lo ...
(born 1931)


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* Johannes Theodor Baargeld (1892–1927) * Johanna Juliana Friederike Bacciarelli (1733–1809 or later) * Elvira Bach (born 1951) *
Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...
(1748–1778) * Karl Daniel Friedrich Bach (1756–1829) * Carola Baer-von Mathes (1857–1940) * Emanuel Bachrach-Barée (1863–1943) * Johann Daniel Bager (1734–1815) * Johann Karl Bähr (1801–1869) * Theodor Baierl (1881–1932) *
Hans Baldung Hans Baldung (1484 or 1485 – September 1545), called Hans Baldung Grien, (being an early nickname, because of his predilection for the colour green), was a painter, printer, engraver, draftsman, and stained glass artist, who was considered th ...
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Jan Balet Jan Balet (1913 – 2009) was a painter, graphic artist and illustrator, known for his naive art, naive style Balet was born on 20 July 1913 in Bremen, Germany. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He emigrated to the United St ...
(1913–2009) * Karl Ballenberger (1801–1860) * Hans Baluschek (1870–1935) * Fritz Bamberger (1814–1873) * Ernst von Bandel (1800–1876) * Caroline Bardua (1781–1864) * Eduard Bargheer (1901–1979) * Hans von Bartels (1856–1913) * Emil Bartoschek (1899–1969) *
Georg Baselitz Georg Baselitz (born 23 January 1938) is a German Painting, painter, Sculpture, sculptor and Graphic arts, graphic artist. In the 1960s he became well known for his Figurative art, figurative, expressive paintings. In 1969 he began painting his ...
(born 1938) * Emil Bauch (1823–c. 1874) * Jeanna Bauck (1840–1926) * Michael Bauer (born 1973) * Rudolf Bauer (1889–1953) * Gustav Bauernfeind (1848–1904) * Paul Baum (1859–1932) * Willi Baumeister (1889–1955) * Karin Baumeister-Rehm (born 1971) * Tilo Baumgartel (born 1972) * Armin Baumgarten (born 1967) * Bodo Baumgarten (born 1940) *
Johann Wilhelm Baur Johann Wilhelm Baur, Joan Guiliam Bouwer, or Bauer (Strasbourg, 31 May 1607 - Vienna, 1 January 1640) was a German engraver, etcher and miniature painter. He is famous for a series of illustrations of Ovid's ''Metamorphoses''. Biography Accor ...
(1607–1640) * August von Bayer (1803–1875) * Thommie Bayer (born 1953) * Alf Bayrle (1900–1982) * Fritz Beblo (1872–1947) *
August Becker August Becker (17 August 1900 – 31 December 1967) was a mid-ranking functionary in the Schutzstaffel, SS of Nazi Germany and chemist in the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA). He helped design the vans with a gas chamber built into the back ...
(1821–1887) * Ferdinand Becker (1846–1877) * Hermann Heinrich Becker (1817–1885) * Jakob Becker (1810–1872) * Ludwig Hugo Becker (1834–1868) * Philipp Jakob Becker (1763–1829) *
Max Beckmann Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (February 12, 1884 – December 27, 1950) was a German painter, drawing, draftsman, printmaker, sculpture, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the m ...
(1884–1950) * Karl Becker (1820–1900) * Benedikt Beckenkamp (1747–1828) * René Beeh (1886−1922) * Josef Konstantin Beer (1862–1933) * Adalbert Begas (1836–1888) *
Carl Joseph Begas Carl Joseph Begas, or Karl Begas, (30 September 1794, Heinsberg – 24 November 1854, Berlin) was a German painter who played an important role in the transition from Romanticism to Realism (arts), Realism. He was the first in a multi-generation ...
(1794–1854) * Luise Begas-Parmentier (1843–1920) * Oskar Begas (1828–1883) * Akbar Behkalam (1944–2025) * Franz Joachim Beich (1666–1748) * Johannes Beilharz (born 1956) * Gisela Beker (born 1932) * Hans Bellmer (1920–1975) * Eduard Bendemann (1811–1889) * Amalie Bensinger (1809–1889) * William Berczy (1744–1813) * Charlotte Berend-Corinth (1880–1967) * Josefa Berens-Totenohl (1891–1969) * Rudolf Bergander (1909–1970) * Claus Bergen (1885–1964) * Georg Bergmann (1821–1870) * Johann Martin Bernatz (1802–1878) * Meister Bertram (c. 1345–c. 1415) * Johann Wilhelm Beyer (1725–1796) * Robert Beyschlag (1838–1903) * Hanna Bieber-Böhm (1851–1910) * Adolf Bierbrauer (1915–2012) * Karl Eduard Biermann (1803–1892) * Peter Binoit (c. 1590–1632) * Norbert Bisky (born 1970) * Carl Blechen (1798–1840) * Georg Bleibtreu (1828–1892) * Fritz Bleyl (1880–1966) * Anna Katharina Block (1642–1719) * Benjamin von Block (1631–1690) * Josef Block (1863–1943) * Hugo von Blomberg (1820–1871) * Oscar Bluemner (1867–1938) * Gregor von Bochmann (1850–1930) * Arnold Bode (1900–1977) * Leopold Bode (1831–1906) * Gottlieb Bodmer (1804–1837) * Arvid Boecker (born 1964) * Pedro Boese (born 1972) * Corbinian Böhm (born 1966) * Hans Bohrdt (1857–1945) * Christian Ludwig Bokelmann (1844–1894) * Hanns Bolz (1885–1918) * Friedrich von Bömches (1916–2010) * Paula Bonte (1840–1902) * Hinrik Bornemann (c. 1450–1499) * Dieter Borst (born 1950) * Friedrich Boser (1811–1881) * Harald Julius von Bosse (1812–1894) * Otto Richard Bossert (1874–1919) * Eberhard Bosslet (born 1953) * Friedrich August Bouterwek (1806–1867) * Anton Braith (1836–1905) * August von Brandis (1859–1947) * Martin Brandenburg (1870–1919) *
Heinrich Brandes Georg Heinrich Brandes () was a German painter. Life Brandes was born at Bortfeld, near Brunswick, on 23 May 1803, and learned the rudiments of painting under the guidance of F. Barthels at Brunswick. From 1823 to 1825 he attended the Acad ...
(1803–1868) * Marianne Brandt (1893–1983) * Louis Braun (1836–1916) * VG Braun-Dusemond (1919–1998) * Rudolf Bredow (1909–1973) * Ferdinand Max Bredt (1860–1921) * K.P. Brehmer (1938–1997) * Carl Breitbach (1833–1904) * Heinrich Breling (1849–1914) * Albert Heinrich Brendel (1827–1895) * Louise Catherine Breslau (1856–1927) * Johann Michael Bretschneider (1680–1729) * Philipp Hieronymus Brinckmann (1709–1760) * Gottfried Brockmann (1903–1983) * Heinrich Brocksieper (1898–1968) * Christian Brod (1917–2012) * August Bromeis (1813–1881) * Franz Bronstert (1895–1967) * Wilhelm Brücke (1800–1874) * Alexander Bruckmann (1806–1852) * Ferdinand Brütt (1849–1936) *
Christoph Brüx Christoph Brüx (born 13 December 1965) is a German sculptor, painter, composer, pianist, keyboardist, arranger and music producer. He composed for artists such as No Angels, Matthias Reim, The Underdog Project ( ''Summer Jam''), Brooklyn Bou ...
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Lothar-Günther Buchheim Lothar-Günther Buchheim () (6 February 1918 – 22 February 2007) was a German author, painter, and wartime journalist under the Nazi regime. In World War II he served as a war correspondent aboard ships and U-boats. He is best known for his 19 ...
(1918–2007) * Carl Buchheister (1890–1964) * Erich Buchholz (1891–1972) * Ludwig Buchhorn (1770–1856) *
Elisabeth Büchsel Elisabeth Büchsel (1867–1957) was a German painter known for her Impressionist portraits and landscapes. Biography Büchsel was born on 29 January 1867 in Stralsund, Germany. She studied in Berlin, Paris, and Munich. Her teachers included Luci ...
(1867–1957) * Heinz Budweg (born 1940) * Karl Albert Buehr (1866–1952) * Franz Bunke (1857–1939) * Anton Burger (1824–1905) * Ludwig Burger (1825–1884) * Jonas Burgert (born 1969) * Heinrich Bürkel (1802–1869) * Peter Burnitz (1824–1886) * Friedrich Bury (1763–1823) *
Wilhelm Busch Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch (14 April 1832 – 9 January 1908) was a German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter. He published wildly innovative illustrated tales that remain influential to this day. Busch drew on the tropes of f ...
(1832–1908) * Georg Heinrich Busse (1810–1868) * Michael Buthe (1944–1994) * Bernhard Buttersack (1858–1925) * Erich Büttner (1889–1936) * André Butzer (born 1973)


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* Daniel Caffé (1750–1815) * Heinrich Campendonk (1889–1957) *
Wilhelm Camphausen Wilhelm Camphausen (8 February 1818, Düsseldorf16 June 1885, Düsseldorf), was a German Painting, painter who specialized in historical and battle scenes. Biography He studied under Alfred Rethel and Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow. As an historical ...
(1818–1885) * Peter Candid (c. 1548–1628) * Johann Hermann Carmiencke (1810–1867) *
Carl Gustav Carus Carl Gustav Carus (3 January 1789 – 28 July 1869) was a German physiologist and painter, born in Leipzig, who played various roles during the Romanticism, Romantic era. A friend of the writer Johann Wolfgang Goethe, he was a many-sided man: a ...
(1789–1869) * Peter Caulitz (c.1650–1719) * Ludwig Choris (1795–1828) * Philipp Christfeld (1796/97–1874) * Kiddy Citny (born 1957) * Lorenz Clasen (1812–1899) *
Gustav Adolf Closs Gustav Adolf Carl Closs also as Closs, A., Closs, A.G., Closz (or Closz), Adolf Gustav (6 May 1864, Stuttgart – 3 September 1938, Berlin) was a German painter, illustrator, heraldist and entomologist. Biography His father was the woodcut a ...
(1864–1938) * Ferdinand Collmann (1762–1837) * Edward Harrison Compton (1881–1960) * Edward Theodore Compton (1849–1921) * Carl Conjola (1773–1831) * Carl Emanuel Conrad (1810–1873) * Johann Wilhelm Cordes (1824–1869) *
Lovis Corinth Lovis Corinth (21 July 1858 – 17 July 1925) was a German artist and writer whose mature work as a painter and printmaker realized a synthesis of impressionism and expressionism. Corinth studied in Paris and Munich, joined the Berlin Secessio ...
(1858–1925) * Peter von Cornelius (1784–1867) * Erich Correns (1821–1877) * Helene Cramer (1844–1916) * Molly Cramer (1852–1936) *
Augustin Cranach Augustin Cranach (1554 — 26 July 1595) was a German painter. He was born and died in Wittenberg, and was the son of Lucas Cranach the Younger and Magdalena Schurff. He was the father of Lucas Cranach III. See also * List of German painters ...
(1554–1595) *
Lucas Cranach the Elder Lucas Cranach the Elder ( ;  – 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is known for his portraits, both of German ...
(c. 1472–1553) *
Lucas Cranach the Younger Lucas Cranach the Younger (, ; 4 October 1515 – 25 January 1586) was a German Renaissance painter and portraitist, the son of Lucas Cranach the Elder and brother of Hans Cranach. Life and career Lucas Cranach the Younger was born in Wittenber ...
(1515–1586) * Georg Heinrich Crola (1804–1879)


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* Eduard Daege (1805–1883) * Heinrich Anton Dähling (1773–1850) * Maximilian Dasio (1865–1954) * Gabriela Dauerer (born 1958) * Heinrich Maria Davringhausen (1894–1970) * John Decker (1895–1947) * Wilm Dedeke (c. 1460–c. 1528) * Ernst Deger (1809–1885) *
Balthasar Denner Balthasar Denner (15 November 1685 – 14 April 1749) was a German painter, highly regarded as a portraitist. He painted mostly half-length and head-and-shoulders portraits and a few group portraits of families in interiors. Usually Denner con ...
(1685–1749) * Adolf Des Coudres (1862–1924) * Ludwig Des Coudres (1820–1878) * Ludwig Dettmann (1865–1944) * Christa Dichgans (1940–2018) * Christophe Didillon (born 1971) * Karl Diebitsch (1899–1985) *
Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (21February 185115December 1913) was a German painter and social reformer. Diefenbach is regarded as the "forefather of alternative movements" and one of the most important champions of the Lebensreform (life-reform), th ...
(1851–1913) * Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann (1809–1885) * Albert Christoph Dies (1755–1822) * Anton Dietrich (1833–1904) * Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (1712–1774) * Wendel Dietterlin (c. 1550–1599) * Feodor Dietz (1813–1870) * Wilhelm von Diez (1839–1907) * Ludwig Dill (1848–1940) * Johann Georg von Dillis (1759–1841) * Georg Friedrich Dinglinger (1666–1720) *
Otto Dix Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix (; 2 December 1891 – 25 July 1969) was a German painter and Printmaking, printmaker, noted for his ruthless and harshly realistic depictions of German society during the Weimar Republic and the brutality of war. Alon ...
(1891–1969) * Carl Emil Doepler (1824–1905) * Emil Doepler (1855–1922) * Max Doerner (1870–1939) * Franz Domscheit (1880–1965) * Franz Burchard Dörbeck (1799–1835) *
Johann Jakob Dorner the Elder Johann Jakob Dorner the Elder (1741–1813), who was born at Ehrenkirchen, Ehrenstetten, near Freiburg in Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Breisgau, was a painter of historical and Genre art, genre subjects. He was at first a pupil of Franz Joseph Rös ...
(1741–1813) * Anton Josef Dräger (1794–1833) * Heinrich Dreber (1822–1875) * Johann Friedrich Dryander (1756–1812) * Eugen Dücker (1756–1812) * Balthasar Anton Dunker (1746–1807) *
Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Dürer ( , ;; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) ''Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers'', Walter de Gruyter. . sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer, was a German painter, Old master prin ...
(1471–1528) *
Hermann Dyck Hermann Dyck (4 October 1812 – 25 March 1874), a Bavarian painter, born at Würzburg in the Grand Duchy of Würzburg in 1812, studied architectural and genre painting at Munich. His works are original and of great humour, and are neatly and car ...
(1812–1874) * Udo Dziersk (born 1961)


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* Konrad Eberhard (1768–1859) * Adam Eberle (1804–1832) * Robert Eberle (1815–1862) * Johann Christian Eberlein (1770–1815) *
John Giles Eccardt John Giles Eccardt ( – 1779) was a Holy Roman Empire-born British painter who specialised in portrait painting. He came to England in the company of the French painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo for whom he worked as an assistant. When Van Loo left E ...
(1720–1799) * Michael Echter (1812–1879) * Friedrich Eckenfelder (1861–1938) * Heinrich Ambros Eckert (1807–1840) * Otto Eckmann (1865–1902) * John Eckstein (1735–1817) * Martin Eder (born 1968) * Carl Eggers (1787–1863) * Franz Xaver Eggert (1802–1876) * Julie von Egloffstein (1792–1869) * Julius von Ehren (1864–1944) * Paul Ehrenberg (1876–1949) * Alexander Eibner (1862–1935) * Friedrich Eibner (1826–1877) * Franz Eichhorst (1885–1948) * Elisabeth von Eicken (1862–1940) * Andreas Eigner (1801–1870) * Fritz Eisel (1929–2010) * Felix Eisengräber (1874–1940) * Marie Ellenrieder (1791–1863) * Friedrich August Elsasser (1810–1845) * Adam Elsheimer (1578–1610) * Ludwig Elsholtz (1805–1850) * Wilhelm Emelé (1830–1905) * Edgar Ende (1901–1965) * Sylvester Engbrox (born 1964) * Johann Friedrich Engel (1844–1921) * Carl Engel von der Rabenau (1817–1870) * Horus Engels (1914–1991) * Karl von Enhuber (1811–1867) * Josef Otto Entres (1804–1870) * Ulrich Erben (born 1940) * Otto Erdmann (1834–1905) * Fritz Erler (1868–1940) * Johann Franz Ermels (1641–1693) *
Max Ernst Max Ernst (; 2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German-born painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and surrealism in Europe. He had no formal artistic trai ...
(1891–1976) * Hermann Eschke (1823–1900) * Franz Joseph Esser (1891–1964) * Stefan Ettlinger (born 1958) * Ernst Ewald (1836–1904) * Julius Exter (1863–1939) * Carl Gottfried Eybe (1813–1893) * Adolf Eybel (1802–1882)


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* Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur (1780–1857) * Johann Joachim Faber (1778–1846) * Carl Ferdinand Fabritius (1637–1673) * Wilhelm Facklam (1893–1972) *
Ludwig Fahrenkrog Ludwig Fahrenkrog (20 October 1867 – 27 October 1952) was a German painter, illustrator, sculptor and writer. He was born in Rendsburg, Prussia, in 1867. He started his career as an artist in his youth, and attended the Berlin Royal Art A ...
(1867–1952) * Joachim Martin Falbe (1709–1782) * Joseph Fassbender (1903–1974) * Berthold Faust (born 1935) * Joseph Fay (1813–1875) * Christian Gottlob Fechhelm (1732–1816) *
Eduard Clemens Fechner Eduard Clemens Fechner (21 August 1799 – 7 February 1861) was a German portrait painter and an etcher. Fechner was born at Gross Särchen, near Bad Muskau, and studied in 1814 at Dresden under Grassi and Retsch. In 1820 he went to Munich, w ...
(1799–1861) * Hans Feibusch (1898–1998) * Manfred Feiler (1925–2020) * Paul Feiler (1918–2013) * Max Feldbauer (1869–1948) * Conrad Felixmüller (1897–1977) * Ferdinand Fellner (1799–1859) * Melchior Feselen (c. 1495–1538) * Rainer Fetting (born 1949) * Johann Michael Feuchtmayer (1709–1772) *
Anselm Feuerbach Anselm Feuerbach (12 September 1829 – 4 January 1880) was a German Painting, painter. He was the leading neoclassicism, neoclassical painter of the German 19th-century school. Biography Early life Feuerbach was born at Speyer, the son of ...
(1829–1880) * Martin von Feuerstein (1856–1941) * Willy Fick (1893–1967) * Friedrich Kurt Fiedler (1894–1950) * Johann Dominicus Fiorillo (1748–1821) * Klaus Fisch (1893–1975) * John Fischer (1786–1875) * Joseph Anton Fischer (1814–1859) *
Oskar Fischinger Oskar Wilhelm Fischinger (June 22, 1900 – January 31, 1967) was a German-American abstract animation, abstract animator, filmmaker, and painting, painter, notable for creating abstract musical animation many decades before the appearance of co ...
(1900–1967) * Arthur Fitger (1840–1909) * Ferdinand Wolfgang Flachenecker (1792–1847) * Albert Flamm (1823–1906) * Georg Flegel (1566–1638) * François Fleischbein (1804–1868) * Lutz Fleischer (1956–2019) *
Max Fleischer Max Fleischer (born Majer Fleischer ; July 19, 1883 – September 11, 1972) was an American animator and studio owner. Born in Kraków, in Austrian Poland, Fleischer immigrated to the United States where he became a pioneer in the development ...
(1861–1930) * Adolf Fleischmann (1892–1968) * Gerlach Flicke (fl. 1545–1558) * Fedor Flinzer (1832–1911) * Gisbert Flüggen (1811–1859) * Josef Flüggen (1842–1906) * Daniel Fohr (1801–1862) * Karl Philipp Fohr (1795–1818) * Philipp von Foltz (1805–1877) * Günther Förg (1952–2013) * Ernst Joachim Förster (1800–1885) * Arnold Forstmann (1842–c. 1914) * Hans Ulrich Franck (1603–1675) * Philipp Franck (1860–1944) * Meister Francke (c. 1380–c. 1440) * Michael Sigismund Frank (1770–1847) * Eduard Frederich (1813–1864) * Hermann Freese (1813–1871) * Otto Freundlich (1878–1943) * Max Frey (1874–1944) * Maria Elektrine von Freyberg (1797–1847) * Heinrich Jakob Fried (1802–1870) * Caroline Friederike Friedrich (1749–1815) *
Caspar David Friedrich Caspar David Friedrich (; 5 September 1774 – 7 May 1840) was a German Romanticism, German Romantic Landscape painting, landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often symbolic, and anti ...
(1774–1840) * Fred Friedrich (born 1943) * Woldemar Friedrich (1846–1910) * Fritz Friedrichs (1882–1928) * Bernhard Fries (1820–1879) * Ernst Fries (1801–1833) * Karl Friedrich Fries (1831–1871) * Richard Friese (1854–1918) * Johann Christoph Frisch (1737–1815) * Karl Ludwig Frommel (1789–1863) * Günter Fruhtrunk (1923–1982) * Ulrich Füetrer (c. 1450–1496/1500) * Heinrich Füger (1751–1818) * Hinrik Funhof (?–1485) * Edmund Fürst (1874–1955) * Klaus Fußmann (born 1938) * Conrad Fyoll (fl. 1464–1476)


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* Eduard Gaertner (1801–1877) * Bernd Erich Gall (born 1956) * Franz Gareis (1775–1803) * Friedrich Gärtner (1824–1905) * Heinrich Gärtner (1828–1909) *
Anna Rosina de Gasc Anna Rosina de Gasc (born: ''Anna Rosina Lisiewska)'' (10 July 1713 – 26 March 1783) was a German portrait painter. Early life Anna Rosina was born into a family of painters of Polish noble origin in Berlin. Her mother was Maria Elizabeth ...
(1713–1783) * Karl Gatermann the Elder (1883–1959) * Karl Gatermann the Younger (1909–1992) * Jakob Gauermann (1773–1843) * Ernst Gebauer (1782–1865) * Eduard von Gebhardt (1838–1925) * Josef Anton Gegenbauer (1800–1876) * Otto Geigenberger (1881–1946) * Rupprecht Geiger (1908–2009) * Willi Geiger (1878–1971) * Carl Geist (1870–1931) * Bonaventura Genelli (1798–1868) * Hanns Georgi (1901–1989) * Ludger Gerdes (1954–2008) * Till Gerhard (born 1971) * Ida Gerhardi (1862–1927) * Eduard Gerhardt (1813–1888) * Anna Gerresheim (1852–1921) * Ludwig Geyer (1779–1821) * Hans Freiherr von Geyer zu Lauf (1895–1959) * Torben Giehler (born 1973) * Werner Gilles (1894–1961) * Julius E.F. Gipkens (1883–1968) * Joseph Anton Glantschnigg (1695–1750) * Erich Glas (1897–1973) * Horst Gläsker (born 1949) * Ludwig von Gleichen-Rußwurm (1836–1901) * Otto Gleichmann (1887–1963) * Hermann Glöckner (1889–1987) * Paul Salvator Goldengreen (born 1960) * Hilde Goldschmidt (1897–1980) * Dieter Goltzsche (born 1934) * Paul Gösch (1885–1940) * Karl Otto Götz (1914–2017) * Leo Götz (1883–1962) * Jakob Götzenberger (1802–1866) * Carl Götzloff (1799–1866) * Henry Gowa (1902–1990) * Gustav Graef (1821–1895) * Peter Graf (born 1937) *
Albert Gräfle Albert Gräfle (1809–1889) was a German historical painter, historical, genre painter, genre, and portrait painter. Biography He was born at Freiburg, where he studied philosophy at the university. In 1827, he became the pupil of Peter von Co ...
(1809–1889) * August Grahl (1791–1868) * Walter Gramatté (1897–1929) * Fritz Grasshoff (1913–1997) * Gotthard Graubner (1930–2013) * Otto Greiner (1869–1916) * Fritz Greve (1863–1931) * Otto Griebel (1895–1972) *
Christian Griepenkerl Christian Griepenkerl (17 March 1839 – 22 March 1916) was a German painter and professor, best known for rejecting Adolf Hitler's application to train at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Biography Griepenkerl was born to one of Oldenburg (cit ...
(1839–1912) * HAP Grieshaber (1909–1981) *
Ludwig Emil Grimm Ludwig Emil Grimm (14 March 1790 – 4 April 1863) was a German painter, art professor, etcher and copper engraver. Early life Grimm was born in Hanau, in 1790. His brothers Jacob Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were linguists, lexicographers ...
(1790–1863) * Friedrich Carl Gröger (1766–1838) * Carl Grossberg (1894–1940) *
Theodor Grosse Theodor Grosse (1829–1891) was a German historical painter. He was born at Dresden and studied at the Dresden Academy under Bendemann. For his encaustic decorations in the castle of Count Solms Wildenfels on the Mulde, he was awarded the tra ...
(1829–1891) *
George Grosz George Grosz (; ; born Georg Ehrenfried Groß; July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Obj ...
(1893–1959) * Michael Gruber (born 1965) * Hans Grundig (1901–1958) * Emil Otto Grundmann (1844–1890) *
Matthias Grünewald Matthias Grünewald ( – 31 August 1528; also known as Mathis Gothart Nithart) was a German Renaissance painter of religious works who ignored Renaissance classicism to continue the style of late medieval Central European art into the 16th cent ...
(c. 1470–1528) * Jakob Grünenwald(1821–1896) * Eduard von Grützner (1846–1925) * Richard Guhr (1873–1956) * Louis Gurlitt (1812–1897) *
Karl Gussow Karl Gussow (25 February 1843, Havelberg – 27 March 1907, Munich) was a German painter and university professor. Life and work His early inclination to art was encouraged by his family so, as soon as he completed his secondary schooling, he wa ...
(1843–1907)


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* Carl Haag (1820–1915) * August Haake (1889–1915) * Hugo von Habermann (1849–1929) * Wenzel Hablik (1881–1934) * Jakob Philipp Hackert (1737–1807) * Gabriel von Hackl (1843–1926) * Karl Hagedorn (1922–2005) * Karl Hagemeister (1848–1933) * Theodor Hagen (1842–1919) * Ludwig von Hagn (1820–1898) * Magda Hagstotz (1914–2001) * Hubert Haider (1879–1971) * Karl Michael Haider (1846–1912) * Jost Haller (fl. 1440−1470) * Christian Gottlob Hammer (1779–1864) * Alois Hanslian (born 1943) * Johann Gottlieb Hantzsch (1794–1848) * Heinrich Harder (1858–1935) * Fritz Harnest (1905–1999) *
Hans Hartung Hans Hartung (21 September 1904 – 7 December 1989) was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style. He was also a decorated World War II veteran of the Legion d'honneur. Life Hartung was born in Leipzig, Germany, into an ...
(1904–1989) * Petre Hârtopeanu (1913–2001) *
Wilhelm Hasemann Wilhelm Hasemann (16 September 1850, Mühlberg – 28 November 1913, Gutach) was a German genre painter and illustrator. Life and career Hasemann was the only son of a mechanic and left school at the age of fifteen to work in his father's s ...
(1850–1913) * Carl Hasenpflug (1802–1858) * Max Haushofer (1811–1866) * Eberhard Havekost (1967–2019) *
John Heartfield John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld; 19 June 1891 – 26 April 1968) was a German visual artist who pioneered the use of art as a political weapon. Some of his most famous photomontages were anti-Nazi and anti-fascist statements. Heartfield a ...
(1891–1968) *
Erich Heckel Erich Heckel (31 July 1883 – 27 January 1970) was a German people, German Painting, painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the group ''Die Brücke'' ("The Bridge") which existed 1905–1913. His work was part of the art competition ...
(1883–1970) * Jakob Hecker (1897–1969) * Michael Heckert (born 1950) * Elise Neumann Hedinger (1854–1923) * Carl Wilhelm von Heideck (1788–1861) * Wilhelm Heine (1827–1885) * Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937–2020) * Thilo Heinzmann (born 1969) * Johannes Heisig (born 1953) * Werner Heldt (1904–1954) * Wilhelm Hempfing (1886–1948) * Hermann Hendrich (1854–1931) *
Wilhelm Hensel Wilhelm Hensel (6 July 1794 – 26 November 1861) was a German painter, brother of Luise Hensel, husband to Fanny Mendelssohn, and brother-in-law to Felix Mendelssohn. Life and career Wilhelm Hensel was born on 6 July 1794 in the German tow ...
(1794–1861) * Thomas Herbst (1848–1915) * Friedrich Herlin (c. 1425/30–1500) * Franz Georg Hermann (1692–1768) * Marcel René von Herrfeldt (1889–1965) * Curt Herrmann (1854–1929) * Ludwig von Herterich (1856–1932) * Hermann Ottomar Herzog (1832–1932) * Heinrich Maria von Hess (1798–1863) *
Karl Hess Karl Hess (born Carl Hess III; May 25, 1923 – April 22, 1994) was an American speechwriter and author. He was also a political philosopher, editor, welder, motorcycle racer, tax resister, and libertarian activist. His career included stints o ...
(1801–1874) * Peter von Hess (1792–1871) * Carle Hessay (1911–1978) * Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch (1758–1839) * Werner Heuser (1880–1964) * Adolf von Heydeck (1787–1856) * Ernst Hildebrand (1833–1924) * Eduard Hildebrandt (1818–1868) * Theodor Hildebrandt (1804–1874) * Heinrich Hiller (1846–1912) * Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack (1893–1965) * Rudolf Hirth du Frênes (1846–1916) *
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...
(1889–1945) * Dora Hitz (1856–1924) *
Hannah Höch Hannah Höch (; 1 November 1889 – 31 May 1978) was a German Dada artist. She is best known for her work of the Weimar Republic, Weimar period, when she was one of the originators of photomontage. Photomontage, or fotomontage, is a type of collag ...
(1889–1978) * Paul Hoecker (1854–1910) * Angelika Hoerle (1899–1923) * Bernhard Hoetger (1874–1949) * Heinrich Hofmann (1824–1911) * Ludwig von Hofmann (1861–1945) * Margret Hofheinz-Döring (1910–1994) * Hans Hofmann (1880–1966) * Otto Hofmann (1907–1996) *
Hans Holbein the Elder Hans Holbein the Elder ( , ; ; – 1524) was a German painter. Life Holbein was born in the free imperial city of Augsburg (Germany), and died in Issenheim, Alsace (now France). He belonged to a celebrated family of painters; his father wa ...
(c. 1460–1524) *
Hans Holbein the Younger Hans Holbein the Younger ( , ; ;  – between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a German-Swiss painter and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style, and is considered one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century. He ...
(c. 1497–1543) * Hans-Jörg Holubitschka (1960–2016) * Johann Evangelist Holzer (1709–1740) * Helene Holzman (1891–1968) * Barbara Honigmann (born 1949) * Bartholomäus Hopfer (1628–1699) * Theodor Horschelt (1829–1871) * Margarethe Hormuth-Kallmorgen (1857–1934) * Theodor Hosemann (1807–1875) * Woldemar Hottenroth (1802–1894) * Karl Hubbuch (1891–1979) * Julius Hübner (1806–1882) * Ulrich Hübner (1872–1932) * Juergen von Huendeberg (1922–1996) * Carl Hummel (1821–1907) * Maria Innocentia Hummel (1909–1946) * Otto Hupp (1859–1949) * Karl Hurm (1930–2019) * Auguste Hüssener (1789–1877)


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* Berthold Imhoff (1868–1939) * Jörg Immendorff (1945–2007) * Caspar Isenmann (1410–1484) (hypothetical) * Carl G. von Iwonski (1830–1912)


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* Otto Reinhold Jacobi (1812–1901) * Paul Emil Jacobs (1802–1866) * Willy Jaeckel (1888–1944) * Ferdinand Jagemann (1780–1820) * Gustav Jäger (1808–1871) * Karl Jäger (1888–1959) * Michael Jäger (born 1956) * Angelo Jank (1868–1940) * Christian Jank (1833–1888) * Peter Janssen (1844–1908) * Georg Jauss (1867–1922) * Carl Ludwig Jessen (1833–1917) * Ernst Jordan (1883–1948) * Rudolf Jordan (1810–1887) * Tina Juretzek (born 1952) * Manfred W. Jürgens (born 1956) * Paul Juvenel the Elder (1579–1643)


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* Johann Matthias Kager (1566–1634) * Leo Kahn (1894–1983) * Johannes Kahrs (born 1965) * Aris Kalaizis (born 1966) * Leopold Graf von Kalckreuth (1855–1928) * Maria Countess von Kalckreuth (1857–1897) * Patrick von Kalckreuth (1892–1970) * Friedrich Kallmorgen (1856–1924) * Arthur Kampf (1864–1950) * Albert Kappis (1836–1914) * Suzan Emine Kaube (born 1942) * Arthur Kaufmann (1888–1971) * Hugo Kauffmann (1844–1915) * Friedrich Kaulbach (1822–1903) *
Friedrich August von Kaulbach Friedrich August von Kaulbach (2 June 1850 in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria – 26 July 1920 in Ohlstadt, Germany) was a German portraitist and historical painter. Along with Franz von Lenbach and Franz von Stuck, he was known as one of the "Mal ...
(1850–1920) * Hermann von Kaulbach (1846–1909) *
Wilhelm von Kaulbach Wilhelm von Kaulbach (15 October 18057 April 1874) was a Germans, German painter, noted mainly as a muralist, but also as a book illustrator. His murals decorate buildings in Munich. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Bio ...
(1805–1874) * Ferdinand Keller (1842–1922) * Moritz Kellerhoven (1758–1830) * George Kenner (1888–1971) * Wolfgang Kermer (born 1935) * Marie von Keudell (1838–1918) * Chaim Kiewe (1912–1983) * Wilhelm Kimmich (1897–1986) * Martin Kippenberger (1953–1997) * Frank Kirchbach (1859–1912) * Günther C. Kirchberger (1928–2010) * Alexander Kircher (1867–1939) * Otto Kirchner (1887–1960) *
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German Expressionism, expressionist Painting, painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expr ...
(1880–1938) * Johanna Kirsch (1856–1907) * Konrad Klapheck (1935–2023) *
Mati Klarwein Abdul Mati Klarwein (9 April 1932 – 7 March 2002) was a German painter best known for his works used on the covers of music albums. Personal life Mati Klarwein was born in Hamburg, Weimar Republic. His mother Elsa Kühne was an opera sing ...
(1932–2002) * Anna Klein (1883–1941) * Johann Adam Klein (1792–1875) * Richard Klein (1890–1967) * Paul Kleinschmidt (1883–1949) *
Leo von Klenze Leo von Klenze (born Franz Karl Leopold von Klenze; 29 February 1784 – 26 January 1864) was a German architect and painter. He was the court architect of Ludwig I of Bavaria. Von Klenze was a devotee of Neoclassicism and one of the mo ...
(1784–1864) *
Heinrich Kley Heinrich Kley (15 April 1863 in Karlsruhe – 1945 in Munich) was a German illustrator, editorial illustrator and painter. Kley studied "practical arts" at the Karlsruhe Akademie and finished his studies in Munich. His early works were conventio ...
(1863–1945) *
Max Klinger Max Klinger (18 February 1857 – 5 July 1920) was a German artist who produced significant work in painting, sculpture, prints and graphics, as well as writing a treatise articulating his ideas on art and the role of graphic arts and printmakin ...
(1857–1920) * Friedrich August von Klinkowström (1778–1835) * Hans Kloss (1938–2018) * Robert Klümpen (born 1973) * Georg Klusemann (1942–1981) * Karl Knabl (1850–1904) * Hermann Knackfuß (1848–1915) * Johann Zacharias Kneller (1642–1702) *
Heinrich Knirr Heinrich Knirr (2 September 1862 – 26 May 1944) was an Austrian Empire-born German painter, known for his genre scenes and portraits, although he also did landscapes and still-lifes. He is best known for creating the official portrait of Adolf ...
(1862–1944) * Imi Knoebel (born 1940) * Hugo Knorr (1834–1904) * Wilhelm von Kobell (1766–1853) *
Martin Kober Martin Kober (also ''Chober, Cober, Coeber, Khober, Koeber, Koebner''; ; – before 1598) was a portrait painter and court painter to different Central European monarchs, including Stephen Báthory, Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, An ...
(~1550–~1598) * Dora Koch-Stetter (1881–1968) (aka Dora Stetter) * Robert Koehler (1850–1917) * Matthias Koeppel (born 1937) * Wilhelm von Köln (1370s?) * Alois Kolb (1875–1942) *
Heinrich Christoph Kolbe Heinrich Christoph Kolbe (2 April 1771 – 16 January 1836) was a German painter. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Life Kolbe was born and died in Düsseldorf. After his education at the 'old' Kunstakademie Düssel ...
(1771–1836) * Helmut Kolle (1899–1931) *
Käthe Kollwitz Käthe Kollwitz ( born Schmidt; 8 July 186722 April 1945) was a German artist who worked with painting, printmaking (including etching, lithography and woodcuts) and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including ''The Weavers'' and ''The Peasa ...
(1867–1945) * Max Koner (1854–1900) * Leo von König (1871–1944) * Emma Körner (1788–1815) * Rudolf Kortokraks (1928–2014) * Theodor Kotsch (1818–1884) * Johann Peter Krafft (1780–1856) * Lambert Krahe (1712–1790) * August von Kreling (1819–1876) * Robert Kretschmer (1812–1872) * Conrad Faber von Kreuznach (c. 1500–1552/3) * Louis Krevel (1801–1876) * Karl Kröner (1887–1972) *
Franz Krüger Franz Krüger (10 September 1797, in Großbadegast, Köthen, Anhalt – 21 January 1857, in Berlin), known as Pferde-Krüger ("Horse-Krüger"), was a German (Prussian) painter and lithographer. He was best known for his romantic and lively ...
(1797–1857) * Sebastian Krüger (born 1963) * Christiane Kubrick (born 1932) * Gerhard von Kügelgen (1772–1820) * Karl von Kügelgen (1772–1832) * Wilhelm von Kügelgen (1802–1867) * Gotthardt Kuehl (1850–1915) * Ingo Kühl (born 1953) * Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865–1926) *
Konrad Kujau Konrad Paul Kujau (27 June 1938 – 12 September 2000) was a German illustrator and forger. He became famous in 1983 as the creator of the so-called Hitler Diaries, for which he received DM 2.5 million (€2,421,020 in 2020 terms, adjusted for ...
(1938–2000) * Friedrich Kunath (born 1974)


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* Curt Lahs (1893–1958) * Mark Lammert (born 1960) * Christian Landenberger (1862–1927) * Friedrich Lange (1834–1875) * Joseph Lange (1751–1831) * Julius Lange (1817–1878) * Arthur Langhammer (1854–1901) * Rainer Maria Latzke (born 1950) * Richard Lauchert (1823–1868) * Paul Lautensack (1478–1558) * Rudolf Lehmann (1819–1905) * Hildegard Lehnert (1857–1943) * Fridolin Leiber (1853–1912) * Ulrich Leman (1885–1988) * August Lemmer (1862–?) *
Franz von Lenbach Franz Seraph Lenbach, after 1882, Ritter von Lenbach (13 December 1836 – 6 May 1904), was a German painter known primarily for his portraits of prominent personalities from the nobility, the arts, and industry. Because of his standing in society ...
(1836–1904) * Reinhold Lepsius (1857–1922) * Sabine Lepsius (1864–1942) * Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880) * Wolfgang Lettl (1919–2008) * August Leu (1818–1897) *
Emanuel Leutze Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816July 18, 1868) was a German-born American history painter, best known for his 1851 painting '' Washington Crossing the Delaware''. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Biography Leutze w ...
(1816–1868) *
Sophie Ley Sophie Ley (1849–1918) was a German painter. Ley was born in 1849 in Bodmann am Bodensee, Kingdom of Württemberg. She studied painting with Hans Gude and at the Academia Artium Stuttgardens. She also studied with Eugen Bracht at the Aca ...
(1849–1918) * Wilhelm Lichtenheld (1817–1891) *
Max Liebermann Max Liebermann (20 July 1847 – 8 February 1935) was a German painter and printmaker, and one of the leading proponents of Impressionism in Germany and continental Europe. In addition to his activity as an artist, he also assembled an important ...
(1847–1935) * Adolf Heinrich Lier (1826–1882) * Hermann Linde (1863–1923) * Heinrich Eduard Linde-Walther (1868–1939) * Richard Lindner (1901–1978) * Karl Friedrich Lippmann (1883–1957) * Emmy Lischke (1860–1919) * Clara Lobedan (1840–1918) *
Stefan Lochner Stefan Lochner (the ''Dombild Master'' or ''Master Stefan''; c. 1410 – late 1451) was a German painter working in the late International Gothic period. His paintings combine that era's tendency toward long flowing lines and brilliant colours ...
(c. 1410–1451) * Käthe Loewenthal (1878–1942) * August Löffler (1822–1866) * Ludwig von Löfftz (1845–1910) * Max Lohde (1845–1868) * Otto Lohmüller (born 1943) * Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler (1899–1940) * Bernard Lokai (born 1960) * David Lorenz (1856–1907) * Heinrich Lossow (1843–1897) *
Károly Lotz Lotz Károly Antal Pál, or Karl Anton Paul Lotz (16 December 1833 – 13 October 1904) was a Germans, German-Hungarian people, Hungarian Painting, painter. Career Karl Lotz was born in Bad Homburg vor der Taunus, Höhe, Germany, the 7th an ...
(1833–1904) * Margarethe Loewe-Bethe (1859–1932) * Auguste Ludwig (1834–1901) * Friedrich Ludwig (1895–1970) * Jules Lunteschütz (1822–1893) *
Markus Lüpertz Markus Lüpertz (born 25 April 1941) is a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and writer. He also publishes a magazine, and plays jazz piano. He is one of the best-known German contemporary artists. His subjects are characterized by suggest ...
(born 1941) *
Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy Princess Elisabeth Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy (born as ''Brachfeld Vilma Erzsébet'', Hajdúdorog, 15 April 1863 - New York, 28 August 1923) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian-born portrait painter who worked in the German Empire and the United States. ...
(1863–1923) * Arnold Lyongrün (1871–1935)


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* Thilo Maatsch (1900–1983) * Heinz Mack (born 1931) *
August Macke August Robert Ludwig Macke (3 January 1887 – 26 September 1914) was a German Expressionist painter. He was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). He lived during a particularly activ ...
(1887–1914) * Fritz Mackensen (1866–1953) * Josef Madlener (1881–1967) * Alfred Mahlau (1894–1967) * Carl Malchin (1838–1923) * Christian Mali (1832–1906) * Lothar Malskat (1913–1988) * Jeanne Mammen (1890–1976) * Henriette Manigk (born 1968) * Johann Christian von Mannlich (1741–1822) * Jean Mannheim (1863–1945) German-born American * Ludwig Manzel (1858–1936) *
Franz Marc Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc (8 February 1880 – 4 March 1916) was a German painter and printmaking, printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism. He was a founding member of ''Der Blaue Reiter'' (The Blue Rider), a journal whose ...
(1880–1916) * Hans von Marées (1837–1887) * Carl von Marr (1858–1936) * Jacob Marrel (1613/4?–1681) * Johannes Martini (1866–1935) * Master of the Arboga altarpiece (fl. 1490–1525) *
Master of the Drapery Studies The Master of the Drapery Studies (), also known as Master of the Coburg Roundels () is the notname given to the "very productive" and "multifaceted" late 15th-century author of some 30 surviving paintings and over 150 surviving drawings. Indee ...
(Heinrich Lützelmann) (fl. 1470–1500) * Master of the Karlsruhe Passion (Hans Hirtz?) (fl. 1421–1463) * Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece (fl. 1475–1510) * Fritz Maurischat (1893–1986) * Louis Mayer (1791–1843) * Jonathan Meese (born 1970) * Lothar Meggendorfer (1847–1925) * Ludwig Meidner (1884–1966) * Else Meidner (1901–1987) * Georg Meistermann (1911–1990) *
Hans Memling Hans Memling (also spelled Memlinc; – 11 August 1494) was a German-Flemish people, Flemish painter who worked in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. Born in the Middle Rhine region, he probably spent his childhood in Mainz. During ...
(c. 1430–1494) * Peter Menne (born 1960) * Carlo Mense (1886–1965) * Adolph Menzel (1815–1905) * Joseph Anton Merz (1681–1750) * Pius Ferdinand Messerschmitt (1858–1915) * Friedrich Eduard Meyerheim (1808–1879) *
Paul Friedrich Meyerheim Paul Friedrich Meyerheim (13 July 1842 – 14 September 1915) was a German painter and graphic artist. He did portraits and landscapes, but is best known as a painter of animals. Life Paul Friedrich Meyerheim was born in Berlin on 13 July ...
(1842–1915) * Abraham Mignon (1640–1679) * Carl Julius Milde (1803–1875) * Amud Uwe Millies (1932–2008) * Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907) *
Manfred Mohr Manfred Mohr (born June 8, 1938 in Pforzheim/Germany) is a German artist considered to be a pioneer in the field of digital art. He has lived and worked in New York since 1981. Life and career Mohr started his career as an action painting, acti ...
(born 1938) * Christian Ernst Bernhard Morgenstern (1805–1867) * Wilhelm Morgner (1891–1917) * Sabine Moritz (born 1969) * Friedrich Mosbrugger (1804–1830) * Adolf Mosengel (1837–1885) * Georg Muche (1895–1987) * Heinrich Mücke (1806–1891) * Otto Mueller (1874–1930) * Armin Mueller-Stahl (born 1930) * Georg Mühlberg (1863–1925) * Fritz Mühlenweg (1898–1961) * Andreas Müller (painter), Andreas Müller (1811–1890) * Heiko Müller (born 1968) * Maler Müller (1749–1825) * Otto Müller (painter), Otto Müller (1898–1979) * Victor Müller (1829–1871) * Paul Müller-Kaempff (1861–1941) * Gabriele Münter (1877–1962) * Gustav Mützel (1839–1893) * Johan van den Mynnesten (c. 1440–1504)


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* Charles Christian Nahl (1818–1878) * Hugo Wilhelm Arthur Nahl (1833–1889) * Thomas von Nathusius (1866–1904) * August Natterer (1868–1933) * Julius Naue (1835–1907) * Ernst Wilhelm Nay (1902–1968) * Carl Nebel (1805–1855) * Otto Nebel (1892–1973) * Bernhard von Neher (1806–1886) * Rolf Nesch (1893–1975) * Caspar Netscher (1639–1684) * Gert Neuhaus (born 1939) * Andrea Neumann (artist), Andrea Neumann (1969–2020) * Eugen Napoleon Neureuther (1806–1882) * Jo Niemeyer (born 1946) * Wilhelm Theodor Nocken (1830–1905) * Emil Nolde (1867–1956) * Franz Nölken (1884–1918) * Bernt Notke (1435–1508/09?) * Felix Nussbaum (1904–1944)


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* Franz Ignaz Oefele (1721–1797) * Ernst Erwin Oehme (1831–1907) * Ernst Ferdinand Oehme (1797–1855) * August Friedrich Oelenhainz (1745–1804) * Theobald von Oer (1807–1885) * Hans Olde (1855–1917) * Friedrich von Olivier (1791–1859) * Walter Ophey (1882–1930) * Ernst Oppler (1867–1929) * David Ostrowski (born 1981) * Friedrich Overbeck (1789–1869)


P

* Amalia Pachelbel (1688–1723) * Blinky Palermo (1943–1977) * Otto Pankok (1893–1966) * Louise von Panhuys (1763–1844) * Jürgen Partenheimer (born 1947) * Eduard Pechuel-Loesche (1840–1913) * Werner Peiner (1897–1984) * A. R. Penck (1939–2017) * Carl Gottlieb Peschel (1798–1879) * Johann Anton de Peters (1725–1795) * Heinrich Petersen-Angeln (1850–1906) * Wolfgang Petrick (born 1939) * Johann Baptist Pflug (1785–1866) * Martin Erich Philipp (1887–1978) * Otto Piene (1928–2014) * Ludwig Pietsch (1824–1911) * Bruno Piglhein (1848–1894) * Carl Theodor von Piloty (1826–1886) * Hartmut Piniek (born 1950) * Theodor Pixis (1831–1907) * Oscar Pletsch (1830–1888) * Hermann Pleuer (1863–1911) * Bernhard Plockhorst (1825–1907) * Alois Plum (born 1935) * Tobias Pock (1609–1683) * Leon Pohle (1841–1908) * Sigmar Polke (1941–2010) * Heinrich Pommerencke (1821–1873) * Eduard Wilhelm Pose (1812–1878) * Michael Mathias Prechtl (1926–2003) * Johann Daniel Preissler (1666–1737) * Hermann Prell (1854–1922) * Hermione von Preuschen (1854–1918) * Heimrad Prem (1934–1978) * Johann Georg Primavesi (1774–1855) * Hans Purrmann (1880–1966) * Doramaria Purschian (1890–1972)


Q

* Franz Quaglio (1844–1920) * Simon Quaglio (1795–1878) * Silvia Quandt (born 1937) * Fritz Quant (1888–1933) * Otto Quante (1875–1947) * Curt Querner (1904–1976) * Tobias Querfurt (1660–1734)


R

* Doris Raab (1851–1933) * Johann Leonhard Raab (1825–1899) * Johann Heinrich Ramberg (1763–1840) * Johann Anton Ramboux (1790–1866) * Lilo Ramdohr (1913–2013) * Lilo Rasch-Naegele (1914–1978) * Neo Rauch (born 1960) * Robert Hermann Raudner (1854–1915) * Karl Raupp (1837–1918) * Christopher Rave (1881–1933) * Hilla von Rebay (1890–1967) * Anita Rée (1885–1933) * Willy Reetz (1892–1963) * Theodor Rehbenitz (1791–1861) * Elke Rehder (born 1953) * Carl Theodor Reiffenstein (1820–1893) * Johann Friedrich Reiffenstein (1719–1793) * Heinrich Reinhold (1788–1825) * Robert Reinick (1805–1852) * Carl Reinhardt (1818–1877) * Karl Rettich (painter), Karl Lorenz Rettich (1841–1904) * Moritz Retzsch (1779–1857) * Gerhardt Wilhelm von Reutern (1794–1865) * Ottilie Reylaender (1882–1965) * Gustav Richter (artist), Gustav Richter (1823–1884) * Hans Richter (artist), Hans Richter (1888–1976) * Adrian Ludwig Richter (1803–1884) * Gerhard Richter (born 1932) * Johann Elias Ridinger (1698–1767) * August Riedel (1799–1883) * Franz Riepenhausen (1786–1831) * Johannes Riepenhausen (1787–1860) * Johann Christoph Rincklake (1764–1813) * Joachim Ringelnatz (1883–1934) * Wilhelm Ripe (1818–1885) * Otto Ritschl (1860–1944) * Paul Ritter (painter), Paul Ritter (1829–1907) * Günter Rittner (1927–2020) * Lorenz Ritter (1832–1921) * Hartmut Ritzerfeld (1950–2024) * Theodor Rocholl (1854–1933) * Carl Röchling (1855–1920) * Bernhard Rode (1725–1797) * Hermen Rode (c. 1468–c. 1504) * Carl Rodeck (1841–1909) * Ottilie Roederstein (1859–1937) * Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947) * Julius Roeting (1822–1896) * Johann Martin von Rohden (1778–1868) * Stefan Roloff (born 1953) * Johann Heinrich Roos (1631–1685) * Johann Melchior Roos (1663–1731) * Philipp Peter Roos (1655–1706) * Theodor Roos (1638–1698) * Ludwig Rosenfelder (1813–1881) * Walter Alfred Rosam (1883–1916) * Mike Rose (painter), Mike Rose (1932–2006) * Waldemar Rösler (1882–1916) * Kurt Roth (1899–1975) * Ferdinand Rothbart (1823–1899) * Johannes Rottenhammer (1564–1625) * Christian Ruben (1805–1875) * Dieter Rübsaamen (born 1937) * Georg Philipp Rugendas (1666–1742) * Hans Hinrich Rundt (c. 1660–c. 1750) * Philipp Otto Runge (1777–1810) * Heinrich von Rustige (1810–1900)


S

* Georg Saal (1817–1870) * Rolf Sackenheim (1921–2006) * Hubert Salentin (1822–1910) * Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) * Joachim von Sandrart (1606–1688) * Georg Sauter (1866–1937) * Wilhelm Sauter (1896–1948) * Käte Schaller-Härlin (1877–1973) * Thomas Scheibitz (born 1968) * Wolfram Adalbert Scheffler (born 1956) * Auguste Schepp (1846–1905) * Osmar Schindler (1867–1927) * Adolf Schinnerer (1876–1949) * Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1807–1863) * Wilhelm Schirmer (1802–1866) * Eduard Schleich the Elder (1812–1874) * Oskar Schlemmer (1888–1943) * Thea Schleusner (1879–1964) * Hans-Jürgen Schlieker (1924–2004) * Eberhard Schlotter (1921–2014) * Torsten Schlüter (born 1959) * Georg Friedrich Schmidt (1712–1775) * Joost Schmidt (1893–1948) * Julia Schmidt (born 1976) * Jürgen Schmitt (artist), Jürgen Schmitt (born 1949) * Max Schmidt (1818–1901) * Gerda Schmidt-Panknin (1920–2021) * Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976) * Ruth Schmidt Stockhausen (1922–2014) * Marc Schmitz (born 1963) * Carl Schmitz-Pleis (1877–1943) * Bertha Schrader (1845–1920) * Leopold Schmutzler (1864–1940) * Friedrich Schneider (1786–1853) * Paul Schneider (painter), Paul Schneider (1884–1969) * Sascha Schneider (1870–1927) * Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken (1876–1943) * Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794–1872) * Otto Scholderer (1834–1902) * Georg Scholz (1890–1945) * Karl Schorn (1803–1850) * Ludwig Schongauer (c. 1440–1494) * Johann Heinrich Schönfeld (1609–1684) * Julius Schoppe (1795–1868) * Georg Schrimpf (1889–1938) * Adolf Schreyer (1828–1899) * Lothar Schreyer (1886–1966) * Hans Schröder (artist), Hans Schröder (1931–2010) * Werner Schramm (1898–1970) * Liselotte Schramm-Heckmann (1904–1995) * Daniel Schultz (1615–1683) * Bernard Schultze (1915–2005) * Fritz W. Schulz (1884–1962) * Emil Schumacher (1912–1999) * Johann Wilhelm Schütze, Wilhelm Schütze (1807–1878) * Fritz Schwegler (1935–2014) * Carlos Schwabe (1866–1926) * Otto Schwerdgeburth (1835–1866) * Martel Schwichtenberg (1896–1945) * Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948) * Lothar von Seebach (1853–1930) * Adolf Seel (1829–1907) * Else Sehrig-Vehling (1897–1994) * Louise Seidler (1786–1866) * Joseph Anton Settegast (1813–1890) * Christian Seybold (1695–1768) * Oskar Seyffert (1862–1940) * Arthur Siebelist (1870–1945) * Clara Siewert (1862–1945) * Ludovike Simanowiz (1759–1827) * Richard Simon (painter), Richard Simon (1898–1993) * Franz Skarbina (1849–1910) * Dirk Skreber (born 1961) * Maria Slavona (1865–1931) * Max Slevogt (1868–1932) * Karl Ferdinand Sohn (1805–1867) * Karl Rudolf Sohn (1845–1908) * Richard Sohn (1834–1912) * Wilhelm Sohn (1830–1899) * Alfred Sohn-Rethel (painter), Alfred Sohn-Rethel (1875–1958) * Else Sohn-Rethel (1853–1933) * Karli Sohn-Rethel (1882–1966) * Otto Sohn-Rethel (1877–1949) * Daniel Soreau (c. 1560–1619) * Isaak Soreau (1604–1644) * Michael Sowa (born 1945) * August Specht (1849–1923) * Friedrich Specht (1839–1909) * Erwin Speckter (1806–1835) * Johann Sperl (1840–1914) * Walter Spies (1895–1942) * Eugene Spiro (1874–1972) * Carl Spitzweg (1808–1885) * Hans Springinklee (c. 1490/5–c. 1540) * Gertrud Staats (1859–1938) * Anton Stankowski (1906–1998) * Carl Steffeck (1818–1890) * Jakob Steinhardt (1887–1968) * Hermann Stenner (1891–1914) * David D. Stern (born 1956) * Robert Sterl (1867–1932) * Joseph Karl Stieler (1781–1858) * Franz Seraph Stirnbrand (c. 1788/94–1882) * Dora Stock (1760–1832) * Minna Stocks (1846–1928) * Curt Stoermer (1891–1976) * Fritz Stoltenberg (1855–1921) * Eva Stort (1855–1936) * Sebastian Stoskopff (1597–1657) * Willy Stöwer (1864–1931) * Paul Strecker (1898–1950) * Bernhard Strigel (c. 1461–1528) * Helene Marie Stromeyer (1834–1924) * Hermann Struck (1876–1944) * Franz von Stuck (1863–1928) * Fritz Stuckenberg (1881–1944) * Absolon Stumme (?–1499) * Emil Stumpp (1886–1941) * Helmut Sturm (1932–2008) * Rudolph Suhrlandt (1781–1862) * Florian Süssmayr (born 1963) * Stefan Szczesny (born 1951)


T

* Ruben Talberg (born 1964) * Wilhelm Ternite (1786–1871) * Ebba Tesdorpf (1851–1920) * Heinz Tetzner (1920–2007) * Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721–1782) * Arthur Thiele (1860–1936) * Ludwig Thiersch (1825–1909) * Hans Thoma (1839–1924) * Paul Thumann (1834–1908) * Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1722–1789) * Johann Jacob Tischbein (1725–1791) * Johann Valentin Tischbein (1715–1768) * Ernst Toepfer (1877–1955) * Christiaan Tonnis (born 1956) * Gero Trauth (born 1942) * Hann Trier (1915–1999) * Wilhelm Trübner (1851–1917)


U

* Otto Ubbelohde (1867–1922) * Günther Uecker (born 1930) * Philipp Uffenbach (1566–1636) * Fritz von Uhde (1848–1911) * Maria Uhden (1892–1918) * Fred Uhlman (1901–1985) * Lesser Ury (1861–1931) * Adolf Uzarski (1885–1970)


V

* Johannes Veit (1790–1854) * Philipp Veit (1793–1877) * Henry Vianden (1814–1899) * Clara Vogedes (1892–1983) * Hugo Vogel (painter), Hugo Vogel (1855–1934) * Heinrich Vogeler (1872–1942) * Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein (1788–1868) * Karl Völker (1889–1962) * Max Volkhart (1848–1924) * Adolph Friedrich Vollmer (1806–1875) * Friedrich Voltz (1817–1886) * Johann Michael Voltz (1784–1858) * Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart (1899–1962) * Wolf Vostell (1932–1998)


W

* Karl Wilhelm Wach (1787–1845) * Friedrich Wachenhusen (1859–1925) * Carl Wagner (painter), Carl Wagner (1796–1867) * Johann Salomon Wahl (1689–1765) * Paul Wallat (1879–1964) * Horst Walter (1936–2012) * Petrus Wandrey (1939–2012) * Corinne Wasmuht (born 1964) * Max Peiffer Watenphul (1896–1976) * August Weber (1817–1873) * Felix Weber (artist), Felix Weber (born 1965) * Paul Weber (artist), Paul Weber (1823–1916) * Johannes Wechtlin (c. 1480–?) * Karl Weinmair (1906–1944) * Friedrich Georg Weitsch (1758–1828) * Theodor Leopold Weller (1802–1880) * Gottlieb Welté (1745–1792) * Anton von Werner (1843–1915) * Eberhard Werner (1924–2002) * Brigitta Westphal (born 1944) * Friedrich Bernhard Westphal (1803–1844) * Sascha Wiederhold (1904–1962) * Christian Wilberg (1839–1882) * Ludwig Wilding (1927–2010) * August von Wille (1828–1887) * Michael Willmann (1630–1706) * Albert Windisch (1878–1967) * Fritz Winter (1905–1976) * Harald Winter (born 1953) * Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805–1873) * Hermann Wislicenus (1825–1899) * Adolf Wissel (1894–1973) * Johann Michael Wittmer (1802–1880) * Edmund Wodick (1816–1886) * Christoph Wilhelm Wohlien (1811–1869) * Karla Woisnitza (born 1952) * Julie Wolfthorn (1864–1944) * Joseph Wolf (1820–1899) * Balduin Wolff (1819–1907) * Michael Wolgemut (1434–1519) * Gert Heinrich Wollheim (1894–1974) * Walter Womacka (1925–2010) * Georg Philipp Wörlen (1886–1954) * Franz Wulfhagen (c. 1624–1670) * Paul Wunderlich (1927–2010) * Noah Wunsch (born 1970) * Nicholas Wurmser (1298–1367)


Z

* Erich Zander (art director), Erich Zander (1889–1965) * Herbert Zangs (1924–2003) * Ernst Zehle (1876–1940) * Johann Eleazar Zeissig (1737–1806) * Bartholomäus Zeitblom (c. 1450–c. 1519) * Wolfgang Zelmer (born 1948) * Alexander Zick (1845–1907) * Januarius Zick (1730–1797) * Adolf Ziegler (1892–1959) * Hans-Peter Zimmer (1936–1992) * Adolf Zimmermann (1799–1859) * Albert Zimmermann (1808–1888) * Clemens von Zimmermann (1788–1869) * Johann Baptist Zimmermann (1680–1758) * Max Zimmermann (1811–1878) * Reinhard Sebastian Zimmermann (1815–1893) * Richard Zimmermann (1820–1875) * Robert Zimmermann (painter), Robert Zimmermann (1815–1864) * Thomas Zipp (born 1966) * Heinrich von Zügel (1850–1941) * Anton Zwengauer (1810–1884) * Anton Georg Zwengauer (1850–1928) * Gustav Philipp Zwinger (1779–1819) * Oskar Zwintscher (1870–1916)


See also

*:German painters *List of German artists – including all visual and plastic arts *List of German women artists


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:German painters German painters, * Lists of German people by occupation, Painters Lists of painters by nationality, German