This is a list of German

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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 pr ...

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Aatifi Aatifi (born 1965) is a contemporary Afghan-German painter, printmaker and calligrapher. He was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He lives and works in Bielefeld, Germany. His works contain abstracted Arabian calligraphy and modern European influence ...

(born 1965) * Karl Abt (1899–1985) * Tomma Abts (born 1967) * Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910) * Oswald Achenbach (1827–1905) * Herbert Achternbusch (1938–2022) * Franz Ackermann (born 1963) * Johann Adam Ackermann (1780–1853) *

Max Ackermann Max Ackermann (5 October 1887 – 14 November 1975) was a German painter and graphic artist of abstract works and representational art. Life and work Born in Berlin on 5 October 1887, Ackermann started carving wooden figures and modellin ...

(1887–1975) * Otto Ackermann (1872–1953) * Albrecht Adam (1786–1862) *

Benno Adam Benno Rafael Adam (15 July 1812, Munich - 8 March 1892, Kelheim) was a German animal painter. Life He was the eldest son of the painter Albrecht Adam, and distinguished himself especially by his depictions of game animals, hunting dogs and pets ...

(1812–1892) * Emil Adam (1843–1924) * Eugen Adam (1817–1880) * Franz Adam (1815–1886) * Heinrich Adam (1787–1862) * Luitpold Adam (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 (1888–1976) * Heinrich Jacob Aldenrath (1775–1844) *

William Alexander William or Bill Alexander may refer to: Literature *William Alexander (poet) (1808–1875), American poet and author * William Alexander (journalist and author) (1826–1894), Scottish journalist and author *William Alexander (author) (born 1976), ...

(1915–1997) * Christian Wilhelm Allers (1857–1915) *

Jakob Alt Jakob Alt (27 September 1789 – 30 September 1872) was a German painter and lithographer. Life Alt was the son of Barbara Alt, nee Horst, and Frankfurt carpenter Johann Leonhart Alt. He was born at Frankfurt am Main in 1789, where he received ...

(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 Danube Sc ...

(c 1480–1538) * Kai Althoff (born 1966) *

Karl Altmann Karl Altmann (13 January 1802 in Feuchtwangen – 11 January 1861 in Munich) was a German painter. The son of Joseph Altmann, he was born in Feuchtwangen and grew up in Ansbach. He studied painting in Munich and then at the Arts Academy Dresde ...

(1802–1861) * Hans am Ende (1864–1918) * Christoph Amberger (1505–1562) *

Heinrich Amersdorffer __NOTOC__ Heinrich Amersdorffer (10 December 1905 – 2 December 1986) was a German painter, printmaker, war artist and art teacher. Life Amersdorffer was a son of Alexander Amersdorffer (1875–1946), the successor to art historian Ludwig ...

(1905–1986) * Tobias Andreae (1823–1873) * Peter Angermann (born 1945) * Hermann Anschütz (1802–1880) * Horst Antes (born 1936) * Karl von Appen (1900–1981) * Joseph Ignaz Appiani (1706–1785) * Clara Arnheim (1865–1942) *

Johann Samuel Arnhold Johann Samuel Arnhold (22 December 1766 – 1 January 1828) was a German painter. He was born at Heinitz (now part of Käbschütztal), a village near Meissen, and studied in the Art School of the Porcelain factory of Meissen, of which he subse ...

(1766–1828) * Ferdinand von Arnim (1814–1866) *

Heinrich Gotthold Arnold Heinrich Gotthold Arnold (March 4, 1785 in , WachauMay 3, 1854 in Dresden) was a German painter. Life Arnold was born in 1785 at , near Radeberg in Saxony. He was a pupil of at the Dresden Art Academy, and studied the works of Titian, Guido R ...

(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 in Straßburg (now Stras ...

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Otto Arpke Otto Arpke (16 October 1886 – 4 December 1943) was a graphic artist, illustrator, painter, and teacher at the Kunst- und Gewerbeschule in Mainz. Arpke was famous for his designs for the movie Das Kabinet des Dr Caligari and posters for the No ...

(1886–1943) * Isidor Ascheim (1891–1968) *

Hans Aschenborn Hans Anton Aschenborn (1 February 1888 – 10 April 1931) was a renowned animal painter of African wildlife. He is the father of Dieter Aschenborn and the grandfather of Hans Ulrich Aschenborn, both painters. Hans Anton worked both in Germany ...

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Fritz Ascher Fritz Ascher (17 October 1893 in Berlin, Germany – 26 March 1970 in Berlin, Germany) was a German artist, whose work is characterized by Expressionist and Symbolist sensitivity. In paintings, works on paper and poetry he explored existential q ...

(1893–1970) * Louis Asher (1804–1878) * Frank Auerbach (born 1931)

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Johannes Theodor Baargeld Johannes Theodor Baargeld was a pseudonym of Alfred Emanuel Ferdinand Grünwald (9 October 1892 – 16 or 17 August 1927), a German painter and poet who, together with Max Ernst, founded the Cologne Dada group. He also used the name Zentrod ...

(1892–1927) *

Elvira Bach Elvira Bach (born 22 June 1951) is a postmodernist German painter known for her colourful images of women.Hahn, Werner (23 September 2011)"Gegenwarts-Kunst belanglos - NIEDERGANG/Misere: Werke von ELVIRA BACH (postmoderne „Junge Wilde“) im Ob ...

(born 1951) * Johann Sebastian Bach (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 (c. 1484–1545) * Jan Balet (1913–2009) * Karl Ballenberger (1801–1860) * Hans Baluschek (1870–1935) * Fritz Bamberger (1814–1873) * Ernst von Bandel (1800–1876) *

Caroline Bardua Caroline Bardua (also Karoline Bardua; 11 November 1781 in Ballenstedt, Anhalt-Bernburg – 2 June 1864) was a German painter. She was one of the first middle-class women who was able to create an existence for herself as an independent artist. ...

(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 painter, sculptor and graphic artist. In the 1960s he became well known for his figurative, expressive paintings. In 1969 he began painting his subjects upside down in an effort to overcome the ...

(born 1938) *

Emil Bauch Emil Bauch (1823 in Hamburg, Germany – after 1874 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was a German painter, lithographer and teacher who came to reside in the city of Rio de Janeiro. He painted panoramic city scenes and portraits, as well as some ...

(1823–c. 1874) * Jeanna Bauck (1840–1926) * Michael Bauer (born 1973) * Rudolf Bauer (1889–1953) *

Gustav Bauernfeind Gustav Bauernfeind (; 4 September 1848, in Sulz am Neckar – 24 December 1904, in Jerusalem) was a German painter, illustrator and architect of partly Jewish origin. He is considered to be one of the most notable Orientalist painters of Germ ...

(1848–1904) * Paul Baum (1859–1932) * Willi Baumeister (1889–1955) * Karin Baumeister-Rehm (born 1971) * Tilo Baumgartel (born 1972) *

Armin Baumgarten Armin Baumgarten (born 25 September 1967 in Wolfsburg) is a German painter and sculptor. Life Armin Baumgarten spent his childhood in Lower Saxony and dealt early with drawing and painting, supported by his art teacher Wilfried Wöhler also w ...

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Bodo Baumgarten Bodo Baumgarten (born 25 November 1940) is a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and educator. He is a former professor at Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar (HBK) in Saarland. Biography Bodo Baumgarten was born on 25 November 1940 i ...

(born 1940) * Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1640) * August von Bayer (1803–1875) *

Thommie Bayer Thommie Bayer (Thomas Bayer-Heer, born 22 April 1953) is a German writer, musician and painter. Bayer was born in Esslingen am Neckar, near Stuttgart (where he attended school). From 1972 to 1978, he studied at the Stuttgart State Academy of Ar ...

(born 1953) * Alf Bayrle (1900–1982) *

Fritz Beblo Friedrich Karl Ewald Beblo (10 November 1872, Breslau – 11 April 1947, Munich) was a German city planner, architect and painter. Early life and education His father, Emil Beblo, was a secondary school teacher. Fritz was a class comrade of ac ...

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August Becker August Becker (17 August 1900 – 31 December 1967) was a mid-ranking functionary in the 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 compartment u ...

(1821–1887) * Ferdinand Becker (1846–1877) * Hermann Heinrich Becker (1817–1885) * Jakob Becker (1810–1872) *

Ludwig Hugo Becker Ludwig Hugo Becker (July 19, 1833 in Wesel - December 25, 1868 in Düsseldorf) was a painter and etcher. Becker was born at Wesel and studied landscape painting under Schirmer and Gude, at Düsseldorf, about 1852. He afterwards visited Westpha ...

(1834–1868) * Philipp Jakob Becker (1763–1829) * Max Beckmann (1884–1950) * Karl Becker (1820–1900) *

Benedikt Beckenkamp Johann (Kaspar) Benedikt Beckenkamp (1747–1828) was a German painter. Life Beckenkamp was born in 1747 in the valley of Ehrenbreitstein, near Koblenz. He studied under his father Lorenz Beckenkamp and Jan Zick, at Koblenz. At first he dev ...

(1747–1828) * René Beeh (1886−1922) *

Josef Konstantin Beer Josef Konstantin Beer (11 March 1862 – 27 February 1933) was a German Bohemian painter, restorer and art collector. Biography Beer was born on 11 March 1862 in Most, Bohemia, Austrian Empire. He left his home city in 1879 and went to Vienna, ...

(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. He was the first in a multi-generational "dynasty" of ...

(1794–1854) * Luise Begas-Parmentier (1843–1920) *

Oskar Begas Oskar Begas (31 July 1828 in Berlin – 10 November 1883 in Berlin) was a German portrait and history painter. Life and career He took his first lessons from his father, the well-known painter Carl Joseph Begas, and began by doing portra ...

(1828–1883) *

Akbar Behkalam Akbar Behkalam ( fa, اکبر بهکلام, born 16 September 1944) is an Iranian-born German painter and sculptor. Biography Akbar Behkalam was born in Tabriz, Iran on 16 September 1944, the capital of the Iranian province East Azerbaijan. F ...

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Franz Joachim Beich Franz Joachim Beich (1666–1748) was a Bavarian painter. Life Franz Joachim Beich was born at Ravensburg (in today's Baden-Württemberg), on October 15, 1666.

(1666–1748) *

Johannes Beilharz Johannes Beilharz (born 15 January 1956) is a German poet, painter and translator. Beilharz was born in Oberndorf am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, attended local schools, studied English, French, Spanish and Catalan at the University of Regensb ...

(born 1956) * Gisela Beker (born 1932) * Hans Bellmer (1920–1975) *

Eduard Bendemann Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann (3 December 1811, Berlin – 27 December 1889, Düsseldorf) was a German-Jewish painter. Biography Bendemann was born in Berlin. His father, Anton Heinrich Bendemann, was a Jewish banker. His mother, Fanny E ...

(1811–1889) * Amalie Bensinger (1809–1889) *

William Berczy William von Moll Berczy (December 10, 1744 – February 5, 1813) was a German-born Upper Canada pioneer and painter. He is considered one of the co-founders of the Town of York, Upper Canada, now Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Biography Berczy ...

(1744–1813) * Charlotte Berend-Corinth (1880–1967) *

Josefa Berens-Totenohl Josefa Berens-Totenohl (30 March 1891, in Grevenstein, Sauerland – 6 June 1969) was a German writer and painter. She was the daughter of a blacksmith. First she became a teacher, but later worked as a writer and painter and made elaborate tap ...

(1891–1969) * Rudolf Bergander (1909–1970) * Claus Bergen (1885–1964) *

Georg Bergmann Georg Bergmann (1821–1870) was a German painter of historical subjects and portraits. Life Bergmann was born at Celle, near Hanover, in 1821. He studied under Theodor Hildebrandt at the Düsseldorf Academy from 1843 to 1847. Having finished his ...

(1821–1870) *

Johann Martin Bernatz Johann Martin Bernatz (22 March 1802 – 19 December 1878), was a German landscape artist. Born in Speyer and trained in Vienna, Austria, he spent much of his life in Munich. He accompanied an expedition to Egypt and the Holy Land in 1836, and ...

(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 Karl Eduard Biermann (1803–92) was a German landscape painter. Biography He was born in Berlin. He was at first a decorative painter, but afterwards studied landscape in Switzerland, the Tyrol, and Italy, and was one of the founders and ...

(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 Anna Katharina Block (1642–1719) was a German Baroque flower painter. Biography She was born Anna Katharina Fischer in Nuremberg. According to Houbraken she was the daughter of the flower painter Johann Thomas Fischer who taught her to paint.< ...

(1642–1719) * Benjamin von Block (1631–1690) *

Josef Block Josef Block (27 November 1863 – 20 December 1943) was a German painter. Life and career Block was born in Bernstadt an der Weide (Bierutów) in Prussian Silesia. He was a scholar of the Breslau (Wrocław) Art Academy, where his lifelong fr ...

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Hugo von Blomberg August Gotthold Dietrich Hugo, Baron von Blomberg, a poet and painter, was born at Berlin in 1820. He studied under Karl Wilhelm Wach in the Academy at Berlin, and under Léon Cogniet at Paris, and copied Rubens's works in the Louvre. He died ...

(1820–1871) *

Oscar Bluemner Oscar Bluemner (June 21, 1867 – January 12, 1938), born Friedrich Julius Oskar Blümner and after 1933 known as Oscar Florianus Bluemner, was a Prussian-born American Modernist painter. Early life Bluemner was born as Friedrich Julius Oskar B ...

(1867–1938) * Gregor von Bochmann (1850–1930) *

Arnold Bode Arnold Bode (23 December 1900 – 3 October 1977) was a German architect, painter, designer and curator. Arnold was born in Kassel, Germany. From 1928 to 1933, he worked as a painter and university lecturer in Berlin. However, when the Nazis ca ...

(1900–1977) * Leopold Bode (1831–1906) *

Gottlieb Bodmer Gottlieb Bodmer (1804–1837) was a German painter, designer, and lithographer. Life Bodmer was born at Munich in 1804. He first painted portraits under Stieler. In 1829 he lithographed the '' Madonna di San Sisto'', after the engraving of ...

(1804–1837) * Arvid Boecker (born 1964) *

Pedro Boese Pedro Boese (born 1972) is a German/Portuguese painter. Life and work Pedro Boese was born in Beira, Portuguese Mozambique. *1993–1997: graduation from the Academie Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht in painting and etching *1998–2001: postgrad ...

(born 1972) *

Corbinian Böhm Corbinian Böhm (born Munich, 7 August 1966) is a German painter, installation artist and sculptor. Biography Böhm has grown up with five siblings in Harlaching, a borough of Munich. One of his brothers is the ski mountaineer Benedikt Böhm. ...

(born 1966) * Hans Bohrdt (1857–1945) *

Christian Ludwig Bokelmann Christian Ludwig Bokelmann (4 February 1844 in St.Jürgen, near Bremen – 14 May 1894 in Berlin) was a German genre painter in the Realistic and Naturalistic styles; associated with the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Biography His father was a ...

(1844–1894) * Hanns Bolz (1885–1918) * Friedrich von Bömches (1916–2010) *

Paula Bonte Paula Bonte (1840-1902) was a German landscape painter. Biography Bonte was born on 15 April 1840 in Magdeburg, Germany. She studied with and Otto von Kameke in Berlin. She exhibited her work at the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columb ...

(1840–1902) *

Hinrik Bornemann Hinrik Bornemann (b. circa 1450 in Hamburg, d. 1499- Also known as Henrik Bornemann or Hinrich Bornemann) was a Northern German Late Gothic painter. He was the son of Hans Bornemann, who died in 1474. After his father's death his mother was th ...

(c. 1450–1499) * Friedrich Boser (1811–1881) *

Harald Julius von Bosse Harald Julius von Bosse (28 September 1812 – 10 March 1894; ''Гаральд Юлиус Боссе'') was a 19th-century architect and painter. He was descended from a Germano-Baltic noble family and was a subject of the Russian Empire. L ...

(1812–1894) * Otto Richard Bossert (1874–1919) * Eberhard Bosslet (born 1953) * Friedrich August Bouterwek (1806–1867) * Anton Braith (1836–1905) *

August von Brandis August Friedrich Carl von Brandis (12 May 1859 in Berlin-Haselhorst - 18 October 1947 in Aachen) was a German impressionist painter, best known for his interiors. He painted Aachen Cathedral in several works. Biography August von Brandis cam ...

(1859–1947) * Martin Brandenburg (1870–1919) * Heinrich Brandes (1803–1868) * Marianne Brandt (1893–1983) *

Louis Braun Louis Braun (23 September 1836 – 18 February 1916) was a German painter, mostly of battle scenes. Biography He was born at Schwäbisch Hall, Württemberg, and was educated in Munich and in Paris. He followed as an illustrator the Austr ...

(1836–1916) * VG Braun-Dusemond (1919–1998) * Rudolf Bredow (1909–1973) * Ferdinand Max Bredt (1860–1921) *

K.P. Brehmer Klaus Peter Brehmer (12 September 1938 in Berlin, Germany – 16 December 1997 in Hamburg, Germany), was a German painter, graphic artist and filmmaker. From 1971 to 1997 he was professor at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. ...

(1938–1997) * Carl Breitbach (1833–1904) * Heinrich Breling (1849–1914) *

Albert Heinrich Brendel Albert Heinrich Brendel, who was born in Berlin in 1827, studied in the Prussian Academy of Arts under Wilhelm Krause. In 1851 he went to Paris, and studied under Couture and Palizzi; thence to Italy, and home to Berlin in 1853, completing his ...

(1827–1895) * Louise Catherine Breslau (1856–1927) * Johann Michael Bretschneider (1680–1729) *

Philipp Hieronymus Brinckmann Philipp Hieronymus Brinckmann or Brinkman (1709 – 21 December 1760) was a German painter and engraver Life He was a student of Johann Georg Dathan in Speyer. In 1733, he was named a court painter by Elector Charles Philipp in Mannheim. He ...

(1709–1760) *

Gottfried Brockmann Gottfried Waldemar Brockmann (1903 – 1983) was a German artist, educator, publisher, and served as a cultural advisor for the city of Kiel, Germany. He taught at Muthesius Academy of Art in Kiel. Early life and education Gottfried Brockmann w ...

(1903–1983) * Heinrich Brocksieper (1898–1968) * Christian Brod (1917–2012) *

August Bromeis August Bromeis, a landscape painter, who was born at Wilhelmshöhe in 1813, first studied in the academy of his native town, then at Munich, from 1831 to 1833, in which year he went to Rome, where he was much influenced by the style of J. A. K ...

(1813–1881) *

Franz Bronstert Franz Bronstert (18 February 1895 – 29 October 1967)exactly in the village Rauenberg; nowadays belonging to the city of Freudenberg was a German engineer and painter. Life and art Franz Bronstert was born to the teacher for arts and musi ...

(1895–1967) *

Wilhelm Brücke Johann Wilhelm Brücke (4 March 1800, Stralsund - 1 April 1874, Berlin) was a German landscape and architecture painter. Life After completing school in Stralsund, he enrolled at the Prussian Academy of the Arts where he studied under Jo ...

(1800–1874) * Alexander Bruckmann (1806–1852) * Ferdinand Brütt (1849–1936) * Christoph Brüx (born 1965) *

Lothar-Günther Buchheim Lothar-Günther Buchheim () (February 6, 1918 – February 22, 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 ...

(1918–2007) *

Carl Buchheister Carl Buchheister (17 October 1890 – 2 February 1964) was a German constructivist artist noted for his multiple series of "model paintings"''Constructivist Design, published by Galerie Lambert Weyl, 1958'' at Galerie Lambert Weyl, Paris. which h ...

(1890–1964) * Erich Buchholz (1891–1972) *

Ludwig Buchhorn Karl Ludwig Bernhard Christian Buchhorn (18 April 1770, in Halberstadt – 13 November 1856, in Berlin) was a German painter and engraver. Life Between 1790 and 1793, Buchhorn was at the Prussian Academy of Arts. In addition to aquatint and ...

(1770–1856) * Elisabeth Büchsel (1867–1957) *

Heinz Budweg Heinz Budweg (born 1 May 1940) is a German painter who currently resides in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Budweg is considered the best living artists in the speciality of painting the Indians of the Amazon Forest. Early life and career Born in Berlin, G ...

(born 1940) * Karl Albert Buehr (1866–1952) * Franz Bunke (1857–1939) *

Anton Burger Anton "Toni" Burger (19 November 1911 – 25 December 1991) was a (Captain) in the German Nazi SS, in Greece (1944) and of Theresienstadt concentration camp. Military career Anton Burger was born in Neunkirchen, Austria, the son of a station ...

(1824–1905) * Ludwig Burger (1825–1884) * Jonas Burgert (born 1969) * Heinrich Bürkel (1802–1869) *

Peter Burnitz Carl Peter Burnitz (14 January 1824, Frankfurt - 18 August 1886, Frankfurt) was a German landscape painter who began as a lawyer. Life and work He became an orphan at the age of nine and was placed under the care of his uncle, the architect R ...

(1824–1886) * Friedrich Bury (1763–1823) * Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908) *

Georg Heinrich Busse Georg Heinrich Busse (17 July 1810 – 26 February 1868), a landscape painter and engraver, was born at Bennenmühlen, near Hanover. He studied drawing under Giesewell, and then proceeded, with royal assistance, to Dresden, where he learnt e ...

(1810–1868) * Michael Buthe (1944–1994) *

Bernhard Buttersack Bernhard Buttersack (16 March 1858, Bad Liebenzell — 6 May 1925, Icking) was a German landscape painter of the Munich School. Life and work He displayed artistic talent at an early age, was encouraged by his parents and began his studies at t ...

(1858–1925) * Erich Büttner (1889–1936) * André Butzer (born 1973)

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Daniel Caffé Daniel Caffé (21 July 1750 – 16 January 1815) was a German pastel painter of portraits. Caffé was born in Küstrin, and began his career as a painter of architectural decoration. He traveled to Dresden, where he became a portrait artist. ...

(1750–1815) * Heinrich Campendonk (1889–1957) * Wilhelm Camphausen (1818–1885) * Peter Candid (c. 1548–1628) * Johann Hermann Carmiencke (1810–1867) * Carl Gustav Carus (1789–1869) * Peter Caulitz (c.1650–1719) *

Ludwig Choris Louis Choris (1795–1828) was a German-Russian painter and explorer.Louis Choris
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(1795–1828) *

Philipp Christfeld Johann Philipp Christfeld (born 1796 or 1797 – 6 January 1874) was a German porcelain painter. Christfeld was born in Frankenthal. He is recorded as living at ''Lerchen Straße 42'' in Munich in around 1850. Christfeld died in Munich in 1874.T ...

(1796/97–1874) * Kiddy Citny (born 1957) * Lorenz Clasen (1812–1899) * Gustav Adolf Closs (1864–1938) * Ferdinand Collmann (1762–1837) *

Edward Harrison Compton Edward Harrison Compton (11 October 1881 – 6 March 1960) was a German landscape painter and illustrator of English descent. Biography Compton was born in Feldafing in Upper Bavaria, Germany, the second son of notable landscape painter Edwar ...

(1881–1960) * Edward Theodore Compton (1849–1921) *

Carl Conjola Carl Conjola (5 February 1773 – 19 November 1831) was a German landscape painter in water colours and oil. He was born in Mannheim, and died in Munich. By way of support from Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, he studied painting in Mun ...

(1773–1831) *

Carl Emanuel Conrad Carl Emanuel Conrad (20 March 1810 - 12 July 1873), was an architectural painter. He instructed first in Berlin and afterwards at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, which he attended from 1835 till 1839. Both in this institution and at the Reals ...

(1810–1873) *

Johann Wilhelm Cordes Johann Wilhelm Cordes (14 March 1824, Lübeck - 16 August 1869, Lübeck) was a German landscape painter. Biography He came from a family of merchants and had his primary education at the Katharineum. Originally, he was apprenticed to a commer ...

(1824–1869) * Lovis Corinth (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 Lucas or LUCAS may refer to: People ...

(1554–1595) *

Lucas Cranach the Elder Lucas Cranach the Elder (german: Lucas Cranach der Ältere ; – 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 ...

(c. 1472–1553) * Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515–1586) * Georg Heinrich Crola (1804–1879)

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Eduard Daege Eduard Wilhelm Daege (10 April 1805, in Berlin – 6 June 1883, in Berlin) was a German painter who served as Director for both the Prussian Academy of Art and the National Gallery.''Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers'', ed. by Mic ...

(1805–1883) * Heinrich Anton Dähling (1773–1850) *

Maximilian Dasio __NOTOC__ Maximilian Dasio (28 February 1865, City of Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, Royal Bavaria (German Confederation#Ludwig I, Maximilian II and the Revolutions, German Confederation) 17 August 1954, Oberammergau ( bar, Obaammagau), Garmisch-Pa ...

(1865–1954) * Gabriela Dauerer (born 1958) * Heinrich Maria Davringhausen (1894–1970) * John Decker (1895–1947) * Wilm Dedeke (c. 1460–c. 1528) *

Ernst Deger Ernst Deger (15 April 1809, Bockenem - 27 January 1885, Düsseldorf) was a German religious artist, in the style of the Nazarene movement. He is considered to be the main representative of Christian art in the Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Life ...

(1809–1885) * Balthasar Denner (1685–1749) *

Adolf Des Coudres Adolf Des Coudres (2 June 1862, Karlsruhe - 21 September 1924, Fürstenfeldbruck) was a German landscape painter. Biography The Des Coudres family originated in Switzerland. His father was Ludwig des Coudres, a painter and Professor at the Ac ...

(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 (1851–1913) *

Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann (9 September 1809, Frankfurt - 30 May 1885, Frankfurt) was a German illustrator, genre and landscape painter. He was also one of the co-founders of the Artists' Colony at Kronberg. Life He was the son of a garde ...

(1809–1885) * Albert Christoph Dies (1755–1822) *

Anton Dietrich Anton Dietrich (27 May 1833 – 4 August 1904) was a :German painters, German painter who focused on murals, particularly frescos. Biography Born in Meissen, Dietrich joined the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts at age 14 and studied sculpture un ...

(1833–1904) * Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (1712–1774) * Wendel Dietterlin (c. 1550–1599) * Feodor Dietz (1813–1870) * Wilhelm von Diez (1839–1907) *

Ludwig Dill Wilhelm Franz Karl Ludwig Dill (2 February 1848, Gernsbach - 24 October 1940, Karlsruhe) was a German ship and landscape painter who was a founding member of the Munich Secession. Life and work He was the only son of the Tax Assessor (later ...

(1848–1940) * Johann Georg von Dillis (1759–1841) *

Georg Friedrich Dinglinger Johann Melchior Dinglinger (26 December 1664 –6 March 1731) was one of Europe's greatest goldsmiths, whose major works for the elector of Saxony, Augustus the Strong, survived in the Grünes Gewölbe (the "Green Vaults"), Dresden. Dinglinge ...

(1666–1720) * Otto Dix (1891–1969) * Carl Emil Doepler (1824–1905) * Emil Doepler (1855–1922) * Max Doerner (1870–1939) *

Franz Domscheit Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see ...

(1880–1965) * Franz Burchard Dörbeck (1799–1835) * Johann Jakob Dorner the Elder (1741–1813) * Anton Josef Dräger (1794–1833) * Heinrich Dreber (1822–1875) *

Johann Friedrich Dryander Johann Friedrich Dryander (26 April 1756, in Sankt Johann, Saarbrücken – 29 March 1812, in Sankt Johann, Saarbrücken) was a German painter. Dryander created several portraits of French officers, notably: * ''French troops before Saint ...

(1756–1812) * Eugen Dücker (1756–1812) * Balthasar Anton Dunker (1746–1807) * Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) *

Hermann Dyck Hermann Dyck (4 October 1812 – 25 March 1874), a Bavarian painter, born at Würzburg in 1812, studied architectural and genre painting at Munich. His works are original and of great humour, and are neatly and carefully executed. The satirical ...

(1812–1874) * Udo Dziersk (born 1961)

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Konrad Eberhard Konrad Eberhard (25 November 1768 – 12 March 1859), a German historical painter, better known as a sculptor, was one of the foremost artists of the so-called Nazarene School, which at one time gathered round Friedrich Overbeck in Rome. Bio ...

(1768–1859) *

Adam Eberle Adam Eberle (27 March 1804 – 15 April 1832), one of the earliest and most gifted pupils of Peter von Cornelius, was born at Aachen in 1804. He studied painting at the Düsseldorf Academy, and afterwards went with Cornelius to Munich. After comm ...

(1804–1832) * Robert Eberle (1815–1862) *

Johann Christian Eberlein Johann Christian Eberlein (1770–1815), a German painter, was born at Göttingen about 1770, and died there in 1815. An ''Italian Landscape'' by him is in the Neue Pinakothek, Modern Gallery at Munich. See also * List of German painters Refere ...

(1770–1815) * John Giles Eccardt (1720–1799) * Michael Echter (1812–1879) *

Friedrich Eckenfelder Friedrich Eckenfelder (6 March 1861 – 11 May 1938) was a German impressionist painter, best known for his portrayals of farm horses and for townscapes with a background of the Swabian Alps. He was born and raised in modest circumstances, bu ...

(1861–1938) * Heinrich Ambros Eckert (1807–1840) *

Otto Eckmann Otto Eckmann (19 November 1865 – 11 June 1902) was a German painter and graphic artist. He was a prominent member of the "floral" branch of Jugendstil. He created the Eckmann typeface, which was based on Japanese calligraphy and medieval fon ...

(1865–1902) *

John Eckstein Johann or John Eckstein (1735-1817), was a German-born sculptor, engraver and painter who worked briefly in London before establishing himself in his homeland and then in America. He is not to be confused with his son, also known as John, a pa ...

(1735–1817) * Martin Eder (born 1968) *

Carl Eggers Carl Johann Adolf Eggers (1 October 1787, Neustrelitz – 24 July 1863, Neustrelitz) was a German history painter. Life and work From 1809 to 1812, he studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, with the history painter, Friedrich Matthäi. ...

(1787–1863) * Franz Xaver Eggert (1802–1876) *

Julie von Egloffstein Julie von Egloffstein (September 12, 1792 – January 16, 1869), countess, canoness of Hildesheim, was a German artist, encouraged in her work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Life She was born in Erlangen, daughter of Gottfried Friedrich Leopol ...

(1792–1869) *

Julius von Ehren Julius von Ehren (23 August 1864 - 8 November 1944) was a German Post-Impressionist painter. Biography His father was a sailmaker whose family had been fishing along the Elbe since the 17th century. He attended primary school in Altona. In 18 ...

(1864–1944) *

Paul Ehrenberg Paul Ehrenberg (1876–1949) was a German violinist and impressionist painter, brother of Carl Ehrenberg and half-brother of Hilde Distel. Ehrenberg was a student of the painter Heinrich von Zügel. He was a member of the Luitpoldsgruppe and ...

(1876–1949) * Friedrich Eibner (1826–1877) *

Franz Eichhorst Franz Eichhorst (Berlin 7 September 1885 – 30 April 1948 Innsbruck) was a German painter, engraver and illustrator, one of a number of German artists known for his war paintings supporting the Nazi regime.McCloskey, Barbara''Artists of Worl ...

(1885–1948) * Elisabeth von Eicken (1862–1940) *

Andreas Eigner Andreas Eigner (1801–1870), who was born at Diedldorf, Upper Palatinate, distinguished himself as a painter and a restorer of old pictures. He successfully employed alcoholic vapours, and a varnish of his own invention, to protect paintings a ...

(1801–1870) * Fritz Eisel (1929–2010) *

Marie Ellenrieder Marie Ellenrieder (20 March 1791 – 5 June 1863) was a German painter known for her portraits and religious paintings. Life and career Ellenrieder was born in Konstanz, Germany in 1791, the daughter of Konrad and Anna Maria Herrmann, and ...

(1791–1863) *

Friedrich August Elsasser Friedrich August Elsasser (1810-1845), a painter of landscapes and architectural views, was born at Berlin and studied at the Academy of that city under Blechen, whose influence on art was at that time very great. In 1831 he went to Italy, and ...

(1810–1845) * Adam Elsheimer (1578–1610) *

Ludwig Elsholtz Ludwig Elsholtz (1805-1850), a German painter of genre subjects and battles, born at Berlin, studied in the Academy of his native city, and afterwards in the studio of Franz Krüger, the painter of horses. His best work is ''The Battle of Leip ...

(1805–1850) *

Wilhelm Emelé Wilhelm Emelé (30 May 1830 Buchen, Odenwald - 11 October 1905 Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German painter of horses, military scenes and hunting scenes. Biography He first adopted a military career but studied art with Feodor Dietz at Muni ...

(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 Josef also Joseph Otto Entres (13 March 1804 – 14 May 1870) was a German sculptor and painter. Entres was born in Fürth, and studied sculpture in Munich after July 1822, where he was a student of Konrad Eberhard. He died in Munich, where he l ...

(1804–1870) * Ulrich Erben (born 1940) * Otto Erdmann (1834–1905) *

Fritz Erler Fritz Erler (15 December 1868 – 11 December 1940) was a German painter, graphic designer and scenic designer. Although most talented as an interior designer, he is perhaps best remembered for several propaganda posters he produced during W ...

(1868–1940) * Johann Franz Ermels (1641–1693) * Max Ernst (1891–1976) * Hermann Eschke (1823–1900) *

Stefan Ettlinger Stefan Ettlinger (born 28 November 1958 in Nürnberg, Germany) is a German painter and draughtsman. He studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf at Alfonso Hüppi as a master student. He lives and works in Düsseldorf. Biography Stefan Ettlin ...

(born 1958) *

Ernst Ewald Ernst Deodat Paul-Ferdinand Ewald (17 March 1836 in Berlin – 30 December 1904 in Berlin) was a German painter. Life He came from a banking family and attended the University of Bonn, where he studied medicine and the natural sciences. ...

(1836–1904) *

Julius Exter Julius Leopold Bernhard Exter (20 September 1863, Ludwigshafen - 16 October 1939, Übersee) was a German painter and sculptor. His work consists mostly of landscapes and portraits. Biography He was born to a family of merchants. His brother ...

(1863–1939) *

Carl Gottfried Eybe __NOTOC__ Carl Gottfried Eybe (1813–1893) was a 19th-century German painter, lithographer and sculptor.
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(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 Wilhelm Facklam (16 April 1893 – 21 September 1972) was a German landscape artist and draftsman. The focus of his work was on the countryside of his home region, Mecklenburg. He is one of the most important landscape artists in the tradition ...

(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 ...

(1867–1952) * Joachim Martin Falbe (1709–1782) * Joseph Fassbender (1903–1974) * Berthold Faust (born 1935) * Joseph Fay (1813–1875) *

Christian Gottlob Fechhelm Christian Gottlob Fechhelm (1732–1816) was a portrait and historical painter, born in Dresden. He studied under Mengs, Manjocky, and Hutin, first portrait painting, and then miniature. In the Seven Years' War Maria Theresa commissioned him to ...

(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 Hans Nathan FeibuschFeibusch, Hans Nathan< ...

(1898–1998) *

Manfred Feiler Manfred Feiler (22 August 1925 – 15 March 2020) was a German painter and illustrator. Biography Starting in 1939, Feiler studied at the Staatliche Kunstschule für Textilindustrie Plauen. He was granted a scholarship by the German regime, whi ...

(1925–2020) * Paul Feiler (1918–2013) *

Max Feldbauer Max Feldbauer (1869–1948) was a German painter, associated with the Munich Secession. He is primarily known for rural, Bavarian scenes. Life and work His father, Josef Feldbauer, served as the Mayor of Neumarkt from 1868 to 1876. After h ...

(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 (1829–1880) *

Martin von Feuerstein Martin Feuerstein (after 1914, Martin Ritter von Feuerstein; 6 January 1856, Barr - 13 February 1931, Munich) was a German painter and art teacher. He was a late adherent of the Nazarene movement, but was also heavily influenced by impressio ...

(1856–1941) *

Willy Fick Wilhelm Peter Hubert Fick (February 7, 1893 – October 3, 1967), called Willy Fick, was a German graphic artist born in Cologne. He belonged to the Dada movement, and in 1919 became a founding member of the artist circle called Stupid, together ...

(1893–1967) * Friedrich Kurt Fiedler (1894–1950) *

Johann Dominicus Fiorillo Johann Dominicus Fiorillo (13 October 1748 – 10 September 1821) was a German painter and historian of art. Fiorillo, a son of Italian composer Ignazio Fiorillo, was born at Hamburg. He received his first instructions in art at an academ ...

(1748–1821) *

Klaus Fisch Klaus Fisch (1893–1975) was a German painter. Because he painted many landscapes in the region of Eifel, he became known as "Eifelmaler" (the Eifel painter). Exhibitions *Exhibition for the 80th Birthday at the Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Düre ...

(1893–1975) * John Fischer (1786–1875) * Joseph Anton Fischer (1814–1859) * Oskar Fischinger (1900–1967) * Arthur Fitger (1840–1909) * Ferdinand Wolfgang Flachenecker (1792–1847) *

Albert Flamm Albert Flamm (1823–1906) was a German landscape painter. Biography Albert Flamm was born at Cologne. He was a pupil of Andreas Achenbach at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he settled after traveling in Italy. He is associated with th ...

(1823–1906) *

Georg Flegel Georg Flegel (1566 – 23 March 1638) was a German painter, best known for his still-life works. Biography Flegel was born in Olmütz (Olomouc), Moravia. Around 1580 he moved to Vienna, where he became an assistant to Lucas van Valckenborch ...

(1566–1638) * François Fleischbein (1804–1868) *

Lutz Fleischer Lutz Fleischer (born 1956 in Dresden - 10 July 2019) was a German painter and graphic artist. He won the Hans-Theo-Richter-Preis of the Sächsische Akademie der Künste in 2005. See also * List of German painters This is a list of German pai ...

(1956–2019) * Max Fleischer (1861–1930) *

Adolf Fleischmann Adolf Richard Fleischmann (18 March 1892 - 28 January 1968) was a German abstract painter. His late work evolved into constructivism; he is considered a precursor of Op Art. Life Fleischmann was born in Esslingen am Neckar, the third child of b ...

(1892–1968) *

Gerlach Flicke Gerlach Flicke ( fl. 1545 – 1558), Latin name Gerbarus Fleccius, anglicised in the 16th century as "Garlicke", was a German portrait painter who is known for his work in London as an artist of the Tudor court. Flicke was imprisoned in London ...

(fl. 1545–1558) *

Fedor Flinzer Fedor Alexis Flinzer (4 April 1832 in Reichenbach im Vogtland – 14 June 1911 in Leipzig) was an author, educator and one of the greatest German illustrators of the Gründerzeit, who was called Raphael of Cats. Early life Since 1849 Flin ...

(1832–1911) *

Gisbert Flüggen Gisbert Hipolit August Flüggen (9 February 1811, Cologne - 3 September 1859, Munich) was a German genre painter. He was sometimes referred to as the "German Wilkie". Biography His parents moved from Lille to Cologne just before his birth. ...

(1811–1859) * Josef Flüggen (1842–1906) *

Daniel Fohr Daniel Fohr, born at Heidelberg in 1801, first studied science, which he afterwards abandoned for the art of painting. After studying some time by himself, he went to Munich in 1829, and then to the Tyrol. He was court painter to the Grand-Duk ...

(1801–1862) * Karl Philipp Fohr (1795–1818) *

Philipp von Foltz Philipp von Foltz (11 May 1805 – 5 August 1877) was a German history painter. Biography He was born in Bingen am Rhein. His father, Ludwig, a painter of some note, gave him his first art lessons. In 1825, he went to Munich, where he was ...

(1805–1877) * Günther Förg (1952–2013) *

Ernst Joachim Förster Ernst Joachim Förster (8 April 1800 – 29 April 1885) was a German painter and an art critic, author of a number of elaborate and important works bearing on the history of art in Germany and Italy. Biography He was born in Saaleplatte, and ini ...

(1800–1885) *

Arnold Forstmann Arnold Forstmann (born 16 June 1842 in Düsseldorf; died 1914 or later), German landscape-painter. Besides the typical composed romantic landscapes in the tradition of the Düsseldorf school of painting Forstmann painted ''vedute'' of the Rhine ...

(1842–c. 1914) * Hans Ulrich Franck (1603–1675) *

Philipp Franck Johann Heinrich Philipp Franck (9 April 1860, Frankfurt am Main - 13 March 1944, Berlin) was a German Impressionist painter, graphic artist and illustrator. Biography With his father's support, and insistence, he began by studying architectu ...

(1860–1944) * Meister Francke (c. 1380–c. 1440) *

Michael Sigismund Frank Michael Sigismund Frank (1 June 1770 – 16 January 1847) was a Catholic artist and rediscoverer of the lost art of glass-painting. Frank was born in Nuremberg. His father was a dealer in provisions, living in comfortable circumstances, who ...

(1770–1847) *

Eduard Frederich Eduard Frederich, born at Hanover in 1813, attended the Academy at Düsseldorf from 1836 to 1843, and studied in particular landscape and genre painting, which he, however, changed afterwards for scenes of encampments and manoeuvres. He was cou ...

(1813–1864) * Hermann Freese (1813–1871) * Otto Freundlich (1878–1943) * Max Frey (1874–1944) *

Maria Elektrine von Freyberg Maria Elektrine Freifrau von Freyberg, born at Strasbourg in 1797, was the daughter and pupil of Johann Baptist Stuntz, a painter of landscapes, under whose tuition she gave proof of great ability. She visited France and Italy, and stayed at ...

(1797–1847) *

Heinrich Jakob Fried Heinrich Jakob Fried (11 March 1802, Queichheim - 2 November 1870, Munich) was a German painter. Life and work He studied at Stuttgart and Augsburg, and from 1822 under Johann Peter von Langer and Peter von Cornelius at the Academy of Fine Art ...

(1802–1870) *

Caroline Friederike Friedrich Caroline Friederike Friedrich (born 4 March 1749 in Friedrichstadt bei Dresden; died 20 January 1815 in Dresden) was a flower painter. She was court painter and a member of the Dresden Academy The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (German ''Hochsc ...

(1749–1815) * Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) * Fred Friedrich (born 1943) * Woldemar Friedrich (1846–1910) * Fritz Friedrichs (1882–1928) * Bernhard Fries (1820–1879) *

Ernst Fries Ernst Fries (22 June 1801, Heidelberg – 11 October 1833, Karlsruhe) was a German painter, draftsman, watercolourist, etcher, printmaker, and lithograph. Besides Karl Philipp Fohr and Carl Rottmann, he was the youngest of the so-called triumvira ...

(1801–1833) * Karl Friedrich Fries (1831–1871) *

Richard Friese Richard Friese (15 December 1854 – 29 June 1918) was a German animal and landscape painter. Biography He was born in Gumbinnen. He studied at the Academy in Berlin, where, after traveling in the orient, in Norway, and as far as the pola ...

(1854–1918) * Johann Christoph Frisch (1737–1815) * Karl Ludwig Frommel (1789–1863) *

Günter Fruhtrunk Günter Fruhtrunk (1 May 1923 – 12 December 1982) was a German geometric abstract painter and printmaker whose work relates to op art. Born in Munich, Fruhtrunk studied architecture at the Technische Hochschule in Munich, which he gave u ...

(1923–1982) * Ulrich Füetrer (c. 1450–1496/1500) * Heinrich Füger (1751–1818) *

Hinrik Funhof Hinrik Funhof (died 1485, also spelled Henrik Funhof) was a late Gothic painter who lived and worked in Hamburg. After the death of his colleague Hans Bornemann in 1475, he took over Bornemann's studio and married his widow. When Funhof died ...

(?–1485) * Edmund Fürst (1874–1955) *

Klaus Fußmann Klaus Fußmann (born March 24, 1938), is a contemporary German painter. Fußmann was born in Velbert, Germany. He studied from 1957 to 1961 at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen and from 1962 to 1966 at the Berlin University of th ...

(born 1938) *

Conrad Fyoll Conrad Fyoll, who flourished at Frankfort-on-the-Main from the year 1464 to 1476, — the only period of time of which record concerning him has been handed down to us, — is a painter whose works display graceful drawing and subdued colouring. ...

(fl. 1464–1476)

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* Eduard Gaertner (1801–1877) *

Bernd Erich Gall Bernd Erich Gall (born August 2, 1956) is a German painter and conceptual artist. In the early 1980s he was a representative of the "Neue Wilde", a group of German artists. In the 1990s it came to a stylistic imposition. The crude, strong, ...

(born 1956) * Franz Gareis (1775–1803) *

Friedrich Gärtner Friedrich Gärtner (11 January 1824 in Munich - 1905 ibid) was a German architectural painter. Biography He was born in Munich, the son of the architect Friedrich von Gärtner, with whom he went to Athens in 1840. After his return, he studied ...

(1824–1905) * Heinrich Gärtner (1828–1909) * Anna Rosina de Gasc (1713–1783) * Karl Gatermann the Elder (1883–1959) *

Karl Gatermann the Younger Karl Gatermann (June 17, 1909 – April 3, 1992), typically referred to in art circles as Karl Gatermann the Younger, was a German painter, graphic artist, and set designer. He was the nephew of his namesake, Karl Gatermann, also an artist. ...

(1909–1992) *

Jakob Gauermann Jakob Gauermann (1773, Oeffingen – 1843, Miesenbach) was a German landscape and genre painter and engraver born in Oeffingen, near Stuttgart. Life He at first worked as a stonemason at Hohenheim. His strong inclination for drawing bro ...

(1773–1843) *

Ernst Gebauer Ernst Gebauer (23 May 1782 – 7 July 1865) was a Germans, German painter. His works from the War of the Sixth Coalition, War of Liberation against Napoleon's rule are particularly well known. Gallery File:Alena Radzivił (Praździeckaja). Ал ...

(1782–1865) * Eduard von Gebhardt (1838–1925) * Josef Anton Gegenbauer (1800–1876) * Otto Geigenberger (1881–1946) *

Rupprecht Geiger Rupprecht Geiger (26 January 1908 – 6 December 2009) was a German abstract painter and sculptor. Throughout his career, he favored monochromicity and color-field paintings. For a time, he concentrated solely on the color red. Life and work G ...

(1908–2009) * Willi Geiger (1878–1971) *

Carl Geist Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Geist (9 December 1870, Reichelsheim - 29 November 1931, Bad Wimpfen) was a German Impressionist painter. Life His father was the district veterinarian. In 1871, his family moved to Grünberg and he attended the Gymna ...

(1870–1931) *

Bonaventura Genelli Giovanni Bonaventura Genelli (28 September 179813 November 1868) was a German painter. Biography Genelli was born in Berlin in 1798. He was the son of Janus Genelli, a painter whose landscapes are still preserved in the Schloss at Berlin; and g ...

(1798–1868) *

Hanns Georgi Hanns Georgi (21 September 1901 – 23 October 1989) was a German painter, printmaker and book illustrator. Early life Hanns Georgi was the youngest of five children of August Friedrich Wilhelm and Anna Georgi Georgi, Scharschmidt born in Dre ...

(1901–1989) * Ludger Gerdes (1954–2008) * Till Gerhard (born 1971) *

Ida Gerhardi Ida Gerhardi (2 August 1862 – 29 June 1927) was a German Neo-Impressionist painter who spent much of her career in Paris. Biography She was born in Hagen on 2 August 1862. Her father was a doctor. After his early death in 1869, the family ...

(1862–1927) *

Eduard Gerhardt Eduard Gerhardt (29 April 1813 in Erfurt – 6 March 1888 in Munich) was a German painter, lithographer and architect. Biography He began his career as a lithographer, and then studied architecture at Cologne and under Semper at Dresden ...

(1813–1888) *

Anna Gerresheim Anna Louise Adolphine Eduardine Gerresheim (8 March 1852 – 1 December 1921) was a German landscape artist, portrait painter and etcher. She was among the founders of the artist's colony in Ahrenshoop on the Baltic Sea. Life Anna Gerresheim was ...

(1852–1921) * Ludwig Geyer (1779–1821) *

Hans Freiherr von Geyer zu Lauf Hans Freiherr von Geyer zu Lauf (14 January 1895 – 10 August 1959) was a German painter who was born in Freiburg and grew up in the suburb Günterstal. In 1917 he moved to Dießen am Ammersee and in 1919 to Schönberg on the Hessische B ...

(1895–1959) * Torben Giehler (born 1973) *

Werner Gilles Werner Gilles (29 August 1894 – 23 June 1961) was a German artist. Gilles was born in Rheydt/Rheinland (today Mönchengladbach) He found his artistic calling while at the academies of Kassel and Weimar, studying under Lyonel Feininger of the ...

(1894–1961) * Julius E.F. Gipkens (1883–1968) *

Joseph Anton Glantschnigg Joseph Anton Glantschnigg (1695–1750) was a German painter of historical, genre, and landscape scenes, born and deceased in Bolzano, but active in Würzburg. He was the son of painter Ulrich Glantschnigg. References CERL Thesaurus entry
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(1695–1750) *

Erich Glas Ari (Erich) Glas (1897 - 1973) was a German and Israeli painter, graphic designer, illustrator and photographer. Glas was born in 1897 in Berlin, Germany under the name Erich Glas. During World War I, he served as a commando soldier and la ...

(1897–1973) *

Horst Gläsker Horst Gläsker (born March 21, 1949 in Herford, Germany) is a German artist. His work is a symbiosis of music, dance, theatre, drawing, painting, sculpture, installation and architecture. Development From 1963 to 1966 Horst Gläsker did ...

(born 1949) * Ludwig von Gleichen-Rußwurm (1836–1901) *

Otto Gleichmann Otto Gleichmann (20 August 1887, in Mainz – 2 November 1963, in Hannover) was a key figure in German expressionism. He produced oil paintings, watercolor paintings, sketches, lithographs and pictures in mixed media. His works from th ...

(1887–1963) * Hermann Glöckner (1889–1987) * Paul Salvator Goldengreen (born 1960) *

Hilde Goldschmidt Hilde Goldschmidt (7 September 1897 – 7 August 1980) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker. Facing persecution under the Nazi regime, she sought refuge in Britain during the Second World War before establishing herself in Austria i ...

(1897–1980) *

Dieter Goltzsche Dieter Goltzsche (born 1934 in Dresden) is a German painter and graphic designer. He won the Hans-Theo-Richter-Preis of the Sächsische Akademie der Künste in 2010. Exhibitions (selection) * 1964 Kunstkabinett des Instituts für Lehrerweiter ...

(born 1934) *

Paul Gösch Paul Gösch (30 August 1885 – 22 August 1940), also Goesch or Göschen, was a German artist, architect, lithographer, and designer of the early twentieth century; he was associated with the main elements of German Expressionism. Beginnings G� ...

(1885–1940) *

Karl Otto Götz Karl Otto Götz (22 February 1914 – 19 August 2017) often simply called K.O. Götz, was a German artist, filmmaker, draughtsman, printmaker, writer and professor of art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. He was one of the oldest living and acti ...

(1914–2017) * Leo Götz (1883–1962) *

Jakob Götzenberger Jakob Götzenberger (Franz Jakob Julius Götzenberger, Heidelberg 4 November 1802 – Darmstadt 6 October 1866) was a German mural painter and portraitist, a pupil of Peter Cornelius. He spent much of the later part of his career in En ...

(1802–1866) *

Carl Götzloff Carl Wilhelm Götzloff (27 September 1799 – 18 January 1866) was a German painter. Life Born in Dresden, Götzloff was the youngest of three children born to Friedrich Adrian Götzloff, a town constable. From 1814 to 1821, he attended the ...

(1799–1866) *

Henry Gowa Henry Gowa (25 May 1902 – 23 May 1990) was a German painter and stage designer. Life and career Gowa was born Hermann Gowa in Hamburg. After studying in Munich he established himself as a stage designer, and was active in Munich, Leipzig ...

(1902–1990) *

Gustav Graef Gustav Graef (14 December 1821 – 6 January 1895) was a German painter, primarily of portraits and historical subjects. Life and work Graef was born in Königsberg. In 1842, he entered the University of Königsberg, where he was an enthusia ...

(1821–1895) * Peter Graf (born 1937) * Albert Gräfle (1809–1889) * August Grahl (1791–1868) * Walter Gramatté (1897–1929) *

Fritz Grasshoff Fritz Graßhoff (9 December 1913 – 9 February 1997) was a German painter, poet and songwriter. He was known for hits sung by Lale Andersen, Freddy Quinn and Hans Albers. As a painter, he participated in important exhibitions; as a writer, he ...

(1913–1997) * Gotthard Graubner (1930–2013) *

Otto Greiner Otto Greiner (16 December 1869 – 24 September 1916) was a German painter and graphic artist. He was born in Leipzig and began his career there as a lithographer and engraver.Boime, A., State University of New York at Binghamton., Sterling a ...

(1869–1916) *

Fritz Greve Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig Greve, known as Fritz (17 August 1863, Malchin - 2 April 1931, Malchin) was a German painter and art professor. Biography He received his first art lessons from his father, Wilhelm, who worked as a decorative paint ...

(1863–1931) * Otto Griebel (1895–1972) * Christian Griepenkerl (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, Germany, in 1790. His brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were folklorists. Education G ...

(1790–1863) * Friedrich Carl Gröger (1766–1838) * Carl Grossberg (1894–1940) * Theodor Grosse (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 Objec ...

(1893–1959) * Michael Gruber (born 1965) * Hans Grundig (1901–1958) * Emil Otto Grundmann (1844–1890) * Matthias Grünewald (c. 1470–1528) *

Jakob Grünenwald Jakob Grünenwald (30 September 1821, Bünzwangen — 26 September 1896, Stuttgart) was a German genre painter and illustrator. Life Grünenwald was the eighth child of a family who worked a small farm. In 1840, he began his studies at the Sta ...

(1821–1896) * Eduard von Grützner (1846–1925) * Richard Guhr (1873–1956) *

Louis Gurlitt Heinrich Louis Theodor Gurlitt (8 March 1812 – 19 November 1897), also called Louis Gurlitt, was a Danish-German painter of landscapes. His brother was the composer Cornelius Gurlitt, and his son was the architect and art historian also cal ...

(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 ...

(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 Karl Hagemeister (12 March 1848 in Werder – 5 August 1933 in Werder) was a German landscape painter. Life He was the son of a fruit grower and developed an early interest in nature from the forested, watery surroundings of his birthpla ...

(1848–1933) * Theodor Hagen (1842–1919) * Ludwig von Hagn (1820–1898) *

Magda Hagstotz Magda Hagstotz (1914–2001) was a German painter and belonging to the post-war abstract art movement. Her works consist mainly of watercolors and elaborately textured surfaces on small and medium canvases. Early life and education Hagstotz wa ...

(1914–2001) *

Hubert Haider __NOTOC__ Hubert Haider (1879–1971) was a German landscape painter. Haider was born 11 February 1879 at Munich, son to the Munich painter Karl Haider and his first wife Katharina, née Brugger (died 1882), niece to the sculptor Friedrich B ...

(1879–1971) *

Karl Michael Haider Karl Michael Haider (1846–1912), was a Bavarian landscape and portrait painter. Early life and education Haider was born on 6 February 1846 in Munich, the son to Max Haider (1807–1873), a forester from Anzing, and his wife Therese Fäß ...

(1846–1912) *

Jost Haller Jost Haller was a 15th-century Gothic painter from Alsace, active in the years 1440–1470, first established in Strasbourg, then in Metz, and in Saarbrücken. He is also called The painter of the knights (french: Le peintre des chevaliers) o ...

(fl. 1440−1470) *

Christian Gottlob Hammer Christian Gottlob Hammer, baptized as Gottlieb, (18 July 1779, Dresden, Saxony – 7 February 1864, Dresden), was an influential German landscape painter and engraver. Personal Hammer began his studies in 1794 at the Dresden University of Vi ...

(1779–1864) * Alois Hanslian (born 1943) *

Johann Gottlieb Hantzsch Johann Gottlieb Hantzsch (19 March 1794 – 3 April 1848) was a German genre painter. Life and work Hantzsch was the son of a bricklayer. He attended the Art Academy in Dresden from 1811 to 1822. Initially he devoted himself to painting milit ...

(1794–1848) * Heinrich Harder (1858–1935) *

Fritz Harnest Fritz Harnest (1905 in Munich, Germany – 1999 in Traunstein, Germany), was a German painter, printmaker and collage artist. He was a creator of abstract modern art in Germany after World War II. Biography Harnest studied at the Academy of F ...

(1905–1999) * Hans Hartung (1904–1989) *

Petre Hârtopeanu Petre Hârtopeanu (15 June 1913, Dângeni, Botoșani County, Romania — 22 March 2001, Frankfurt-am-Main) was a Romanian-German painter and art professor. Life Hârtopeanu began his studies and work in Iași. He studied at the Iași Ac ...

(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 sho ...

(1850–1913) * Carl Hasenpflug (1802–1858) * Max Haushofer (1811–1866) *

Eberhard Havekost Eberhard Havekost (1967 – 5 July 2019) was a contemporary German painter based in Berlin and Dresden, who exhibited internationally. Biography Born in Dresden, Havekost was the son of a sculptor and a taxidermist.Claire Selvin (July 9, 2019)E ...

(1967–2019) * John Heartfield (1891–1968) * Erich Heckel (1883–1970) *

Jakob Hecker Jakob Hecker (1897 - 1969) was a German landscape painter. Biography Jakob Hecker was born in Stuttgart and worked most of his life in Munich. Before settling in Munich, he mostly painted Black Forest subjects. Later on, he focused on alpine ...

(1897–1969) * Michael Heckert (born 1950) * Elise Neumann Hedinger (1854–1923) *

Carl Wilhelm von Heideck Carl Wilhelm von Heideck ( el, Κάρολος φον Χέυδεκ, born in Sarralbe, Moselle, on 6 December 1788 – died in Munich on 21 February 1861) was a Bavarian military officer, a philhellene and painter. Biography Von Heideck studied ...

(1788–1861) * Wilhelm Heine (1827–1885) * Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937–2020) * Thilo Heinzmann (born 1969) *

Johannes Heisig Johannes Heisig (born 23 April 1953 in Leipzig, East Germany) is a German painter and graphic artist. His work combines the tradition of German socialist realism with a subjective expressionism. He portrayed several famous German politicians su ...

(born 1953) *

Werner Heldt Werner Heldt (1904–1954) was a German painter. Life Heldt was born in Berlin on 17 November 1904. The son of a pastor, he attended a grammar school, the '' Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster''. He studied art at the School of Arts and Crafts in 1923 ...

(1904–1954) * Wilhelm Hempfing (1886–1948) *

Hermann Hendrich Hermann Hendrich (31 October 1854 in Heringen, Thuringia – 18 July 1931 in Schreiberhau in Niederschlesien) was a German painter. Life Hermann Hendrich was born in the vicinity of the storied Kyffhäuser, his parents were Auguste Friederi ...

(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 Friedrich Herlin (c. 1425/30 – 1500) was a German painter. His earliest known work, depicting scenes from the Life of the Virgin, is dated 1459. A signature on an altarpiece in Nördlingen, dating it to 1462, identifies him as being from Rothen ...

(c. 1425/30–1500) * Franz Georg Hermann (1692–1768) * Curt Herrmann (1854–1929) *

Ludwig von Herterich Ludwig von Herterich (13 October 1856, Ansbach - 25 December 1932, Etzenhausen, today in Dachau) was a German painter and art teacher. He is best known as a painter of portraits and history paintings and is a representative of the Munich Scho ...

(1856–1932) *

Hermann Ottomar Herzog Hermann Ottomar Herzog (15 November 1831Zivilregister Bremen page 592 No. 1200/1832 – 6 February 1932) was a prominent nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European and American artist, primarily known for his landscapes. He is assoc ...

(1832–1932) *

Heinrich Maria von Hess Heinrich Maria von Hess (19 April 1798 in Düsseldorf - 29 Märch 1863 in Munich) was a German painter, a member of the Nazarene movement. Biography Hess was born at Düsseldorf and brought up to the profession of art by his father, the e ...

(1798–1863) * Karl Hess (1801–1874) * Peter von Hess (1792–1871) * Carle Hessay (1911–1978) *

Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch (10 September 1758, Stuttgart - 31 December 1838, Stuttgart) was a German Classical painter, known primarily for his portraits, although he also created historical and mythological scenes. Biography His father wa ...

(1758–1839) *

Werner Heuser Werner Heuser (1880–1964) was a German painter, engraver, drafter, and professor. He had been a professor of art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Art Academy) from 1926 until 1937, and he was removed from his position by th ...

(1880–1964) *

Adolf von Heydeck Gustav Adolf (Adolph) Heideck, from 1836 von Heideck (born Dessau, 25 April 1787 - died there 23 January 1856) was a German painter. A classmate of Friedrich and Ferdinand Olivier in Dessau, he studied at the Hauptschule there with Carl Wilhe ...

(1787–1856) * Ernst Hildebrand (1833–1924) * Eduard Hildebrandt (1818–1868) * Theodor Hildebrandt (1804–1874) * Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack (1893–1965) * Rudolf Hirth du Frênes (1846–1916) * Dora Hitz (1856–1924) * Hannah Höch (1889–1978) * Paul Hoecker (1854–1910) * Angelika Hoerle (1899–1923) * Bernhard Hoetger (1874–1949) * Heinrich Hofmann (painter), Heinrich Hofmann (1824–1911) * Ludwig von Hofmann (1861–1945) * Margret Hofheinz-Döring (1910–1994) * Hans Hofmann (1880–1966) * Otto Hofmann (artist), Otto Hofmann (1907–1996) * Hans Holbein the Elder (c. 1460–1524) * Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497–1543) * Hans-Jörg Holubitschka (1960–2016) * Johann Evangelist Holzer (1709–1740) * Helene Holzman (1891–1968) * Barbara Honigmann (born 1949) * 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 (painter), Gustav Jäger (1808–1871) * Karl Jäger (artist), Karl Jäger (1888–1959) * Michael Jäger (artist), 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 (painter), 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 (painter), Leo Kahn (1894–1983) * Johannes Kahrs (artist), 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 (artist), Arthur Kaufmann (1888–1971) * Hugo Kauffmann (1844–1915) * Friedrich Kaulbach (1822–1903) * Friedrich August von Kaulbach (1850–1920) * Hermann von Kaulbach (1846–1909) * Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1805–1874) * Ferdinand Keller (painter), 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 (painter), Otto Kirchner (1887–1960) * Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938) * Johanna Kirsch (1856–1907) * Konrad Klapheck (born 1935) * Mati Klarwein (1932–2002) * Anna Klein (painter), Anna Klein (1883–1941) * Johann Adam Klein (1792–1875) * Richard Klein (artist), Richard Klein (1890–1967) * Paul Kleinschmidt (1883–1949) * Leo von Klenze (1784–1864) * Heinrich Kley (1863–1945) * Max Klinger (1857–1920) * Friedrich August von Klinkowström (1778–1835) * Hans Kloss (artist), 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 (1862–1944) * Imi Knoebel (born 1940) * Hugo Knorr (1834–1904) * Wilhelm von Kobell (1766–1853) * Martin Kober (~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 (1771–1836) * Helmut Kolle (1899–1931) * Kätte Kollwitz (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 (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 (1938–2000) * Friedrich Kunath (born 1974)

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* Curt Lahs (1893–1958) * Mark Lammert (born 1960) * Christian Landenberger (1862–1927) * Friedrich Lange (artist), Friedrich Lange (1834–1875) * Joseph Lange (1751–1831) * Julius Lange (painter), Julius Lange (1817–1878) * Arthur Langhammer (1854–1901) * Rainer Maria Latzke (born 1950) * Richard Lauchert (1823–1868) * Paul Lautensack (1478–1558) * Rudolf Lehmann (artist), Rudolf Lehmann (1819–1905) * Hildegard Lehnert (1857–1943) * Fridolin Leiber (1853–1912) * Ulrich Leman (1885–1988) * August Lemmer (1862–?) * Franz von Lenbach (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 (1816–1868) * Sophie Ley (1849–1918) * Wilhelm Lichtenheld (1817–1891) * Max Liebermann (1847–1935) * Adolf Heinrich Lier (1826–1882) * Hermann Linde (1863–1923) * Heinrich Eduard Linde-Walther (1868–1939) * Richard Lindner (painter), Richard Lindner (1901–1978) * Karl Friedrich Lippmann (1883–1957) * Emmy Lischke (1860–1919) * Clara Lobedan (1840–1918) * Stefan Lochner (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 (1833–1904) * Margarethe Loewe-Bethe (1859–1932) * Auguste Ludwig (1834–1901) * Friedrich Ludwig (painter), Friedrich Ludwig (1895–1970) * Jules Lunteschütz (1822–1893) * Markus Lüpertz (born 1941) * Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy (1863–1923) * Arnold Lyongrün (1871–1935)

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* Thilo Maatsch (1900–1983) * Heinz Mack (born 1931) * August Macke (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 (1880–1916) * Hans von Marées (1837–1887) * Carl von Marr (1858–1936) * Jacob Marrel (1613/4?–1681) * Johannes Martini (painter), Johannes Martini (1866–1935) * Master of the Arboga altarpiece (fl. 1490–1525) * Master of the Drapery Studies (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 (painter), 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 (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 (1842–1915) * Abraham Mignon (1640–1679) * Carl Julius Milde (1803–1875) * Amud Uwe Millies (1932–2008) * Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907) * Manfred Mohr (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 (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)

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* 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)

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* 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)

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* 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) * 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 (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) * 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) * 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) * Daryush Shokof (born 1954) * 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) * Christian W. Staudinger (born 1952) * 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) * 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) * 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) * 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)

References

External links

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