# List of German painters

This is a list of German painters.

## A

* Hans von Aachen (1552–1615)
* Aatifi (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 (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 (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 (1915–1997)
* Christian Wilhelm Allers (1857–1915)
* Jakob Alt (1789–1872)
* Theodor Alt (1846–1937)
* Albrecht Altdorfer (c 1480–1538)
* Kai Althoff (born 1966)
* Karl Altmann (1802–1861)
* Hans am Ende (1864–1918)
* Christoph Amberger (1505–1562)
* Heinrich Amersdorffer (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 (1766–1828)
* Ferdinand von Arnim (1814–1866)
* Heinrich Gotthold Arnold (1785–1854)
* Ulrike Arnold (born 1950)
* Carl Arp (1867–1913)
* Hans Arp (1886–1966)
* Otto Arpke (1886–1943)
* Isidor Ascheim (1891–1968)
* Hans Aschenborn (1888–1931)
* Fritz Ascher (1893–1970)
* Louis Asher (1804–1878)
* Frank Auerbach (born 1931)

## B

* Johannes Theodor Baargeld (1892–1927)
* Johanna Juliana Friederike Bacciarelli (1733–1809 or later)
* Elvira Bach (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 (1781–1864)
* Eduard Bargheer (1901–1979)
* Hans von Bartels (1856–1913)
* Emil Bartoschek (1899–1969)
* Georg Baselitz (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 (1607–1640)
* August von Bayer (1803–1875)
* Thommie Bayer (born 1953)
* Alf Bayrle (1900–1982)
* Fritz Beblo (1872–1947)
* August Becker (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 (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 (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 (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 (born 1965)
* Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918–2007)
* Carl Buchheister (1890–1964)
* Erich Buchholz (1891–1972)
* Ludwig Buchhorn (1770–1856)
* Elisabeth Büchsel (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 (1832–1908)
* Georg Heinrich Busse (1810–1868)
* Michael Buthe (1944–1994)
* Bernhard Buttersack (1858–1925)
* Erich Büttner (1889–1936)
* André Butzer (born 1973)

## C

* Daniel Caffé (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 (1795–1828)
* Philipp Christfeld (1796/97–1874)
* Kiddy Citny (born 1957)
* Lorenz Clasen (1812–1899)
* Gustav Adolf Closs (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 (1858–1925)
* Peter von Cornelius (1784–1867)
* Erich Correns (1821–1877)
* Helene Cramer (1844–1916)
* Molly Cramer (1852–1936)
* Augustin Cranach (1554–1595)
* Lucas Cranach the Elder (c. 1472–1553)
* Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515–1586)
* Georg Heinrich Crola (1804–1879)

## D

* 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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (1471–1528)
* Hermann Dyck (1812–1874)
* Udo Dziersk (born 1961)

## E

* Konrad Eberhard (1768–1859)
* Adam Eberle (1804–1832)
* Robert Eberle (1815–1862)
* Johann Christian Eberlein (1770–1815)
* John Giles Eccardt (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 (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)

## F

* Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur (1780–1857)
* Johann Joachim Faber (1778–1846)
* Carl Ferdinand Fabritius (1637–1673)
* Wilhelm Facklam (1893–1972)
* Ludwig Fahrenkrog (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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)

## G

* 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 (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 (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 (1839–1912)
* HAP Grieshaber (1909–1981)
* Ludwig Emil Grimm (1790–1863)
* Friedrich Carl Gröger (1766–1838)
* Carl Grossberg (1894–1940)
* Theodor Grosse (1829–1891)
* George Grosz (1893–1959)
* Michael Gruber (born 1965)
* Hans Grundig (1901–1958)
* Emil Otto Grundmann (1844–1890)
* Matthias Grünewald (c. 1470–1528)
* Jakob Grünenwald(1821–1896)
* Eduard von Grützner (1846–1925)
* Richard Guhr (1873–1956)
* Louis Gurlitt (1812–1897)
* Karl Gussow (1843–1907)

## H

* 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 (1904–1989)
* Petre Hârtopeanu (1913–2001)
* Wilhelm Hasemann (1850–1913)
* Carl Hasenpflug (1802–1858)
* Max Haushofer (1811–1866)
* Eberhard Havekost (1967–2019)
* John Heartfield (1891–1968)
* Erich Heckel (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 (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 (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 (1889-1945)
* Dora Hitz (1856–1924)
* Hannah Höch (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 (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)
* 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)

## I

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

## J

* 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)

## K

* 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 (1850–1920)
* Hermann von Kaulbach (1846–1909)
* Wilhelm von Kaulbach (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 (1880–1938)
* Johanna Kirsch (1856–1907)
* Konrad Klapheck (1935–2023)
* Mati Klarwein (1932–2002)
* Anna Klein (1883–1941)
* Johann Adam Klein (1792–1875)
* 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 (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)
* Käthe 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)

## L

* 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 (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 (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 (1895–1970)
* Jules Lunteschütz (1822–1893)
* Markus Lüpertz (born 1941)
* Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy (1863–1923)
* Arnold Lyongrün (1871–1935)

## M

* 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 (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 (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 (1811–1890)
* Heiko Müller (born 1968)
* Maler Müller (1749–1825)
* 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)

## N

* 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)

## O

* 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 Lorenz Rettich (1841–1904)
* Moritz Retzsch (1779–1857)
* Gerhardt Wilhelm von Reutern (1794–1865)
* Ottilie Reylaender (1882-1965)
* Gustav Richter (1823–1884)
* 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 (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 (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)
* Carl Schmitz-Pleis (1877-1943)
* Bertha Schrader (1845–1920)
* Leopold Schmutzler (1864–1940)
* Friedrich Schneider (1786–1853)
* 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 (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)
* 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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (born 1965)
* 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 (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 (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)