# List of German women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in Germany or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.
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* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Louise Abel (1841–1907), German-born Norwegian photographer
* Tomma Abts (born 1967), abstract painter
* Elisabeth von Adlerflycht (1775–1846), painter
* Anni Albers (1899–1994), German-American textile artist, printmaker
* Nykolai Aleksander (born 1978), digital artist
* Elisabeth Andrae (1876–1945), painter
* Annot (1894–1981), painter, art teacher, writer, pacifist
* Clara Arnheim (1865–1942), painter
* Ulrike Arnold (born 1950), artist
* Ursula Arnold (1929–2012), photographer
* Irene Awret (1921–2014), artist, author and Holocaust survivor
* Eva Aschoff (1900–1969), visual artist

## B

* Johanna Juliana Friederike Bacciarelli (1733–1809 or later), miniaturist, pastelist and court painter
* Elvira Bach (born 1951), painter
* Bele Bachem (1916–2005), graphic artist, illustrator, stage designer and writer
* Nina Lola Bachhuber (born 1971), sculptor, installation artist, artist
* Carola Baer-von Mathes (1857–1940), painter
* Alma del Banco (1862–1943), modernist painter
* Tina Bara (born 1962), photographer
* Caroline Bardua (1781–1864), painter
* Uta Barth (born 1958), photographer
* Carla Bartheel (1902–1983), actress and photographer
* Jeanna Bauck (1840–1926), painter
* Karin Baumeister-Rehm (born 1971), painter
* Mary Baumeister (1934–2023), artist
* Hilla Becher (1934–2015), photographer
* Katharina Behrend (1888–1973), photographer
* Gisela Beker (1932–2015), German-American painter
* Sibylle Bergemann (1941–2010), photographer
* Karin Baumeister-Rehm (1881–1964), painter and opera singer
* Luise Begas-Parmentier (1843–1920), painter
* Olga Beggrow-Hartmann (1862–1922), German/Russian, painter
* Julia Behr (fl.1865–1890s), portrait painter
* Amalie Bensinger (1809–1889), religious painter
* Charlotte Berend-Corinth (1880–1967), painter
* Josefa Berens-Totenohl (1891–1969), writer and painter
* Ella Bergmann-Michel (1896–1971), abstract painter, photographer, filmmaker
* Ruth Bernhard (1905–2006), German-born American photographer
* Lis Beyer (1906–1973), textile artist
* Hanna Bieber-Böhm (1851–1910), painter
* Aenne Biermann (1898–1933), photographer
* Ilse Bing (1899–1998), avant-garde photographer
* Frieda Blell (1874–1951), landscape painter
* Anna Katharina Block (1642–1719), flower painter
* Anna Blume (1937–2020), photographer
* Bärbel Bohley (1945–2010), artist, East German opposition figure
* Cosima von Bonin (born 1962), contemporary artist
* Paula Bonte (1840–1902), painter
* Madeleine Boschan (born 1979), sculptor
* Jenny Bossard-Biow (1813–c. 1858), photographer
* Pola Brändle (born 1980), collage artist
* Kerstin Brätsch (born 1979), contemporary artist
* Marianne Breslauer (1909–2001), photographer
* Dora Bromberger (1881–1942), painter
* Theresia Anna Maria von Brühl (1784–1844), pastellist
* Hede Bühl (born 1940), sculptor
* Elisabeth Büchsel (1867–1957), painter
* Andrea Büttner (born 1972), multi-medium artist

## C

* Maria Caspar-Filser (1878–1968), painter
* Dorothea Chandelle (1784–1866), painter
* Suzanne Chodowiecka (1763–1819), painter
* Claricia (fl. c.1200), manuscript illuminator
* Penelope Cleyn (fl. 1668–1677), miniaturist
* Helene Cramer (1844–1916), painter
* Molly Cramer (1852–1936), painter
* Helga von Cramm (1840–1919), painter, illustrator and graphic artist
* Alice Creischer (born 1960), artist, writer and theorist

## D

* Anna Dabis (1847–1927), sculptor
* Hanne Darboven (1941–2009), conceptual artist
* Gabriela Dauerer (born 1958), contemporary painter
* Marie Davids (1847–1905), painter
* Wanda von Debschitz-Kunowski (1870–1935), portrait photographer
* Paula Deppe (1886–1922), painter, engraver and illustrator
* Selma Des Coudres (1883–1956), painter
* Christa Dichgans (1940–2018), painter
* Adelheid Dietrich (1827–1891), still life painter
* Minya Diez-Dührkoop (1873–1929), photographer
* Barbara Regina Dietzsch (1706–1773), painter and engraver
* Jacqueline Diffring (1920–2020), sculptor
* Christel Drillbohrer (born 1956), painter, installation artist
* Sophie Dinglinger (1736–1791), painter
* Louise Droste-Roggemann (1865–1945), painter
* Inge Druckrey (born 1940), graphic designer and educator
* Tatjana Doll (born 1970), contemporary painter
* Dr. Gindi (born 1965), sculptor
* Louise Droste-Roggemann (1865–1945), painter
* Ruth Duckworth (1919–2009), German-American sculptor and ceramist

## E

* Julie von Egloffstein (1792–1869), painter
* Marli Ehrman (1904–1982), German-born American textile artist
* Michaela Eichwald (born 1967), painter
* Elisabeth von Eicken (1862–1940), landscape painter
* Frauke Eigen (born 1969), photographer
* Marie Ellenrieder (1791–1863), painter
* Clara Ewald (1859–1948), painter

## F

* Gertrude Fehr (1895–1996), photographer
* Anke Feuchtenberger (born 1963), painter, comics artist
* Adele von Finck (1879–1943), painter
* Elsa Fraenkel (1892–1975), sculptor
* Maria Elektrine von Freyberg (1797–1847), painter
* Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874–1927), avant-garde artist, poet
* Mathilde Freiin von Freytag-Loringhoven (1860–1941), painter, writer
* Eva Frankfurther (1930–1959), painter
* Caroline Friederike Friedrich (1749–1815), flower painter
* Katharina Fritsch (born 1956), sculptor
* Helene Funke (1869–1957), painter and graphic designer

## G

* Edith Galliner (1914–2000), painter, potter
* Yishay Garbasz (born 1970), interdisciplinary artist
* Anna Rosina de Gasc (1713–1783), portrait painter
* Sylke von Gaza (born 1966), abstract painter
* Anna Margarethe Geiger (1783–1809), pastellist
* Senta Geißler (1902–2000), painter
* Isa Genzken (born 1948), contemporary artist
* Ida Gerhardi (1862–1927), painter
* Anna Gerresheim (1852–1921), painter, etcher
* Helga Goetze (1922–2008), embroiderer, poet, activist
* Hilde Goldschmidt (1897–1980), painter and printmaker
* Marie Goslich (1859–1936), photographer and journalist
* Sophia Goudstikker (1865–1924), Dutch-born German photographer and feminist
* Dorothea Maria Graff (1678–1743), painter
* Catrin G. Grosse (born 1964), painter, graphic designer and sculptor
* Katharina Grosse (born 1968), artist
* Rita Grosse-Ruyken (born 1948), contemporary artist
* Annelie Grund (born 1953), glass artist
* Sabina Grzimek (born 1942), sculptor
* Julia Gunther (born 1979), photographer and documentary cinematographer

## H

* Lisel Haas (1898–1989), theatre photographer
* Ilse Häfner-Mode (1902–1973), German-Jewish artist
* Esther Haase (born 1966), photographer and film director
* Godela Habel (1929–2022), painter
* Sarah Haffner (1940–2018), German-British painter and writer
* Ilse Häfner-Mode (1902–1973), German-Jewish painter
* Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz (1824–1902), portrait painter
* Marie Hager (1872–1947), painter
* Magda Hagstotz (1914–2001), abstract painter
* Henriette Hahn-Brinckmann (1862–1934), painter and lithographer
* Tina Haim-Wentscher (1887–1974), (aka Tina Haim-Wentcher), German-Australian sculptor
* Andrea Hanak (born 1969), painter
* Sandra Hastenteufel (born 1966), contemporary artist
* Iris Häussler (born 1971), German-born Canadian conceptual, installation artist
* Roswitha Hecke (born 1944), photographer
* Elise Neumann Hedinger (1854–1923), painter
* Susan Hefuna (born 1962), visual artist
* Marta Hegemann (1894–1970), avant-garde painter
* Catharina Elisabeth Heinecken (1683–1757), artist and alchemist
* Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937–2020), painter
* Annemarie Heinrich (1912–2005), German-born Argentine photographer
* Carola Helbing-Erben, textile artist
* Amalia von Helvig (1776–1831), artist, writer, who moved to Sweden
* Ingrid Hermentin (born 1951), computer graphic artist
* Johanna Helena Herolt (1723–1868), botanical painter
* Charline von Heyl (born 1960), German-American painter
* Lotte Herrlich (1883–1956), photographer of naturism
* Eva Hesse (1936–1970), German-born American sculptor
* Vera Hilger (born 1971), painter
* Dora Hitz (1856–1924), painter
* Hannah Höch (1889–1978), avant-garde artist
* Sophie Hoechstetter (1873–1943), painter, poet
* Marta Hoepffner (1912–2000), photographer
* Candida Höfer (born 1944), photographer
* Margret Hofheinz-Döring (1910–1994), painter and graphic artist
* Bettina Hohls (born 1947), artist and designer
* Margarethe Hormuth-Kallmorgen (1857–1934), painter
* Rebecca Horn (1944–2024), installation artist
* Sabine Hornig (born 1964), photographer
* Maria Innocentia Hummel (1909–1946), nun, artist
* Irma Hünerfauth (1907–1998), painter, sculptor and object artist
* Ingeborg Hunzinger (1915–2009), sculptor
* Auguste Hüssener (1789–1877), engraver and miniaturist
* Walde Huth (1923–2011), photographer

## J

* Lotte Jacobi (1896–1990), German-American photographer
* Ruth Jacobsen (1932–2019), German-born American artist, collages of the Holocaust
* Hedwig Jarke (1882–1949), printmaker
* Marie Jensen (1845–1921), painter
* Charlotte Joël (1887–1943), photographer
* Ilse Jonas (1884–1922), painter
* Brigitte Jurack (born 1962), sculptor
* Tina Juretzek (born 1952), painter

## K

* Amalie Kärcher (1819–1887), fruit and flower painter
* Henriette Agnete Kitty von Kaulbach (1900–1992), German-Dutch painter
* Johanna Keimeyer (born 1982), photographer, artist
* Maria Countess von Kalckreuth (1857–1897), painter
* Annette Kelm (born 1975), contemporary artist, photographer
* Marie von Keudell (1838–1918), painter
* Inge King (1915–2016), German-born Australian sculptor
* Astrid Kirchner (1938–2020), photographer, artist
* Mary Louisa Kirschner (1852–1931), painter, glass artist
* Johanna Kirsch (1856–1907), painter
* Anna Klein (1883–1941), painter
* Barbara Klemm (born 1939), press photographer
* Gabriele Koch (born 1948), studio potter
* Dora Koch-Stetter (1881–1968), (aka Dora Stetter), landscape artist, portrait painter and etcher
* Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), painter, printmaker
* Katrin Korfmann (born 1971), contemporary artist
* Emma Körner (1788–1815), painter
* Marianne Kraus (1765–1838), painter, travel writer
* Susanne Kriemann (born 1972), artist, photographer
* Magda Kröner (1854–1935), painter
* Monika Kropshofer (born 1952), photographer
* Christiane Kubrick (born 1932), actress, dancer, painter and singer
* Germaine Krull (1897–1985), photographer, activist
* Marianne Kühn (1914–2005), politician and painter
* Susanne Kühn (born 1969), painter
* Marie Kundt (1870–1932), photographer and educator
* Marianne Kürzinger (1767–1809), history and genre painter
* Barbara Kussinger (born 1970), painter

## L

* Lotte Laserstein (1898–1993), German-Swedish painter
* Eva Ursula Lange (1928–2020), German painter, illustrator, graphic designer, and ceramist
* Henni Lehmann (1862–1937), painter
* Hildegard Lehnert (1857–1943), painter
* Margaret Leiteritz (1907–1976), painter
* Erna Lendvai-Dircksen (1883–1962), photographer
* Sabine Lepsius (1864–1942), portrait painter
* Esther Levine (born 1970), German-American photographer
* Sophie Ley (1849–1918), painter
* Emmy Lischke (1860–1919), painter
* Clara Lobedan (1840–1918), painter
* Elisabeth Loewe (1924–1996), Post-Expressionist painter
* Käthe Loewenthal (1878–1942), painter
* Christiane Löhr (born 1965), contemporary artist
* Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler (1899–1940), avant-garde artist
* Margarethe Loewe-Bethe (1859–1932), painter
* Käthe Loewenthal (1878–1942), painter
* Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate (1622–1709), painter and abbess
* Auguste Ludwig (1834–1901), painter
* Almuth Lütkenhaus (1930–1996), sculptor
* Loretta Lux (born 1969), photographer
* Rut Blees Luxemburg (born 1967), photographer
* Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy (1863–1923), painter

## M

* Hilke MacIntyre, contemporary ceramist
* Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen (1886–1930), portrait painter
* Ida Maier-Müller (1821–1904) landscape painter and self-portraitist
* Eva de Maizière (1915–2003), artist, sculptor and cellist
* Melanie Manchot (born 1966), photographer and installation artist
* Jeanne Mandello (1907–2001), photographer
* Henriette Manigk (born 1968), painter
* Maria Marc (1876–1953), painter, textile artist
* Hedwig Marquardt (1884–1969), ceramist and painter
* Therese Maron (1725–1806), painter
* Ellen Marx (born 1939), artist and author
* Toni Mau (1917–1981), painter, graphic artist and educator
* Susanna Mayr (1600–1674), Baroque painter
* Josephine Meckseper (fl. 1990s), contemporary artist
* Ada Mee (born 1946), multi-media artist
* Else Meidner (1901–1987), painter
* Anna Maria Mengs (1751–1792), painter
* Julia Charlotte Mengs (c.1730–c.1806), painter
* Anne Menke (born 1967), German-American photographer
* Adelheid Mers (born 1960), multi-disciplinary artist
* Alice Michaelis (1875–1943) painter, educator
* Immeke Mitscherlich (1899–1985), textile artist
* Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907), Expressionist painter
* Una H. Moehrke (born 1953), painter
* Marg Moll (1884–1977), sculptor, painter and writer
* Sabine Moritz (born 1969), painter and graphic designer
* Hedda Morrison (1908–1991), photographer
* Auguste Müller (1847–1930), woodcarver, toymaker
* Karin Apollonia Müller (born 1963), contemporary artist
* Gabriele Münter (1877–1962), Expressionist painter

## N

* Susanne von Nathusius (1850–1929), portrait painter
* Renee Nele (born 1932), sculptor, goldsmith
* Elisabet Ney (1833–1907), sculptor
* Anja Niedringhaus (1965–2014), photojournalist
* Margret Nissen (born 1938), photographer
* Elisabeth Noltenius (1888–1964), painter
* Maria Nordman (born 1943), German-American sculptor, conceptual artist

## O

* Frédérique Émilie Auguste O'Connell (1823–1885), painter
* Elsa Oeltjen-Kasimir (1887–1944), German sculptor, painter, and graphic artist
* Méret Oppenheim (1913–1985), German-born Swiss Surrealist artist, photographer
* Hildegard Ochse (1935–1997), photographer
* Li Osborne (1883–1968), German-born British photographer and sculptor
* Anna Kerstin Otto (born 1972), painter
* Justine Otto (born 1974), painter
* Hermine Overbeck-Rohte (1869–1937), landscape painter

## P

* Cornelia Paczka-Wagner (1864–after 1930), painter
* Amalia Pachelbel (1688–1723), painter and engraver
* Louise Pagenkopf (1856–1922), landscape painter
* Margarete Palz (born 1937), textile artist
* Jeannette Papin (1761–1835), painter
* Helga Paris (1938–2024), photographer
* Lina von Perbandt (1836–1884), landscape painter
* Anna Peters (1843–1926), landscape and flower painter
* Lilo Peters (1913–2001), painter and sculptor
* Pietronella Peters (1848–1924), portrait painter
* Carlotta Ida Popert (1848–1923), German-Italian watercolourist, etcher
* Charlotte Posenenske (1930–1985), sculptor
* Bettina Pousttchi (born 1971), German-Iranian sculptor, photographer, filmmaker
* Maria Katharina Prestel (1747–1794), painter, etcher
* Hermione von Preuschen (1854–1918), painter, writer
* Emilie Preyer (1849–1930), painter
* Barbara Probst (born 1964), German-American photographer
* Anne-Katrin Purkiss (born 1959), photographer
* Doramaria Purschian (1890–1972), Expressionist painter
* Karin Putsch-Grassi (born 1960), potter

## R

* Doris Raab (1851–1933), print-maker
* Erna Raabe (1882–1938), painter
* Dorothee Raetsch (born 1940), sculptor, graphic artist
* Katja Rahlwes (born 1967), fashion photographer
* Katharina Rapp (born 1948), painter
* Sandra Rauch (born 1967), painter
* Hilla von Rebay (1890–1967), abstract artist, co-founder of the Guggenheim Museum
* Anita Rée (1885–1933), avant-garde painter
* Margaretha Reichardt (1907–1984), textile designer and former Bauhaus student
* Margarethe von Reinken (1877–1962), painter
* Claudia Reinhardt (born 1964), photographer
* Christophine Reinwald (1757–1847), painter
* Regina Relang (1906–1989), fashion photographer
* Jack von Reppert-Bismarck (1903–1971), painter
* Elisabeth Reuter (1853–1903), painter
* Ottilie Reylaender (1882–1965), painter
* Evelyn Richter (1930–2021), photographer
* Ursula Richter (1886–1946), theatre photographer
* Frieda Riess (1890–c. 1955), portrait photographer
* Adele Röder (born 1980), painter
* Emy Roeder (1890–1971), sculptor
* Ottilie Roederstein (1859–1937), painter
* Rita Rohlfing (born 1964), painter, photographer and installation artist
* Tata Ronkholz (1940–1997), photographer
* Jelka Rosen (1868–1935), painter
* Ulla Irina Rossek (born 1978), painter
* Valeska Röver (1849–1931), painter
* Julika Rudelius (born 1968), video and performance artist

## S

* Lessie Sachs (1897–1942), poet and artist
* Adelaïde Salles-Wagner (1825–1890), painter active in France
* Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943), painter
* Christa Sammler (born 1932), sculptor
* Eva Sandberg-Xiao (1911–2001), photographer
* Agnes Sander-Plump (1888–1980), painter
* Amalia von Schattenhofer (1763–1840), art collector and amateur painter
* Silke Schatz (born 1967), sculptor, installation artist
* Auguste Schepp (1846–1905), painter
* Galka Scheyer (1889–1945), German-American painter, art collector and teacher
* Ingrid Schmeck (born 1944), graphic artist
* Gerda Schmidt-Panknin (1920–2021), painter
* Julia Schmidt (born 1976), painter
* Thyra Schmidt (born 1974), visual artist
* Henriette Schneider (1747–1812), painter
* Sophie Schneider (1866–1942), painter
* Stefanie Schneider (born 1968), photographer
* Doris Schoettler-Boll (1945–2015), artist, curator and teacher
* Eva Schorr (1927–2016), painter and composer
* Caroline Friederike von Schlözer (1753–1808) painter, embroiderer
* Bertha Schrader (1845–1920), painter
* Martina Schradi (born 1972), writer, cartoonist
* Liselotte Schramm-Heckmann (1904–1995), painter
* Käthe Schuftan (1899–1958), painter and drafter
* Anna Schuleit Haber (born 1974), visual artist
* Ursula Schulz-Dornburg (born 1938), photographer
* Martina Schumacher (born 1972), conceptual artist
* Eva Schulze-Knabe (1907–1976), painter and graphic artist, resistance fighter
* Regine Schumann (born 1961), contemporary painter and installation artist
* Else Seifert (1879–1968), architectural photographer
* Else Sehrig-Vehling (1897–1994), Expressionist painter
* Louise Seidler (1786–1866), painter, custodian
* Friederike Sieburg (1761–1835), pastellist
* Alma Siedhoff-Buscher (1899–1944), designer
* Katharina Sieverding (born 1944), photographer
* Pola Sieverding (born 1981), photographer and video artist
* Clara Siewert (1862–1945), Symbolist painter
* Ludovike Simanowiz (1759–1827), portrait painter
* Zuzanna Skiba (born 1968), painter
* Maria Slavona (1865–1931), Impressionist painter
* Kiki Smith (born 1954), West German-born American sculptor, printmaker, drawer
* Annegret Soltau (born 1946), visual artist
* Margarethe Sömmering (1768–1802), painter
* Kathrin Sonntag (born 1981), visual artist
* Catharina Sperling-Heckel (1699–1741), painter and etcher
* Gertrud Staats (1859–1938), painter
* Pia Stadthäuser (born 1959), sculptor
* Jonny Star (born 1964), sculptor, installation artist
* Birgit Stauch (born 1961), contemporary sculptor
* Marél von Steinling (born 1933), painter
* Hito Steyerl (born 1966), filmmaker, visual artist and writer
* Dora Stock (1760–1832), painter
* Minna Stocks (1846–1928), painter
* Gunta Stölzl (1897–1983), textile artist
* Madeleine Strindberg (born 1955), painter
* Helene Marie Stromeyer (1834–1924), painter
* Erika Stürmer-Alex (born 1938), painter

## T

* Gerda Taro (1910–1937), war photographer
* Henriette-Félicité Tassaert (1766–1818), painter
* Ebba Tesdorpf (1851–1920), illustrator and painter
* Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721–1782), Rococo painter
* Ulrike Theusner (born 1982), printmaker
* Elsa Thiemann (1910–1981), photographer
* Amalie Tischbein (1757–1839), painter and etcher
* Elisabeth Treskow (1898–1992), goldsmith
* Catharina Treu (1743–1811), still life painter
* Rosemarie Trockel (born 1952), contemporary artist
* Alice Trübner (1875–1916), painter
* Susanne Tunn (born 1958), sculptor

## U

* Ellen von Unwerth (born 1954), photographer

## V

* Lette Valeska (1885–1985), painter
* Jutta Vialon (1917–2004), photographer
* Clara Vogedes (1892–1983), painter
* Christa Frieda Vogel (born 1960), photographer

## W

* Grete Waldau (born 1868), architectural painter, mural artist
* Emmi Walther (1860–1936), painter
* Maria Dorothea Wagner (1719–1792), painter
* Corinne Wasmuht (born 1964), painter
* Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann (1815–1901), Germany's first professional female photographer with a studio in Leipzig from 1843
* Hanna Weil (1921–2011), painter
* Gisela Weimann (born 1943), visual artist, feminist
* Kaethe Katrin Wenzel (born 1972), contemporary artist
* Anna Maria Werner (1688–1753), painter
* Anna Werner (born 1941), photographer
* Clara Westhoff (1878–1954), sculptor
* Brigitta Westphal (born 1944), painter
* Marianne Wex (born 1937), feminist photographer
* Eva Janina Wieczorek (born 1951), painter
* Anne Winterer (1894–1938), photographer
* Lilli Wislicenus (1872–1939), sculptor
* Herma Auguste Wittstock (born 1977), performance artist
* Karla Woisnitza (born 1952), fresco painter
* Ursula Wolff Schneider (1906–1977), photographer and photojournalist
* Julie Wolfthorn (1864–1944), painter
* Emmy Worringer (1878–1961), avant-garde artist

## Y

* Barbara Yelin (born 1977), cartoonist
* Yva (1900–1944), Jewish photographer

## Z

* Wilhelmine von Zenge (1780–1852), pastellist
* Thekla Zielke (born 1928), ceramic artist
* Margaretha Ziesenis (born c. 1740s), miniaturist
* Dorothea Schwartz Zimmer (fl. 1800), portrait painter
* Unica Zürn (1916–1970), artist and writer
* Bettina von Zwehl (born 1971), photographer