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.

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
• Guda (fl. c. 1100), manuscript illuminator
• 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
• Therese Emilie Henriette Winkel (1784-1867) - painter, author, composer
• 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

See also

• List of German women photographers