Most Famous German Artists
Germany has produced 1,343 notable artists throughout history, led by Albrecht Dürer. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
AD
Albrecht Dürer German Painter 1471 – 1528
#
288
PK
Paul Klee German Painter 1879 – 1940
#
693
CD
Caspar David Friedrich German Painter 1774 – 1840
#
1,053
LM
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe German Architect 1886 – 1969
#
1,336
ME
Max Ernst German Painter 1891 – 1976
#
1,562
JB
Joseph Beuys German Sculptor 1921 – 1986
#
2,024
LC
Lucas Cranach the Elder German Painter 1472 – 1553
#
2,166
OD
Otto Dix German Painter 1891 – 1969
#
3,103
EL
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner German Painter 1880 – 1938
#
3,518
AK
Anselm Kiefer German Painter Born 1945
#
4,956
EN
Emil Nolde German Painter 1867 – 1956
#
5,022
JA
Josef Albers German Painter 1888 – 1976
#
6,715
AM
August Macke German Painter 1887 – 1914
#
7,022
FO
Frei Otto German Architect 1925 – 2015
#
8,734
FX
Franz Xaver Winterhalter German Painter 1805 – 1873
#
9,169
EM
Erich Mendelsohn German Architect 1887 – 1953
#
10,304
OF
Oskar Fischinger German Painter 1900 – 1967
#
10,561
LC
Lovis Corinth German Painter 1858 – 1925
#
10,832
EB
Ernst Barlach German Sculptor 1870 – 1938
#
11,184
FS
Franz Stuck German Sculptor 1863 – 1928
#
11,469