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

• Tomma Abts (born 1967), abstract painter
• Anni Albers (1899-1994), German-American textile artist, printmaker
• Katrin Alvarez (born 1944), contemporary painter
• Annot (1894–1981), painter, art teacher, writer, pacifist

B

• Nina Lola Bachhuber (born 1971), sculptor, installation artist, artist
• Caroline Bardua (1781–1864), painter
• Uta Barth (born 1958), photographer
• Mary Baumeister (born 1934), artist
• Ella Bergmann-Michel (1896–1971), abstract painter, photographer, filmmaker
• Hilla Becher (1934-2015), photographer
• Amalie Bensinger (1809-1889), religious painter
• Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006), German-born American photographer
• Ina Bierstedt(born 1965), contemporary painter
• Anna Katharina Block (1642–1719), flower painter
• Anna Blume (born 1937), photographer
• Bärbel Bohley (1945–2010), artist, East German opposition figure
• Cosima von Bonin (born 1962), contemporary artist
• Pola Brändle (born 1980), collage artist
• Kerstin Brätsch (born 1979), contemporary artist
• Andrea Büttner (born 1972), multi-medium artist

C

• Claricia (fl. c.1200), manuscript illuminator
• Helene Cramer (1844-1916), painter
• Molly Cramer (1852-1936), painter

D

• Hanne Darboven (1941-2009), conceptual artist
• Marie Davids (born 1847), painter
• Selma Des Coudres (1883-1956), painter
• Adelheid Dietrich (1827–1891), still life painter
• Jacqueline Diffring (born 1920), sculptor
• Christel Drillbohrer (born 1956), painter, installation artist
• Louise Droste-Roggemann (1865-1945), painter
• Tatjana Doll (born 1970), contemporary painter

E

• Elisabeth von Eicken (1862–1940), landscape painter

F

• Anke Feuchtenberger (born 1963), painter, comics artist
• Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874–1927), avant-garde artist, poet
• Katharina Fritsch (born 1956), sculptor

G

• Isa Genzken (born 1948), contemporary artist
• Anna Gerresheim (1852–1921), painter, etcher
• Helga Goetze (1922–2008), embroiderer, poet, activist
• Katharina Grosse (born 1968), artist

H

• Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz (1824–1902), portrait painter
• Tina Haim-Wentscher (1887–1974), (aka Tina Haim-Wentcher), German-Australian sculptress
• Iris Häussler (born 1971), German-born Canadian conceptual, installation artist
• Amalia von Helvig (1776–1831), artist, writer, who moved to Sweden
• Hannah Höch (1889–1978), avant-garde artist
• Candida Höfer (born 1944), photographer
• Rebecca Horn (born 1944), installation artist
• Sabine Hornig (born 1964), photographer
• Maria Innocentia Hummel (1909–1946), nun, artist
• Irma Hünerfauth (1907-1998), painter, sculpture and object artist

J

• Tina Juretzek (born 1952), painter

K

• Christa Kabitz (1918-2011), (aka Christa Eichler, Christa Sommer), portrait painter, contemporary painter
• Amalie Kärcher (1860–1926), fruit and flower painter
• Johanna Keimeyer (born 1982), photographer, artist
• Annette Kelm (born 1975), contemporary artist, photographer
• Inge King (1915-2016), German-born Australian sculptor
• Astrid Kirchner (born 1938), photographer, artist
• Mary Louisa Kirschner (1852–1931), painter, glass artist
• Dora Koch-Stetter (1881–1968), (aka Dora Stetter), landscape artist, portrait painter and etcher
• Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), painter, printmaker

L

• Sabine Lepsius (1864–1942), portrait painter
• Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler (1899–1940), avant-garde artist
• Loretta Lux (born 1969), photographer

M

• Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen (1886–1930), portrait painter
• Therese Maron (1725–1806), painter
• Susanna Mayr (1600–1674), Baroque painter
• Else Meidner (1901–1987), painter
• Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907), Expressionist painter
• Gabriele Münter (1877–1962), Expressionist painter

N

• Renee Nele (born 1932), sculptor, goldsmith
• Elisabet Ney (1833-1907), sculptor
• Maria Nordman (born 1943), German-American sculptor, conceptual artist

O

• Méret Oppenheim (1913–1985), German-born Swiss Surrealist artist, photographer

P

• 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

R

• Dorothee Raetsch (born 1940), sculptor, graphic artist
• Sandra Rauch (born 1967), painter
• Hilla von Rebay (1890–1967), abstract artist, co-founder of the Guggenheim Museum
• Margaretha Reichardt (1907-1984), textile designer and former Bauhaus student.
• Elisabeth Reuter (1853-1903), painter
• Emy Roeder (1890-1971), sculptor

S

• Lessie Sachs (1897–1942), poet and artist
• Adelaïde Salles-Wagner (1825–1890), painter active in France
• Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943), painter
• Silke Schatz (born 1967), sculptor, installation artist
• Sophie Schneider (1866-1942), painter
• Martina Schradi (born 1972), writer, cartoonist
• Martina Schumacher (born 1972), conceptual artist
• Louise Seidler (1786–1866), painter, custodian
• Kiki Smith (born 1954), West German born American sculptor, printmaker, drawer
• Karin Ulrike Soika (born 1966), painter, writer
• Kathrin Sonntag (born 1981), visual artist
• Pia Stadthäuser (born 1959), sculptor
• Jonny Star (born 1964), sculptor, installation artist
• Eva Strautmann (born 1963), visual art
• Birgit Stauch (born 1961), contemporary sculptor
• Madeleine Strindberg (born 1955), painter
• Gunta Stölzl (1897–1983), textile artist

T

• Elsa Thiemann (1910-1981), photographer
• Rosemarie Trockel (born 1952), contemporary artist
• Susanne Tunn (born 1958), sculptor

V

• Claudia Vecchiarelli (1978–2009), Italian-German naive painter

W

• Emmi Walther (1860-1936), painter
• Gisela Weimann (born 1943), visual artist, feminist
• Herma Auguste Wittstock (born 1977), performance artist