47 Notable alumni of
Dresden Academy of Fine Arts

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The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts is 1346th in the world, 460th in Europe, and 56th in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 47 notable alumni from the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Otto Dix

    Otto Dix
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1891-1969 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    painteruniversity teachergraphic artistvisual artistdrawer
    Biography

    Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix was a German painter and printmaker, noted for his ruthless and harshly realistic depictions of German society during the Weimar Republic and the brutality of war. Along with George Grosz and Max Beckmann, he is widely considered one of the most important artists of the Neue Sachlichkeit.

  2. George Grosz

    George Grosz
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1893-1959 (aged 66)
    Enrolled in the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
    1909-1911 studied fine art
    Occupations
    architectural draftspersonphotographerlithographerillustratorwriter
    Biography

    George Grosz was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity groups during the Weimar Republic. He emigrated to the United States in 1933, and became a naturalized citizen in 1938. Abandoning the style and subject matter of his earlier work, he exhibited regularly and taught for many years at the Art Students League of New York. In 1959 he returned to Berlin, where he died shortly afterwards.

  3. Ludwig Richter

    Ludwig Richter
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1803-1884 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    university teacherpainteretchergraphic artistautobiographer
    Biography

    Adrian Ludwig Richter was a German painter and etcher, who was strongly influenced by Erhard and Chodowiecki. He was a representative of both Romanticism and Biedermeier styles.

  4. Viktor de Kowa

    Viktor de Kowa
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1904-1973 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    stage actorfilm actorfilm producerwritersinger
    Biography

    Viktor de Kowa was a German stage and film actor, chanson singer, director, narrator, and comic poet.

  5. Philipp Veit

    Philipp Veit
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1793-1877 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    painterwriter
    Biography

    Philipp Veit was a German Romantic painter and one of the main exponents of the Nazarene movement. It is to Veit that the credit of having been the first to revive the nearly forgotten technique of fresco painting is due.

  6. Georgios Drossinis

    Georgios Drossinis
    Born in
    Greece Flag Greece
    Years
    1859-1951 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    writerpoet
    Biography

    Georgios Drosinis was a Greek author, poet, scholar and an editor. He is considered to be a co-founder of the New Athenian School (Greek literary Generation of the 1880s).

  7. Conrad Felixmüller

    Conrad Felixmüller
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1897-1977 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    paintervisual artistgraphic artistengraverillustrator
    Biography

    Conrad Felixmüller was a German expressionist painter and printmaker. Born in Dresden as Conrad Felix Müller, he chose Felixmüller as his nom d'artiste.

  8. Oskar Zwintscher

    Oskar Zwintscher
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1870-1916 (aged 46)
    Enrolled in the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
    Studied in 1890-1892
    Occupations
    painteruniversity teachervisual artist
    Biography

    Oskar Zwintscher was a German painter. He is often associated with the Jugendstil movement.

  9. Ludwig von Hofmann

    Ludwig von Hofmann
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1861-1945 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    graphic artistdesignerpainteruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Ludwig von Hofmann was a German painter, graphic artist and designer. He worked in a combination of the Art Nouveau and Symbolist styles. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

  10. Gotthard Graubner

    Gotthard Graubner
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1930-2013 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    painteruniversity teacherprintmaker
    Biography

    Gotthard Graubner was a German painter, born in Erlbach, in Saxony, Germany.

  11. Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel

    Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1804-1861 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    sculptoruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel was a German sculptor.

  12. Carl Timoleon von Neff

    Carl Timoleon von Neff
    Born in
    Estonia Flag Estonia
    Years
    1804-1876 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    painteruniversity teacherland owner
    Biography

    Carl Timoleon von Neff, also russified from 1844 as Timofey Andreyevich Neff was a Russian Imperial artist of Baltic German descent.

  13. Osmar Schindler

    Osmar Schindler
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1867-1927 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    university teacherpainter
    Biography

    Osmar Schindler was a German painter belonging to the Dresden Academy school of artists. His works were considered a mixture of impressionism and Art Nouveau.

  14. Lea Grundig

    Lea Grundig
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1906-1977 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    painteruniversity teacherpoliticiangraphic artistillustrator
    Biography

    Lea Grundig was a German painter and graphic artist.

  15. Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein

    Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1788-1868 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    painterportraitistuniversity teacherhistory painter
    Biography

    Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein, born Vogel, was a German painter.

  16. Hans Grundig

    Hans Grundig
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1901-1958 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    painteruniversity teachergraphic artist
    Biography

    Hans Grundig was a German painter and graphic artist associated with the New Objectivity movement.

  17. Paul Baum

    Paul Baum
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1859-1932 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    painterporcelain painteruniversity teachertextile artist
    Biography

    Paul Baum, was a German painter, draftsman and printmaker. He was the most important representative of Neo-Impressionism in Germany.

  18. Aleksander Lesser

    Aleksander Lesser
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1814-1884 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    painterart criticillustrator
    Biography

    Aleksander Lesser was a Polish painter, illustrator, sketch artist, art critic, and amateur researcher of antiquities. Lesser was Jewish, and became one of the first artists to depict scenes from modern Jewish history in Poland. He specialized in Polish historical and contemporary themes, and he was known and respected in artistic and scholarly circles. He was a member of Kraków's Academy of Learning and co-founder of Warsaw's Zachęta, the Society for Encouragement of the Fine Arts.

  19. Johannes Schilling

    Johannes Schilling
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1828-1910 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    sculptoruniversity teacherteacher
    Biography

    Johannes Schilling was a German sculptor.

  20. Robert Sterl

    Robert Sterl
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1867-1932 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    visual artistuniversity teachergraphic artistgenre painterillustrator
    Biography

    Robert Hermann Sterl was a German painter and graphic artist.

  21. Gotthardt Kuehl

    Gotthardt Kuehl
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1850-1915 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    university teacherpainter
    Biography

    Gotthardt Kuehl was a German painter and a representative of early German Impressionism. He gained wide international recognition during his lifetime.

  22. Paul Ehrenberg

    Paul Ehrenberg
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1876-1949 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    painterviolinist
    Biography

    Paul Ehrenberg was a German violinist and impressionist painter, brother of Carl Ehrenberg and half-brother of Hilde Distel.

  23. Johann Christian Kammsetzer

    Johann Christian Kammsetzer
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1753-1795 (aged 42)
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

    Johann Christian Kammsetzer or Jan Chrystian Kamsetzer was a Dresden-born architect who was active primarily in Poland.

  24. Willy Jaeckel

    Willy Jaeckel
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1888-1944 (aged 56)
    Occupations
    graphic artistlithographerpainteruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Willy Gustav Erich Jaeckel was a German Expressionist painter and lithographer.

  25. Alexander von Sauerweid

    Alexander von Sauerweid
    Born in
    Latvia Flag Latvia
    Years
    1783-1844 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    university teacherpainter
    Biography

    Gottlob Alexander Sauerweid was a Baltic German painter who taught battle painting at the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts.

  26. Ernst Julius Hähnel

    Ernst Julius Hähnel
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1811-1891 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    sculptoruniversity teacherteacher
    Biography

    Ernst Julius Hähnel was a German sculptor and Professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts.

  27. Hermann Wislicenus

    Hermann Wislicenus
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1825-1899 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    university teacherpainter
    Biography

    Hermann Wislicenus was a German historical painter. He is chiefly known for his mural paintings in the Imperial Palace of Goslar.

  28. Arthur von Ramberg

    Arthur von Ramberg
    Born in
    Austria Flag Austria
    Years
    1819-1875 (aged 56)
    Occupations
    university teacherpainter
    Biography

    Arthur von Ramberg was an Austrian-born painter who worked in Germany.

  29. Theobald von Oer

    Theobald von Oer
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1807-1885 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    painterillustrator
    Biography

    Theobald Reinhold Freiherr von Oer was a German painter, illustrator and etcher. He is notable for his portraits, genre paintings and historic paintings. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

  30. Arwed Roßbach

    Arwed Roßbach
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1844-1902 (aged 58)
    Occupations
    architect
    Biography

    Max Arwed Roßbach was a German historicist architect in the late 19th century.

  31. Werner Stötzer

    Werner Stötzer
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1931-2010 (aged 79)
    Enrolled in the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
    Studied in 1951-1953
    Occupations
    sculptoruniversity teacherdrawer
    Biography

    Werner Stötzer was a German artist and sculptor. For the last three decades of his life he lived and worked in Altlangsow (administratively part of Seelow) in the marshy Oderbruch region of Brandenburg.

  32. Theodor Rocholl

    Theodor Rocholl
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1854-1933 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    painterwriter
    Biography

    Theodor Rudoff Rocholl was a German military painter and war artist.

  33. Johann Karl Bähr

    Johann Karl Bähr
    Born in
    Latvia Flag Latvia
    Years
    1801-1869 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    painteruniversity teacherwriter
    Biography

    Johann Karl Bähr was a German painter and writer.

  34. Gustav Jäger

    Gustav Jäger
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1808-1871 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    painterillustratordrawer
    Biography

    Gustav Jäger was a German painter.

  35. Christian Leberecht Vogel

    Christian Leberecht Vogel
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1759-1816 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    university teachergraphic artistdrawerart historianart theorist
    Biography

    Christian Leberecht Vogel was a German painter, draughtsman and writer on art theory. His pupils included Louise Seidler, and he was the father of court painter and art professor Carl Christian Vogel.

  36. Robert Diez

    Robert Diez
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1844-1922 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    sculptoruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Robert Diez was a German sculptor.

  37. Carl Johann Lasch

    Carl Johann Lasch
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1822-1888 (aged 66)
    Enrolled in the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
    Studied in 1838
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Carl Johann Lasch was a German artist of historical paintings. He was born in Leipzig. He attended the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. One of his teachers was Eduard Bendemann. He later attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. There he studied under Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld and Wilhelm von Kaulbach.

  38. Carl Gottlieb Peschel

    Carl Gottlieb Peschel
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1798-1879 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    university teacherpainter
    Biography

    Carl Gottlieb Peschel was a German painter. He was a member of the Nazarene movement.

  39. Otto Altenkirch

    Otto Altenkirch
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1875-1945 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Otto Altenkirch was a German Impressionist painter and set designer.

  40. Carle Hessay

    Carle Hessay
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1911-1978 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    artist
    Biography

    Hans Karl Hesse, known in later life as Carle Hessay, was a German-born Canadian painter. Although much remains uncertain of his early years, he immigrated to Canada in 1927, and later studied at art academies in Dresden and Paris. Hessay served as a Canadian soldier in World War II. After the establishment of peace, he moved to British Columbia, eventually settling in the town of Langley, where he took up art again in the 1950s. Some of his early paintings were done in the manner of Romantic realism. The influence of Expressionism soon became significant, with Hessay drawing on both the European and American movements, together with aspects of Emily Carr and the Group of Seven. He painted landscapes throughout his artistic life, as well as cityscapes, the Spanish Civil War, Biblical prophecy, and conceptions of the far future. A sizable fraction of his output consisted of abstract pieces. Over time, Hessay's depictions grew more symbolic, one commentator describing his late work as "brazenly metaphysical and apocalyptic". He often made his own pigments, and his style is distinguished by his use of colour, especially black. In 2014, a group of Canadian writers published poems based on his small abstracts. Hessay was the subject of a 2017 documentary film and art exhibition at the University of Victoria.

  41. Friedrich Boser

    Friedrich Boser
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1809-1881 (aged 72)
    Enrolled in the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
    Studied in 1826-1832
    Occupations
    genre painterpainterartist
    Biography

    Karl Friedrich Adolf Boser, was a German artist. He studied in Dresden, Berlin, and Düsseldorf; his paintings, chiefly genre subjects and portraits, were popular. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

  42. Johann Siegwald Dahl

    Johann Siegwald Dahl
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1827-1902 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Johann Siegwald Dahl was a German animal painter.

  43. Edward Mateusz Jan Römer

    Edward Mateusz Jan Römer
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1848-1900 (aged 52)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Edward Mateusz Jan Oktawiusz Römer was a Baltic-German painter who lived and worked in the Russian Empire. His brother was the sculptor and painter, Alfred Izydor Römer and his father was Edward Jan Römer, a noted writer and social activist.

  44. Robert Leinweber

    Robert Leinweber
    Born in
    Czech Republic Flag Czech Republic
    Years
    1845-1921 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    painterillustrator
    Biography

    Anton Robert Leinweber was a Bohemian German painter and illustrator; known for his Orientalist and Biblical scenes.

  45. Peter Alfred Schou

    Peter Alfred Schou
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1844-1914 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Peter Alfred Schou was a Danish painter.

  46. Christa Sammler

    Christa Sammler
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1932-.. (age 92)
    Occupations
    sculptorartist
    Biography

    Christa Sammler is a German sculptor.

  47. Hanna Jessen

    Hanna Jessen
    Born in
    Norway Flag Norway
    Years
    1907-1973 (aged 66)
    Enrolled in the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
    Studied in 1923-1925
    Occupations
    sculptorlecturernon-fiction writer
    Biography

    Hanna Jessen was a Norwegian sculptor, lecturer and non-fiction author.