54 Notable alumni of
Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design

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The Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design is 1099th in the world, 384th in Europe, and 45th in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 54 notable alumni from the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Eric Carle

    Eric Carle
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1929-2021 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    children's writerwriterillustrator
    Biography

    Eric Carle was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books. His picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. Carle's career as an illustrator and children's book author accelerated after he collaborated on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. Carle illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he also wrote, and more than 145 million copies of his books have been sold around the world.

  2. Johannes Itten

    Johannes Itten
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1888-1967 (aged 79)
    Occupations
    writerpainterphotographerdrawerarchitect
    Biography

    Johannes Itten was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher, writer and theorist associated with the Bauhaus (Staatliches Bauhaus) school. Together with German-American painter Lyonel Feininger and German sculptor Gerhard Marcks, under the direction of German architect Walter Gropius, Itten was part of the core of the Weimar Bauhaus.

  3. Oskar Schlemmer

    Oskar Schlemmer
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1888-1943 (aged 55)
    Occupations
    photographersculptorcostume designeruniversity teacherlibrettist
    Biography

    Oskar Schlemmer was a German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer associated with the Bauhaus school.

  4. Paul Maar

    Paul Maar
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1937-.. (age 87)
    Occupations
    children's writertranslatorwriterscreenwriterphotographer
    Biography

    Paul Maar is a German novelist, playwright, translator, and illustrator notable for his contributions to children's literature.

  5. Robert Gernhardt

    Robert Gernhardt
    Born in
    Estonia Flag Estonia
    Years
    1937-2006 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    writerpainterscreenwriterpoetillustrator
    Biography

    Robert Gernhardt was a German writer, painter, graphic artist and poet.

  6. Christoph Niemann

    Christoph Niemann
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    postage stamp designerbloggerwriteranimatorartist
    Biography

    Christoph Niemann is an illustrator, graphic designer, and children's book author.

  7. Aiga Rasch

    Aiga Rasch
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1941-2009 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    graphic designerphotographerillustrator
    Biography

    Aiga Rasch was a German illustrator, graphic artist and painter.

  8. Frans Krajcberg

    Frans Krajcberg
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1921-2017 (aged 96)
    Occupations
    international forum participantscreenwriterpainterphotographervisual artist
    Biography

    Frans Krajcberg was a Polish-born Brazilian painter, sculptor, engraver and photographer. Known for his environmental activism, Krajcberg denounced the destruction of the Brazilian forests, using materials such as burnt wood from illegal forest fires in his artworks.

  9. Joseph Anton Koch

    Joseph Anton Koch
    Born in
    Austria Flag Austria
    Years
    1768-1839 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    paintergraphic artistillustrator
    Biography

    Joseph Anton Koch was an Austrian painter of Neoclassicism and later the German Romantic movement; he is perhaps the most significant neoclassical landscape painter.

  10. Grete Stern

    Grete Stern
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1904-1999 (aged 95)
    Occupations
    painterdesignerphotographer
    Biography

    Grete Stern was a German-Argentine photographer. Between April 1930 and March 1933, she studied at the Bauhaus. With her husband Horacio Coppola, she helped modernize the visual arts in Argentina, and presented the first exhibition of modern photographic art in Buenos Aires, in 1935.

  11. Willi Baumeister

    Willi Baumeister
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1889-1955 (aged 66)
    Occupations
    painteruniversity teachertypographergraphic artistgraphic designer
    Biography

    Willi Baumeister was a German painter, scenic designer, art professor, and typographer. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics.

  12. Karl Hofer

    Karl Hofer
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1878-1955 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    painteruniversity teacherbooksellergraphic artistart educator
    Biography

    Karl Christian Ludwig Hofer or Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter. He was director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts.

  13. F. W. Bernstein

    F. W. Bernstein
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1938-2018 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    caricaturistwriteruniversity teacherphotographerpoet
    Biography

    F. W. Bernstein was a German poet, cartoonist, satirist, and academic. He worked for the satirical biweekly pardon. After teaching at schools, he was professor of caricature and comics at the Berlin Academy of the Arts from 1984 to 1999. He was one of the founding members of the Neue Frankfurter Schule, which published the satirical magazine Titanic.

  14. Michel Majerus

    Michel Majerus
    Born in
    Luxembourg Flag Luxembourg
    Years
    1967-2002 (aged 35)
    Occupations
    paintersculptorartist
    Biography

    Michel Majerus was a Luxembourgish artist who combined painting with digital media in his work. He lived and worked in Berlin until his untimely death in a plane crash in November 2002.

  15. HAP Grieshaber

    HAP Grieshaber
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1909-1981 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    painteruniversity teachergraphic artistdrawerxylographer
    Biography

    Helmut Andreas Paul Grieshaber or HAP Grieshaber was a German artist. His preferred medium was large format woodcuts.

  16. Heinrich Füger

    Heinrich Füger
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1751-1818 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    miniaturistpainter
    Biography

    Heinrich Friedrich Füger was a German classicist portrait and historical painter.

  17. Johann Heinrich von Dannecker

    Johann Heinrich von Dannecker
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1758-1841 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    sculptoruniversity teacherartist
    Biography

    Johann Heinrich von Dannecker was a German sculptor.

  18. Rolf Nesch

    Rolf Nesch
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1893-1975 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    graphic artistsculptorpainterprintmaker
    Biography

    Rolf Nesch (January 7, 1893 – October 27, 1975) was German born, Norwegian expressionist artist, especially noted for his printmaking.

  19. Heinrich von Zügel

    Heinrich von Zügel
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1850-1941 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    painteruniversity teacherteacher
    Biography

    Heinrich Johann von Zügel was a German painter who specialized in pictures of farm and domestic animals, often posed with a human in a dramatic or humorous situation.

  20. Hermann Stenner

    Hermann Stenner
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1891-1914 (aged 23)
    Occupations
    graphic designerpaintergraphic artist
    Biography

    Hermann Stenner was a German Expressionist painter and graphic artist.

  21. Ferdinand Max Bredt

    Ferdinand Max Bredt
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1860-1921 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Ferdinand Max Bredt was a German Orientalist painter, noted for his studies of female figures.

  22. Gebhard Fugel

    Gebhard Fugel
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1863-1939 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Gebhard Fugel was a German painter specializing in Christian themes. He is best known for his work as the leading artist of the Crucifixion Panorama in Altötting.

  23. Gottlieb Schick

    Gottlieb Schick
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1776-1812 (aged 36)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Christian Gottlieb Schick was a German Neoclassical painter. His history paintings, portraits, and landscapes are characterized by romantic tendencies. Of these, he is best known for his portraits.

  24. Stefan Diez

    Stefan Diez
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    designer
    Biography

    Stefan Diez is a German industrial designer whose Munich-based studio, DIEZ OFFICE, develops furniture, accessories, and exhibition designs.

  25. Karin Sander

    Karin Sander
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    conceptual artistpainterdrawerartistsculptor
    Biography

    Karin Sander is a German conceptual artist. She lives and works in Berlin and Zurich.

  26. Heinrich Nauen

    Heinrich Nauen
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1880-1940 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    painteruniversity teacherprintmaker
    Biography

    Heinrich Nauen was a German Expressionist artist. He created oils, watercolors, and prints; as well as murals and mosaics. A large part of his output consists of landscapes and floral still-lifes.

  27. Emil Rudolf Weiss

    Emil Rudolf Weiss
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1875-1942 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    paintergraphic artistwritergraphic designerillustrator
    Biography

    Emil Rudolf Weiß was a German painter, typographer, graphic artist and poet.

  28. Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack

    Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1893-1965 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    painterphotographerprintmakeruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack was a German-born Australian artist.

  29. Carl Offterdinger

    Carl Offterdinger
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1829-1889 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    painterillustrator
    Biography

    Carl Offterdinger was a German figure and genre painter and illustrator.

  30. Maria Caspar-Filser

    Maria Caspar-Filser
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1878-1968 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    university teacherpainter
    Biography

    Maria Caspar-Filser was a German painter. She lived and worked mainly in Munich.

  31. Anton Braith

    Anton Braith
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1836-1905 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    university teacherpainter
    Biography

    Anton Braith was a German landscape and animal painter. He was also a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich

  32. Carl Eytel

    Carl Eytel
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1862-1925 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    painterillustrator
    Biography

    Carl Eytel was a German American artist who built his reputation for paintings and drawings of desert subjects in the American Southwest. Immigrating to the United States in 1885, he settled in Palm Springs, California in 1903. With an extensive knowledge of the Sonoran Desert, Eytel traveled with the author George Wharton James as he wrote the successful Wonders of the Colorado Desert, and contributed over 300 drawings to the 1908 work. While he enjoyed success as an artist, he lived as an ascetic and would die in poverty. Eytel's most important work, Desert Near Palm Springs, hangs in the History Room of the California State Library.

  33. Christian Landenberger

    Christian Landenberger
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1862-1927 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    university teacherpainter
    Biography

    Christian Adam Landenberger was a German Impressionist painter and a professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. He is especially known for his landscapes.

  34. Ludwig Wilding

    Ludwig Wilding
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1927-2010 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    university teachervisual poetpainterphotographervisual artist
    Biography

    Ludwig Wilding was a German artist whose work is associated with Op art and Kinetic art. Wilding was born in Grünstadt, Germany. He studied at the University of Mainz Art School.

  35. Karl Etzel

    Karl Etzel
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1812-1865 (aged 53)
    Enrolled in the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design
    Studied in 1831-1835
    Occupations
    engineerrailway engineerarchitectcivil engineer
    Biography

    Karl von Etzel was a German railway engineer and architect. He created many famous railway lines, bridges and viaducts, including the Bietigheim Enz Valley Viaduct.

  36. Käthe Loewenthal

    Käthe Loewenthal
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1878-1942 (aged 64)
    Occupations
    paintervisual artist
    Biography

    Käthe Frida Rosa Loewenthal was a German Modernist landscape painter of Jewish ancestry. She was murdered in the Shoah. The Painter Susanne Ritscher was her sister.

  37. Hermann Pleuer

    Hermann Pleuer
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1863-1911 (aged 48)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Hermann Pleuer was a German Impressionist and landscape artist who is best known for his paintings of the Royal Württemberg State Railways.

  38. Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch

    Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1758-1838 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch was a German Classical painter, known primarily for his portraits, although he also created historical and mythological scenes.

  39. Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret

    Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1767-1845 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    architectpainter
    Biography

    Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret was a German architect and designer.

  40. Willy Wiedmann

    Willy Wiedmann
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1929-2013 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    writercomposerpoetpainterart dealer
    Biography

    Wilhelm Richard Heinrich "Willy" Wiedmann was a German painter, muralist, sculptor, musician, composer, writer, author, publisher, and art dealer.

  41. Eberhard Georg Friedrich von Wächter

    Eberhard Georg Friedrich von Wächter
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1762-1852 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Eberhard Georg Friedrich von Wächter was a German painter. Wächter died in Stuttgart.

  42. Philipp Bauknecht

    Philipp Bauknecht
    Born in
    Spain Flag Spain
    Years
    1884-1933 (aged 49)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Philipp Bauknecht was a German Expressionist painter and graphic artist. Most of his works are landscapes and still-lifes.

  43. Otto Reiniger

    Otto Reiniger
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1863-1909 (aged 46)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Otto Reiniger was a German landscape painter in the Impressionistic style. Most of his works feature the area immediately surrounding Stuttgart, and he was particularly praised for his depictions of flowing water.

  44. Alf Bayrle

    Alf Bayrle
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1900-1982 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Alf Bayrle, also known as Alf Singer-Bayrle, was a German painter, printmaker and sculptor.

  45. Luisa Richter

    Luisa Richter
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1928-2015 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Luisa Richter born Louise Kaelble, was a Venezuelan-based graphic artist and professor originally from Germany. She was born in Besigheim, Germany and died in Caracas, Venezuela. Her art was heavily influenced by post-war movements and Bauhaus. She later moved to Venezuela in 1955 where she spent the rest of her life, won many awards International awards, became a professor at the Neumann Institute in Caracas, and founded Prodiseño, one of the biggest graphic design schools in Venezuela.

  46. Bernhard Buttersack

    Bernhard Buttersack
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1858-1925 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Bernhard Buttersack was a German landscape painter of the Munich School.

  47. Hermann Baisch

    Hermann Baisch
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1846-1894 (aged 48)
    Occupations
    painteruniversity teacheretcher
    Biography

    Hermann Baisch was a German painter and illustrator who specialized in landscapes and animals. He was one of the first artists in Germany to work in the French influenced "paysage intime" style.

  48. Byung Chul Kim

    Byung Chul Kim
    Born in
    South Korea Flag South Korea
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    artistpainter
    Biography

    Byung Chul Kim is a South Korean artist based in Germany since 2004. He works in performance, drawing, painting and video.

  49. Jakob Gauermann

    Jakob Gauermann
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1773-1843 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    graphic artistpainterdrawerengraver
    Biography

    Jakob Gauermann was a German landscape and genre painter and engraver born in Oeffingen, near Stuttgart.

  50. Johann Gotthard von Müller

    Johann Gotthard von Müller
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1747-1830 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    lithographerengraver
    Biography

    Johann Gotthard von Müller was a German line engraver.

  51. Ferdinand Hartmann

    Ferdinand Hartmann
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1774-1842 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    university teacherpainter
    Biography

    Christian Ferdinand Hartmann was a German portrait and Classical history painter.

  52. Peter Gamper

    Peter Gamper
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1940-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    university teachersprinterathletics competitor
    Biography

    Peter Gamper is a retired German sprinter. He won a European title in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1962 European Athletics Championships, together with Manfred Germar, Hans-Joachim Bender and Klaus Ulonska. Individually, he finished third in the 100 m, behind Claude Piquemal and Jocelyn Delecour.

  53. Friedrich von Keller

    Friedrich von Keller
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1840-1914 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Friedrich von Keller was a German genre painter.

  54. Gustav Halmhuber

    Gustav Halmhuber
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1862-1936 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    architectuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Gustav Halmhuber was a German architect and university teacher. His style reflected the flamboyance and brittle optimism of the early twentieth century. Perhaps his best known surviving work – also one of his earliest commissions – is the WaterTower (1886–1889) in Mannheim.