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
 * 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 (born 1944), 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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