List of well-known professors and former students of the Karlsruhe Art Academy

This is a list of well-known professors and former students of the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe .

• Peter Ackermann (1934–2007), German painter and graphic artist
• Franz Ackermann (* 1963), German painter (professor since 2001)
• Hiromi Akiyama (1937–2012), Japanese sculptor
• Heinrich Altherr (1878–1947) Swiss painter (professor of painting)
• Horst Antes (* 1936), German painter and graphic artist
• Leopold Armbruster (1862–1936), German sculptor
• Klaus Arnold (1928–2009), German painter and sculptor
• Hermann Baisch (1846–1894 in Karlsruhe), German landscape and animal painter (professor from 1880)
• Stephan Balkenhol (* 1957), German sculptor (professor since 1992)
• Georg Baselitz (* 1938), German painter and sculptor
• Heinrich Bauser (1858–1942), German sculptor
• Silvia Bächli (* 1956), Swiss draftsman
• Karl Biese (1863–1926), German landscape painter and lithographer
• John Bock (* 1965), German concept and action artist (professor since 2004)
• Otto Richard Bossert (1874–1919), German graphic artist and painter
• Eugen Bracht (1842–1921), German painter
• Hanna Breidinger-Spohr (1922–2000), painter and woodcut artist
• Hans Adolf Bühler (1877–1951), German painter
• Ernst Caramelle (* 1952), Austrian artist (professor 1994–2018, rector 2012–2018)
• Paul Eduard Crodel (1862–1928), German painter
• Walter Conz (1872–1947), German painter and etcher
• Adolf des Coudres (1862–1924), German landscape painter
• Ludwig Des Coudres (1820–1878), German history and portrait painter (professor from 1855)
• Karl Deppert (1897–1988), German painter and poet
• Tatjana Doll (* 1970), German painter (professor since 2009)
• Helmut Dorner (* 1952), German painter
• Peter Dreher (* 1932), German painter
• Marcel van Eeden (* 1965), Dutch painter and draftsman (professor of painting)
• Walter Eglin (1895–1966), Swiss wood carver, Mozaist, painter
• Eva Eisenlohr (1891–1977), German painter and sculptor
• Karl Heinz Engelin (1924–1986), German sculptor (Freiburg branch)
• Gisela Engelin-Hommes (1931–2017), German sculptor (Freiburg branch)
• Hans Martin Erhardt (1935–2015), German painter and graphic artist
• Margareta Erichsen (1916–2006), painter and illustrator
• Friedrich Fehr (1862–1927), German painter
• Albert Fessler (1908–1978), painter and art teacher
• Hans Fischer-Schuppach (1906–1987), German painter and draftsman of classical modernism
• Andreas Franzke (* 1938), German art historian
• Hugo Karl Frech (1883–1945), painter and graphic artist
• Max Frey (1874–1944), German painter
• Fritz Genkinger (1934–2017), German painter
• Rolf Gentz (* 1939), German painter and sculptor
• Walter Georgi (1871-1924), German painter and illustrator (professor from 1908 to 1919)
• Friedrich Gerhardt (1828–1921), genre painter and painting technician (student from 1854)
• Jürgen Goertz (* 1939), German sculptor
• Artur Graf (1911–1989), German painter
• Carlos Grethe (1864–1913), German painter
• Christina Griebel (* 1973), since 2015 Professor of Didactics, Art and Educational Sciences
• Arthur Grimm (1883–1948), German landscape painter
• Erwin Gross (* 1953), German painter (student until 1980, professor since 1989, rector 2000 to 2012)
• Hermann Haas (1878–1935), German ceramist and painter
• Leo Haas (1901–1983), German painter, graphic artist, draftsman and caricaturist
• Gretel Haas-Gerber (1903–1998), German painter and draftsman
• Albrecht von Hancke (1924–2017), German painter and draftsman
• Arminius Hasemann (1888–1979), German sculptor and graphic artist
• Wilhelm Hasemann (1850–1913), German painter
• Theobald Hauck (1902–1980), German sculptor
• Albert Haueisen (1872–1954), German painter
• Harald Häuser (* 1957), German artist
• Axel Heil (* 1965), German mixed media artist (student until 1990, professor from 2002)
• Wilhelm Hempfing (1886–1948), German painter
• Joachim Heusinger von Waldegg (* 1940), German art historian (professor from 1984 to 2006)
• Ernst Hildebrand (1833–1924), German history and portrait painter (professor from 1875)
• Franz Xaver Hoch (1869–1916), German landscape painter
• Karl Hofer (1878–1955), German painter
• Theobald Hofmann (1861–1953), German architect, professor and specialist book author
• Leni Hoffmann (* 1962), German painter and sculptor (professor since 2002)
• Karl Hubbuch (1891–1979), German painter and lithographer
• Raimer Jochims (* 1935), German painter
• Leopold von Kalckreuth (1855–1928), German painter
• Friedrich Kallmorgen (1856–1924), German painter
• Max G. Kaminski (1938–2019), German painter (professor from 1980 to 2004)
• Gustav Kampmann (1859–1917), German painter and graphic artist
• Alexander Kanoldt (1881–1939), German painter
• Ferdinand Keller (1842–1922), German painter
• Ludwig Kern (1902–1942), German sculptor
• Hans Kindermann (1911–1997), German sculptor (professor 1957–1977, rector from 1963 to 1971)
• Erich Kips (1869–1945), German painter
• Per Kirkeby (1938–2018), Danish painter, sculptor and architect
• Heinrich Kley (1863–1945), German draftsman and illustrator
• Harald Klingelhöller (* 1954), German sculptor (professor since 1991, rector from September 1, 2018)
• Gustav Kluge (* 1947), German painter
• Julius Koch (1882–1952), German painter and graphic artist
• Rainer Küchenmeister (1926–2010), German painter and university professor
• August Kutterer (1898–1954), German painter
• Max Laeuger (1864–1952), German visual artist
• David D. Lauer (1939–2014), German sculptor (professor from 1974 to 2004)
• Kalin Lindena (* 1977), German artist (professor since 2014)
• Wilhelm Loth (1920–1993), German sculptor
• Emil Lugo (1840–1902), German painter and graphic artist
• Markus Lüpertz (* 1941), German painter and graphic artist
• Ruth Meisner (1902–1973), German sculptor, ceramist and painter
• Carolin Meister , art historian (* 1969) art historian (professor since 2009)
• Rainer Metzger , art historian (* 1961) (professor since 2004)
• Claus Meyer , German painter (professor from 1890 to 1895)
• Hermann Moest (1868–1945), German nude painter
• Wilhelm Morano (1885–1958), German painter and graphic artist
• Julia Müller (* 1965), artist duo Claudia & Julia Müller (professor)
• Rolf Müller-Landau (1903–1956), German painter
• Willi Münch-Khe (1885–1960), German painter, graphic artist and craftsman
• Igor Oleinikov (* 1968), German painter
• Wolf Pehlke (1955–2013), German artist and author
• Robert Poetzelberger (1856–1930), Austrian painter, sculptor and art professor (professor from 1892 to 1899)
• Paul von Ravenstein (1854–1938), German landscape painter
• Caspar Ritter (1861-1923), German painter (professor from 1888 to 1919)
• Carl Röchling (painter) (1855–1920), German painter and illustrator
• Philipp Röth (1841–1921), German painter and draftsman
• Gerhard Roese (* 1962), German sculptor, art historian and architecture model maker
• Daniel Roth (* 1969), German artist (student until 1997, professor from 2007)
• Helmut Rußwurm (1911–1995) German painter and graphic artist
• Michel Sauer (* 1949), German sculptor
• Wilhelm Sauter (1896–1948), German painter and draftsman
• Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1807–1863), German painter (first director since 1854)
• Georg Scholz (1890–1945), German painter
• Gustav Schönleber (1851-1917), German painter (professor from 1880 to 1917)
• Georg Schreyögg (1870-1934), German sculptor (professor from 1920 to 1932)
• Emil Schumacher (1912–1999), German painter
• Ernst Schurth (1848–1910)
• Marcus Steinweg (* 1971), philosopher and art theorist (substitute professor since 2017)
• Adolf Strübe (1881–1973), German painter and sculptor
• Bernhard Studer (1832–1868), Swiss painter
• Klaus Theweleit (* 1942), German art theorist, (professor from 1998 to 2008)
• Hans Thoma (1839–1924), German painter
• Eduard Trautwein (1893–1978), German painter
• Wolfgang Trust (1926–1986), German sculptor and graphic artist
• Wilhelm Trübner (1851–1917), German painter
• Christoph Voll (1897–1939), German sculptor and graphic artist
• Hermann Volz (1897-1919), sculptor (professor from 1880 to 1919)
• Emil Wachter (1921–2012), German visual artist
• Holger Walter (* 1968), German sculptor and draftsman
• Emil Rudolf Weiß (1875–1942), German typographer, graphic artist, painter, teacher and poet (student from 1893 to 1896)
• Marijke van Warmerdam (* 1959), Dutch video artist (professor since 2004)
• Corinne Wasmuht (* 1964), German painter (professor since 2016)
• Hermann Weber (* 1959), German university professor for art & design
• Herbert Wetterauer (* 1957), German painter and sculptor
• Else Winnewisser (* 1936), German painter
• Michael Witlatschil (* 1953), German sculptor
• Curt Witte (1882–1959), German painter
• Wladimir Lukianowitsch von Zabotin (1884–1967), Ukrainian-German painter