List of stained glass painters

Depiction of different styles of stained glass from different eras

This list includes under the designation glass painter artists,

- who have learned the craft of stained glass and have done stained glass themselves,

- who sometimes painted on glass alongside other artistic activities,

- who did not paint on glass, but made designs for stained glass.

Years up to 1500

"The Visitation" by Peter Hemmel von Andlau (around 1480) in Ulm Minster

Baldung window in Bleibach (Gutach)

• Master of Königsfelden , also Königsfeld workshop (14th century), unknown master or painting school, created the stained glass windows of the Franciscan monastery in Königsfelden between 1325 and 1340
• Hans Acker (around 1380 - 1461), German glass painter in Ulm
• Jakob Acker the Elder ( traceable in Ulm at the end of the 14th / beginning of the 15th century ), German glass painter
• Hermann Schadeberg , also Hermann von Basel , worked in Strasbourg from 1399 to 1438 as a glass painter, painter and book illustrator
• Francesco Livi († around 1439), Tuscan glass painter, active in Lübeck and Florence
• Hans von Tübingen (* around 1400–1462), painter, probably also glass painter
• Peter Hemmel von Andlau (* around 1420), leading German glass painter of the 15th century
• Master of Coëtivy (15th century), unknown French master, active between 1455 and 1477 a. a. in Paris
• Hans Leu the Elder (1460–1507) was a Zurich painter and designer of cracked windows
• Veit Hirschvogel the Elder (1461–1526), ​​German glass painter
• Niklaus Manuel , known as German, (around 1509) was a poet, painter, graphic artist, reformer and Bernese statesman.
• Lukas Zeiner (* around 1454 † around 1519), Swiss glass painter, 1488 governor in the Wangental
• Niklaus Herport (1480–1520) from Lucerne , also active in Bern, painter, glazier and glass painter
• Hans Baldung also Hans Baldung Grien (* 1484 or 1485 in Schwäbisch Gmünd ; † September 1545 in Strasbourg) was a German painter, draftsman and engraver in Albrecht Dürer's time, who also made numerous designs for woodcuts and glass paintings.
• Urs Graf the Elder (* around 1485 in Solothurn; † before October 13, 1528) was a glass painter, copperplate engraver, draftsman for woodcuts and goldsmith, father of Urs Graf the Younger
• Balthasar von Heldbrunn (1483–1517), active in Lucerne, glass painter
• Master of the Apocalypsenrose of the Sainte Chapelle , active in Paris around 1490
• Oswald Göschl (1491–1513) from Lucerne (Switzerland), glass painter
• Lukas Schwarz (1498–1526), ​​glazier and glass painter from Bern (Switzerland)
• Urs Werder (* in Solothurn; † July 4, 1499 in Bern), Swiss glass painter
• Master of the Sebastian Diptych around 1500, probably active in Mainz and Strasbourg, painter and glass painter from the Upper Rhine

Years from 1501 to 1800

Window in Wat Benchamabophit (Bangkok, Thailand)

• Anthoni Glaser (1505–1551) active in Basel , glass painter
• Hans Funk (around 1470–1540), from Zurich, active in Bern, glass painter
• Ulrich von Bergarten (1506–1511) from Zurich , glass painter
• Jakob Meyer (1512–1536), active in Bern, glass painter
• Carl von Aegeri (1512–1562) active in Zurich, glass painter
• Mathias Walter (1517–1602) from Bern, glass painter
• Marx Weiss the Younger, also Marx Weiss von Balingen (* before 1518 in Balingen ; † February 25, 1580 in Überlingen ) was a late Gothic painter.
• Jakob Wyß (around 1520), active in Bern, glass painter
• Anton Schiterberg (1520–1561) from Lucerne, glass painter
• Rudolf Bluntschli (1520–1565) from Zurich, glass painter
• Ulrich Ban II. (1520–1576) from Zurich, glass painter
• Lienhard Brun (around 1520–1536) from Zurich, active in Schaffhausen
• Felix Lindtmayer the Elder († 1543) from Schaffhausen , flat and glass painter
• Felix Lindtmayer the Younger (1524–1574) from Schaffhausen, glass painter
• Großhans Thomann (1525–1567), active in Zurich, painter and glass painter
• Niklaus Bluntschli (1525–1605), active in Zurich, glass painter
• Martin Moser (1530–1568), active in Lucerne, glass painter
• Andreas Hör (1530–1575), active in St. Gallen, glass painter
• Jos Murer (1530–1580) from Zurich, wood cutter and glass painter, 1578 magistrate in Winterthur
• Joseph Gösler (1530–1585), active in Bern, glass painter
• Abraham Bickart (1535–1578) active in Bern, glass painter
• Ludwig Ringler (1535–1605) from Basel, from 1582 to 1584 bailiff in Lugano , glass painter
• Hans Jerg Riecher (1538–1614), active in Basel, glass painter
• Hans Gitschmann von Robstein , active in Freiburg im Breisgau around 1538, painted the city coat of arms with the coat of arms of Emperor Charles V for Villingen , today in the collection of the Franciscan Museum Villingen-Schwenningen , glass painter
• Tobias Stimmer (1539–1584) from Schaffhausen, painter, wood cutter and designer of cracked windows
• Hieronymus Lang (1540–1582) from Hüfingen, active in Schaffhausen, glass painter
• Daniel Lang (1543 - around 1605) active in Schaffhausen, glass painter, son of Hieronymus Lang
• Niklaus Wirt († 1585) active in Wil (Switzerland), judge and glass painter
• Thuringia Walther (1546–1616) active in Bern, glass painter
• Joachim Brennwald (around 1546–1624) active in Zurich, glass painter
• Bartholomäus Lingg (1552–1583) active in Zug (Switzerland), glass painter
• Daniel Lindtmayer (1552–1607) from Schaffhausen, decoration, wall and portrait painter, wood cutter, designer of cracked windows and glass painter, son of Felix Lindtmayer the Elder. J.
• Caspar Spengler (1553–1604) active in Constance , glass painter
• Jörg Wannewitsch (1554–1593) workshop in Basel, glass painter
• Hans Zehender (1555–1635) from Bern, active as a painter and glass painter (see also Gabriel Zehender )
• Werner Kübler the Elder (1555–1586) active in Schaffhausen, glass painter
• Peter Balduin (1558–1602) is said to come from the Netherlands, 1558 citizen in Zofingen , glass painter
• Christoph Murer (1558–1614) from Zurich, glass painter, son of Jos Murer
• Josias Murer (1564–1630) active in Zurich, glass painter
• Jeronymus Vischer (around 1564–1630) active in Basel, glass painter master of the Guild of Heaven
• Marx Grimm (1565 - around 1610) active in Schaffhausen, glass painter
• Hans Huber (1570–1598) works in Bern, paints “on the side”, is landlord, governor and governor of Nidau ​​and Aarwangen
• Franz Fallenter (1570–1612) active in Lucerne, Aarau and Freiburg im Breisgau, 1580 citizen in Lucerne, glass painter
• Michael Müller II. (1570–1642) active in Zug, Spittelvogt and lieutenant , glass painter
• Hans Friedrich Kolmann (1570–1615) taught glass painter at Marx Grimm in Schaffhausen
• Hans Caspar Lang the Elder (1571–1645) active in Schaffhausen and Freiburg im Uechtland, Freiburg im Breisgau and Strasbourg, 1642–1645 Mayor of Schaffhausen, glass painter, son of Daniel Lang
• Hans Wilhelm Jezler (1571–1611) taught glass painter at Marx Grimm in Schaffhausen
• Hans Jakob Plepp (from 1576) painter and glass painter probably from Biel, active in Zurich, designer
• Hans Jeggli (1579–1665) from Winterthur, glass painter, master in Schaffhausen
• Werner Kübler (1582–1621) active in Schaffhausen, stepson of Daniel Lindtmeyer the Elder. J., glass painter
• Hans Ulrich Fisch (1583–1647) active in Aarau, also Hans Ulrich I. Fisch, was a Swiss glass painter and book illustrator.
• Jakob Wegmann (1586–1656) from Zurich, active in Lucerne, glass painter
• Josua Grimm (1587–1629), son of Marx Grimm, glass painter in Schaffhausen
• Jeronimus Spengler (1589–1635) son of Caspar Spengler, active in Constance, glass painter
• Hans Martin Spleiss (1592–1671) active in Schaffhausen, glass painter
• Peter Bock (? - before 1594) from Zurich, active in Altdorf, glass painter
• Thomas Vischer (around 1600) works in Basel, glass painter
• Christoph Brandenberg (1600–1663) active in Zug, 1628 to 1630 Obervogt in Steinhausen, glass painter
• Matthäus Federer (around 1606), workshop in Strasbourg, glass painter
• Johann Wolfgang Spengler (1624–1685) from Constance, glass painter
• Johann Georg Spengler (1660–1737) from Constance, glass painter

Years from 1801 to 1900

Altar window of All Saints Church in Tudeley , Kent

• Max Emanuel Ainmiller (1807–1870), German painter, glass painter and sculptor; is considered to be primarily responsible for the revival of stained glass in the 19th century
• Eduard Jakob von Steinle (1810–1886) Austrian painter and designer
• Carl Geyling (1814–1880), Austrian glass painter
• Ernst Gillmeister (1817–1887), German porcelain and glass painter from Schwerin
• Adolph Seiler (1824–1873), Prussian purveyor to the court, founded the Adolf Seiler Glass Painting Institute (also known as the Adolf Seiler Institute for Glass Painting) in Breslau
• Ludwig Mittermaier (1827–1864) Lauingen, German glass painter and author
• Joseph Peter Bockhorni (1832–1905), German glass painter
• Alexander Linnemann (1839–1902), German architect, glass painter and craftsman (glass paintings: Konstanz, 1886, Münster, Gebhard Chapel, together with Joachim Lettow)
• Franz Xaver Zettler (1841–1916), German draftsman and glass painter. Founded the "Institute for Church Glass Painting" in Munich in 1871, which was later elevated to royal court glass painting.
• Ferdinand Müller (1848–1916) from Quedlinburg , master glass painter
• Hans Drinneberg (1852–1931), German glass painter in Karlsruhe with his own production of church windows and decorative windows. He was also an art collector in Karlsruhe.
• Fritz Geiges (1853-1935) was a Freiburg glass and monumental painter, an important glass restorer and local historian.
• Gustav van Treeck (1854–1930), German glass painter
• Johannes Kriebitzsch (1857–1938), German glass painter
• Adolf Booser (1858–1929), Winterthur, Swiss glass painter
• Georg Grobbauer (1859–1931) Putzleinsdorf Upper Austria, from 1883 Untergriesbach (BY), from 1916 Wegscheid, German glass painter and pewter caster
• Clement Heaton (1861-1940), British glass painter
• Jan Thorn Prikker (1868–1932) Dutch painter, mosaicist and glass painter, in Germany from 1904
• Augustin Pacher (1863–1926), German art and glass painter
• Max Dagobert Meyner (1869–1938), Winterthur, Swiss glass painter
• Jacques Grüber (1870–1936), from Alsace, worked in Paris, was a French glass painter
• Georges Rouault (1871–1958), French glass painter, painter, ceramist, set designer, enamel worker
• Rudolf Linnemann (1874–1916), German architect and glass painter
• Otto Linnemann (1876–1961), German glass painter and wall and decoration painter
• Augusto Giacometti (1877–1947) was a Swiss painter and glass painter
• Joseph Ehrismann (1880-1937) was a glass and art painter with major works in the Alsatian region.
• Catherine Amelia O'Brien (1881-1963) was an Irish glass painter belonging to An Túr Gloine
• Gottfried Heinersdorff (1883–1941) Berlin glass painter, also worked with Puhl & Wagner .
• Karl Muggly (1884–1957), German glass painter and painter, professor at the Bielefeld School of Applied Arts.
• Louis Halter (1886–1956), glass painter and art glazier in Bern
• Marc Chagall (1887–1985), French painter and glass painter of Russian origin
• Heinrich Campendonk (1889–1957), German-Dutch painter, glass painter and graphic artist
• Otto Brenneisen (1890–1957), Hanoverian glass painter
• Erwin Bossanyi (1891–1975), Hungarian painter and artisan, worked in Northern Germany and after his emigration in 1934 in England
• Charles Crodel (1894–1973), German painter and glass painter
• Georg Grobbauer (1896–1971), Untergriesbach, from 1920 Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, from 1949 Darmstadt, glass painter
• Albert Burkart (1898–1982), German painter and glass painter
• Elisabeth Coester (1900–1941), German glass painter and paramentist
• Wilhelm Geyer (1900–1968), German painter, wall painter, graphic artist and glass painter
• Albert Birkle (1900–1986), German-Austrian painter, graphic artist and glass painter

Years from 1901

Detail from a church window in the parish church of St. Cyriakus Krefeld-Hüls, from 1925

Stained glass window by Franz K. Opitz in the ref. Parish Hall Embrach

• Max Hunziker (1901–1976), Swiss painter from Zurich-Wiedikon, graphic artist, glass painter and illustrator
• Irma Lang-Scheer (1901–1986), German painter, fresco and glass painter
• Rudolf Yelin the Younger (1902–1991), German painter and glass painter
• Martin Häusle (1903–1966), Austrian painter, wall painter, graphic artist and glass painter
• Walter Kohler (1903–1945), German painter, glass painter
• Max Rudolf von Mühlenen (1903–1971), Swiss painter and glass painter
• Margret Bilger (1904–1971), Austrian artist, glass painter and graphic artist
• Ernst Jansen-Winkeln (1904–1992), German graphic artist, wall painter, glass painter, mosaicist, sculptor, designer of liturgical implements, jewelry and textile work
• Franz Xaver Wilfried Braunmiller (1905–1993), German painter, glass painter and mosaicist
• Max Lacher (1905–1988), German painter, glass painter, reverse glass painter and ceramicist
• Josef Oberberger (1905–1994), German painter, draftsman, caricaturist, glass painter and mosaicist
• Helmuth Uhrig (1906–1979), German sculptor, painter, glass painter and mosaicist
• Ida Köhne (1907–2005), German graphic artist, painter and glass painter
• Albert Oesch (1907–1936), Swiss sculptor and glass painter
• Alfons Abel (1908–1994), academic German glass painter in Nuremberg
• Oskar Fritz Beier (1908–1972), academic German glass painter and glass cutter
• Max Ingrand (1908–1969), French glass painter and decorator
• Egbert Lammers (1908–1996), German painter, wall painter and glass painter
• Margarete Franke (1909–2011), glass painter and interior designer
• Meinrad Liebich (1909–1980), church restorer, glass painter, painter, barrel painter, heraldist in Einsiedeln
• Max Brunner (1910–2007), teacher, painter and glass painter in Solothurn and Bern
• Georg Meistermann (1911–1990), German painter, draftsman, graphic artist and glass painter
• Hans Mennekes (1911–1983), German glass painter, painter, mosaicist, paramentist
• Walter Benner (1912–2005), German graphic artist, glass painter and mosaicist
• Wilhelm de Graaff (1912–1975), German glass painter, painter, sculptor
• Maria Katzgrau (1912–1998), glass painter, wall painter, sculptor
• Edmund Schuitz (1913–1992), German painter, glass painter, mosaicist, sgraffitist
• Blasius Spreng (1913–1987), German painter, sculptor, glass painter and mosaicist
• Anna Andersch-Marcus (1914–2005), German glass painter
• Ludwig Becker (1914–1971), German glass painter
• Hans Kaiser (1914–1982), German glass painter, painter
• Karl Olie (1915–1987), German painter and glass painter in Kerken-Nieukerk
• Franz K. Opitz (1916–1998), Swiss painter, photographer and poet
• Valentin Peter Feuerstein (1917–1999), German painter, restorer and glass painter
• Hubert Distler (1919-2004), German painter, glass painter, wall painter
• Hans Gottfried von Stockhausen (1920–2010), German glass painter in Remshalden near Stuttgart
• Sergio de Castro (1922–2012), French painter and glass painter
• Jupp Gesing (1922–1998), German glass painter, painter and graphic artist
• Josef de Ponte (1922–2006), German painter, glass painter and graphic artist from the Ofner Bergland
• Wilhelm Buschulte (1923–2013), German glass painter, painter and graphic artist in Unna
• Ursula Koschinsky (1923–2016), German artist, glass painter and wall painter
• Josef Nienhaus (1924–2008), German glass painter with the Otto Peters and Derix glass workshop
• Ludwig Schaffrath (1924–2011), German sculptor, painter and glass painter in Alsdorf
• Hubert Spierling (1925–2018), German painter, glass painter in Krefeld
• Jakob Schwarzkopf (1926–2001) German painter, glass painter in Trier
• Johannes Beeck (1927–2010), German painter and glass painter in Nettetal-Hinsbeck
• Werner Brenneisen (1927–2005), German glass painter and visual artist
• Heinz Lilienthal (1927–2006), German glass painter and designer
• Franz Pauli (1927–1970), German painter, glass painter, biology teacher and photographer from Upper Silesia
• Ferdinand Selgrad (* 1927), German glass and wall painter
• Gerður Helgadóttir (1928–1975), Icelandic sculptor, mosaicist and glass painter
• Wolf-Dieter Kohler (1928–1985), German glass designer and glass painter in Stuttgart
• Henk Schilling (1928–2005), Dutch glass painter and textile artist in Mülheim an der Ruhr
• Elisabeth Altenrichter-Dicke (1929–2013), German mural painter, glass painter, designer of tapestries in Ennepetal
• Manfred Karsubke (1929–2011), German glass painter
• Franz Eggenschwiler (1930–2000), Swiss glass painter, member of the Bern working group
• Manfred Espeter (1930–1992), German glass painter
• Helmut Hacker (1930–2019), German glass painter in Hausach
• Johannes Schreiter (* 1930), German painter, graphic artist and glass artist
• Joachim Klos (1931–2007), grad. Glass painter and graphic artist
• Jochem Poensgen (* 1931), German glass painter in Soest
• Gerhard Richter (* 1932), German painter
• José de Nève (1933–2019), Swiss glass painter, painter and teacher
• Nikolaus Bette (* 1934), German painter, glass painter and mosaicist
• Heinz Dohmen (* 1934) German architect, master builder and glass painter
• Wolfgang Liebich (* 1934), Swiss glass blower, glass painter, heraldist, organist
• Hermann Lindner (1934–2000), active in Stralsund, painter, also glass painter
• Andreas Felger (* 1935), German glass painter, textile designer, wood cutter, watercolorist in Hühnfelden-Gnadenthal
• Alois Plum (* 1935), artist living in Mainz-Weisenau. He created numerous concrete and leaded glass windows for churches all over Germany.
• Adi Holzer (* 1936), Austrian glass painter and artist
• Jürgen Reipka (1936–2013), German painter
• Dolores Hoffmann (* 1937), German-Estonian glass painter and restorer
• Markus Lüpertz (* 1941), German painter and graphic artist
• Narcissus Quagliata (* 1942), Italian painter and graphic artist in Mexico
• Ada Isensee (* 1944), German painter and glass painter in Remshalden
• Hans Meier-Urech (* 1946), Swiss glass painter and glass decorator in Immensee, Switzerland
• Hans Grobbauer (* 1947), master glass painter, master glass artist at Grobbauer Glas in Darmstadt
• Martin Halter (* 1947), glass painter, art glass and glass designer in Bern
• Karl-Martin Hartmann (* 1948), German glass painter, sculptor and photographer
• Gottfried Olie (* 1948), glass painter and painter in Kerken-Nieukerk
• Fritz J. Dold (* 1949), Swiss glass painter and glass artist in Zurich
• Hans-Joachim Kubos (* 1949), glass painter and lead laser in Petershagen, Meßlingen
• Hella Santarossa (* 1949), German painter and glass painter
• Karel Rechlík (* 1950), Czech glass painter
• Curd Conrad Müller (* 1952), glass a. Porcelain painter, singer / songwriter in Upper Swabia, Canary Islands
• Annelie Grund (* 1953), German artist, glass painter and painter in Wandlitz
• Nabo Gaß (* 1954), painter and glass painter in Wiesbaden
• Wilfried Grootens (* 1954), painter and glass painter in Kleve
• Clemens Hillebrand (* 1955), German painter and graphic artist
• Guy Kemper (* 1958), American glass painter
• Jörgen Habedank (* 1961), German painter, glass painter, printmaker and sculptor in Tornesch
• Ute Rüger (* 1961), German painter, glass painter in Lindau / Bodensee
• Thierry Boissel (* 1962 in Saint-Valery-en-Caux, Normandy), glass painter, painter, lives in Munich
• Antoinette Liebich (* 1966), Swiss glass painter and glass artist
• Petr Beranek (* 1967 in Prague), glass painter, painter, lives in Geneva, Switzerland
• Michael Lönne (* 1968) and Jörn Neumann (* 1974), studio community for glass design in the architectural context, room conception and free glass painting
• Robert Freund (* 1981), Austrian painter, graphic artist, teacher and glass painter in Kramsach
• Wilfried Osten , glass painter in Schwerin

Web links

• Glass painter with works in Germany (list of the 'Forschungsstelle Glasmalerei des 20. Jh. EV')
• Glass painter with works in the Netherlands (list of the 'Forschungsstelle Glasmalerei des 20. Jh. EV')

Individual evidence

1. ^ Entry by Adolph Seiler in the database of Silesian Art Collections