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Artists from Dresden

27 painters in the Artifact World Gallery corpus were born in Dresden, Germany (1683–1967), across 116 public-domain works. Their work spans Expressionism and more. Ranked by fame — the most-recognized names first, each linking to their works and life dates.

Why Dresden mattered

  1. 1764–1840

    Caspar David Friedrich and German Romanticism on the Elbe

    Romanticism Albertinum Dresden: The Romantics

  2. 1905–1911

    Die Brücke founds German Expressionism in Dresden

    Die Brücke MoMA: Kirchner and the Berlin Street, Die Brücke origins

Representative works

Movements from Dresden

Artists