LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Albrecht Altdorfer	Painter	c. 1480	12-Feb-1538	Giorgione of the North
Georg Baselitz	Painter	23-Jan-1938		Painter of upside-down motifs
Joseph Beuys	Artist	12-May-1921	23-Jan-1986	German conceptual artist
Hans Burgkmair	Painter	1473	c. 1531	German painter and engraver
Lucas Cranach	Painter	1472	16-Oct-1553	German painter
Theodor de Bry	Engraver	1528	27-Mar-1598	German book engraver
Otto Dix	Painter	2-Dec-1891	25-Jul-1969	Expressionist vividly depicted WWI
Albrecht Dürer	Engraver	21-May-1471	6-Apr-1528	German Renaissance artist
Max Ernst	Painter	2-Apr-1891	1-Apr-1976	The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child
Caspar David Friedrich	Painter	5-Sep-1774	7-May-1840	German Romantic painter
Walter Gropius	Architect	18-May-1883	5-Jul-1969	Founder of the Bauhaus school
George Grosz	Artist	26-Jul-1893	6-Jul-1959	German social caricaturist
Matthias Grünewald	Painter	c. 1480	Aug-1528	Isenheim Altarpiece
Hermann Hesse	Author	2-Jul-1877	9-Aug-1962	Siddhartha
Hans Holbein the Elder	Painter	c. 1460	1524	Painter of the Augsburg school
Hans Holbein the Younger	Painter	c. 1497	1543	Northern Renaissance portraitist
Maria Innocentia Hummel	Painter	21-May-1909	6-Nov-1946	Catholic nun, painter
Käthe Kollwitz	Artist	8-Jul-1867	22-Apr-1945	German graphic aritst
Johann Friedrich Overbeck	Painter	3-Jul-1789	12-Nov-1869	German religious painter
Leni Riefenstahl	Film Director	22-Aug-1902	8-Sep-2003	Triumph of the Will
Martin Schongauer	Engraver	1445	2-Feb-1491	The Wise and Foolish Virgins
Kurt Schwitters	Artist	20-Jun-1887	8-Jan-1948	Collagist, Merz
Veit Stoss	Sculptor	1438	1533	16th. c. German sculptor, woodcarver
Gunther von Hagens	Artist	10-Jan-1945		Popularized cadaver art

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