Pavilion
1909–2019

58th Biennale di Venezia
Artist: Natascha Süder Happelmann (Natascha Sadr Haghighian)
Curator: Franciska Zólyom

57th Biennale di Venezia
Artist: Anne Imhof
Curator: Susanne Pfeffer
Golden Lion for Best National Participation

56th Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Olaf Nicolai, Hito Steyerl, Tobias Zielony, Jasmina Metwaly / Philip Rizk
Curator: Florian Ebner

55th Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Ai Weiwei, Romuald Karmakar, Santu Mofokeng, Dayanita Singh
Curator: Susanne Gaensheimer
(in the French Pavilion)

54th Biennale di Venezia
Artist: Christoph Schlingensief
Curator: Susanne Gaensheimer
Golden Lion for Best National Participation

53rd Biennale di Venezia
Artist: Liam Gillick
Curator: Nicolaus Schafhausen

52nd Biennale di Venezia
Artist: Isa Genzken
Commissioner: Nicolaus Schafhausen

51st Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Thomas Scheibitz, Tino Sehgal
Commissioner: Julian Heynen

50th Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Candida Höfer, Martin Kippenberger
Commissioner: Julian Heynen

49th Biennale di Venezia
Artist: Gregor Schneider
Commissioner: Udo Kittelmann
Golden Lion for Best National Participation

48th Biennale di Venezia
Artist: Rosemarie Trockel
Commissioner: Gudrun Inboden

47th Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Gerhard Merz, Katharina Sieverding
Commissioner: Gudrun Inboden

46th Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Katharina Fritsch, Martin Honert, Thomas Ruff
Commissioner: Jean-Christophe Ammann

45th Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Hans Haacke, Nam June Paik
Commissioner: Klaus Bußmann
Golden Lion for Best National Participation

44th Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Bernd and Hilla Becher, Reinhard Mucha
Commissioner: Klaus Bußmann
Golden Lion for Sculpture (Bernd and Hilla Becher)

43rd Biennale di Venezia
Artist: Felix Droese
Commissioner: Dierk Stemmler

42nd Biennale di Venezia
Artist: Sigmar Polke
Commissioner: Dierk Stemmler
Golden Lion for Best Artist

41st Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Lothar Baumgarten, A. R. Penck
Commissioner: Johannes Cladders
Special Prize (Lothar Baumgarten)

40th Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Hanne Darboven, Gotthard Graubner, Wolfgang Laib 
Commissioner: Johannes Cladders

39th Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Georg Baselitz, Anselm Kiefer
Commissioner: Klaus Gallwitz

38th Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Dieter Krieg, Ulrich Rückriem
Commissioner: Klaus Gallwitz

37th Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Joseph Beuys, Jochen Gerz, Reiner Ruthenbeck 
Commissioner: Klaus Gallwitz

36th Biennale di Venezia
Artist: Gerhard Richter
Commissioner: Dieter Honisch

35th Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Kaspar-Thomas Lenk, Heinz Mack, Georg Karl Pfahler, Günther Uecker
Commissioner: Dieter Honisch

34th Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Horst Janssen, Richard Oelze, Gustav Seitz
Commissioner: Alfred Hentzen

33rd Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Horst Antes, Günter Haese, Ferdinand Ris
Commissioner: Eduard Trier

32nd Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Joseph Faßbender, Norbert Kricke
Commissioner: Eduard Trier

31st Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Painting and Graphic Arts: Werner Gilles, HAP Grieshaber, Erich Heckel, Alfred Lörcher, Emil Schumacher
Sculpture: Alfred Lörcher, Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff
Commissioner: Eduard Trier

30th Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Painting and Graphic Arts:
Willi Baumeister, Julius Bissier, Emil Cimiotti, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Werner Schreib, Rupert Stöckl, Ernst Weiers
Sculpture: Emil Cimiotti
Commissioner: Hans Konrad Röthel

29th Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Special Exhibition: Wassily Kandinsky
Painting and Graphic Arts: Julius Bissier, Rolf Cavael, Werner Gilles, Karl Otto Götz, Otto Pankok, Hans Platschek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Johanna Schütz-Wolff, Emil Schumacher, K. R. H. Sonderborg, Fred Thieler, Heinz Trökes, Wilhelm Wessel
Sculpture: Otto Herbert Hajek, Heinrich Kirchner, Fritz Koenig, Hans Mettel, Ernst Andreas Rauch, Hans Wimmer
Commissioner: Eberhard Hanfstaengl

28th Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Special Exhibition:
Emil Nolde
Painting and Graphic Arts: Karl Hartung, Bernhard Heiliger, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Fritz Winter
Sculpture: Karl Hartung, Bernhard Heiliger, Toni Stadler
Commissioner: Eberhard Hanfstaengl

27th Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Special Exhibition: Paul Klee
Special Exhibition: Oskar Schlemmer
Painting and Graphic Arts: Heinz Battke, Leo Cremer, Edgar Ende, Karl Kunz, Rudolf Schlichter, Hans Uhlmann, Mac Zimmermann
Sculpture: Hans Uhlmann
Commissioner: Eberhard Hanfstaengl

26th Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Special Exhibition Brücke: Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Mueller, Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Painting and Graphic Arts: Willi Baumeister, Franz Xaver Fuhr, Gerhard Marcks, Max Unold, Theodor Werner
Sculpture: Gerhard Marcks
Commissioner: Eberhard Hanfstaengl

25th Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Special Exhibition Der Blaue Reiter: Alexej von Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Alfred Kubin, August Macke, Franz Marc, Gabriele Münter
Special Exhibition: Ernst Barlach
Max Beckmann, Gerhard Fietz, Werner Gilles, Karl Hofer, Georg Meistermann, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Emil Nolde, Max Peiffer-Watenphul, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Fritz Winter
Commissioner: Eberhard Hanfstaengl

24th Biennale di Venezia
German Pavilion used for Impressionism Exhibition

23rd Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Painting: Claus Bergen, Franz Gerwin, Richard Gessner, Walter Hemming, Arthur Kampf, Ewald Jorzig, Georg Lebrecht, Erich Mercker, Leonhard Sandrock, Wilhelm Sauter, Herbert Schnürpel, Ferdinand Spiegel
Sculpture: Karl Albiker, Fritz Klimsch
Graphic Arts: Olaf Gulbransson, e. o. plauen, Hans Schweitzer-Mjölnir, Eduard Thöny
Commissioner: Adolf Ziegler

22nd Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Painting: Rudolf Hermann Eisenmenger, Leo Frank, Sepp Hilz, Georg Lebrecht, Anton Müller-Wischin, Wilhelm Petersen, Paul Plontke, Hans Schmitz-Wiedenbrück
Sculpture: Arno Breker, Max Esser, Richard Knecht, Emil Manz, Georg Müller, Hans Wimmer
Graphic Arts: Switbert Lobisser, Wilhelm Petersen, Georg Sluytermann von Langeweide, Wolfgang Willrich
Commissioner: Adolf Ziegler

21st Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Painting: Thomas Baumgartner, Carl Blos, Hans Adolf Bühler, Wilhelm Dachauer, Bernhard Dörries, Franz Eichhorst, Rudolf Hermann Eisenmenger, Leo Frank, Constantin Gerhardinger, Hermann Gradl, Willy Ter Hell, Ewald Jorzig, Julius Paul Junghans, Willy Kriegel, Georg Lebrecht, Werner Peiner, Leo Samberger, Hans Schachinger, Georg Siebert, Ferdinand Spiegel, Wilhelm Schmurr, Raffael Schuster-Woldan, Karl Storch the Younger, Hermann Tiebert, Karl Walther, Adolf Wissel, Max Zaeper, Adolf Ziegler
Sculpture: Arno Breker, Michael Drobil, Alfred Hofmann, Ulfert Janssen, Fritz Klimsch, Ferdinand Liebermann, Josef Müllner, Kurt Schmid-Ehmen, Josef Thorak
Graphic Arts: Carl Blos, Rudolf Jettmar, Switbert Lobisser, Klaus Richter, Karl Storch the Younger, Adolf Ziegler
Commissioner: Adolf Ziegler

20th Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Painting: Albert Birkle, Ludwig Dettmann, Otto Geigenberger, Günther Grassmann, Otto Herbig, Max Kaus, Leo von König, Ludwig Peter Kowalski, Willy Kriegel, Hubertus Hans Graf Merveldt, Alfred Partikel, Max Rauh, Johannes Sass, Jean Paul Schmitz
Sculpture: Philipp Harth, Ludwig Kasper, Heinrich Kirchner, Richard Scheibe, Toni Stadler, Joachim Utech
Commission: Eberhard Hanfstaengl with advisers Ludwig Dettmann, Kurt Frick, Josef Wackerle, appointed by the Reich Chamber of Culture

19th Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Painting: Josef Achmann, Heinrich Altherr, Lothar Bechstein, Theo Champion, Franz Doll, Erich Glette, Hans Gött, Wilhelm Heise, Richard Klein, Karl Leipold, Franz Lenk, Hans Reinhold Lichtenberger, Werner Peiner, Josef Pilartz, Oswald Poetzelberger, Carl Theodor Protzen, Franz Radziwill, Walter Rose, Georg Schrimpf, Edmund Steppes, Walter Teutsch, Max Unold
Sculpture: Karl Albiker, Ernst Barlach, Fritz Behn, Bernhard Bleeker, Herbert Garbe, Hermann Hahn, Josef Henselmann, Ulfert Janssen, Georg Kolbe, Richard Knecht, Max Laeuger, Ferdinand Liebermann, Edwin Scharff, Richard Scheibe, Josef Thorak, Josef Wackerle
Graphic Arts: Ernst Barlach, Fritz Behn, Eugen Croissant, Wilhelm Heise, Otto Herbig, Georg Kolbe, Alfred Mahlau, Kurt Paesler-Luschkowko, Richard Seewald, Max Unold
Commission: Eberhard Hanfstaengl, Oswald Poetzelberger, Josef Wackerle

18th Biennale di Venezia
German Pavilion used as Austrian Pavilion

17th Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Painting: Heinrich Altherr, Willi Baumeister, Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Max Ernst, Lyonel Feininger, Franz Xaver Fuhr, George Grosz, Erich Heckel, Karl Hofer, Wassily Kandinsky, Alexander Kanoldt, Paul Klee, Otto Mueller, Oskar Schlemmer, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Georg Schrimpf, Max Unold
Sculpture: Karl Albiker, Ernst Barlach, Rudolf Belling, Georg Kolbe, Gerhard Marcks, Ewald Mataré, Edwin Scharff, Christoph Voll
Graphic Arts: Olaf Gulbransson
Commissioner: Hans Posse

16th Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Special Exhibition: Lovis Corinth, Franz Marc, Emil Nolde
Painting: Max Beckmann, Karl Caspar, Maria Caspar-Filser, Oskar Coester, Otto Dix, Hans Goett, Ludwig Wilhelm Grossmann, Rudolf Grossmann, Erich Heckel, Julius Hess, Karl Hofer, Alexander Kanoldt, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee, August Macke, Oskar Moll, Otto Mueller, Heinrich Nauen, Max Pechstein, Hans Purrmann, Christian Rohlfs, Adolf Schinnerer, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Georg Schrimpf, Richard Seewald, Walter Teusch, Paul Thalheimer, Max Unold
Sculpture: Karl Albiker, Bernhard Bleeker, Fritz Claus, Wilhelm Gerstel, Fritz Knappe, Fritz Koelle, Georg Kolbe, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Edwin Scharff, Josef Wackerle
Graphic Arts: Lovis Corinth, Otto Dix, Josef Eberz, Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee, Oskar Moll, Max Pechstein, Christian Rohlfs, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Max Unold
Commissioner: Friedrich Dörnhöffer

15th Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Painting: Max Beckmann, Charlotte Berend, Maria Caspar-Filser, Johann Vincenz Cissarz, Max Clarenbach, Lovis Corinth, Ludwig Dettmann, Otto Dix, Max Feldbauer, Otto Gussmann, Julius Hess, Ludwig von Hofmann, Ulrich Hübner, Inbra, Willy Jaeckel, Alexander Kanoldt, Oskar Kokoschka, Wilhelm Leibl, Max Liebermann, Felix Meseck, Oskar Moll, Franz Naager, Emil Orlik, Bernhard Pankok, Richard Pietzsch, Paul Rössler, Julius Wolfgang Schülein, Richard Seewald, Max Slevogt, Robert Sterl, Franz von Stuck, Walter Tiemann, Hans Unger, Hermann Urban, Hugo Vogel
Sculpture: Karl Albiker, Ernst Barlach, Paul Börner, Richard Engelmann, Hermann Geibel, Hermann Hahn, Fritz Klimsch, Georg Kolbe, August Kraus, Arthur Lange, Richard Langer, Edwin Scharff, Paul Scheurich, Otto Schlipstein, Renée Sintenis, Franz von Stuck, Gustav Weidanz, Gustav H. Wolff, Georg Wrba
Graphic Arts: Walter Buhe, Johann Vincenz Cissarz, Lovis Corinth, Eduard Einschlag, Lyonel Feininger, Max Feldbauer, Willi Geiger, Erich Gruner, Erich Heckel, Josef Hegenbarth, Walter Friedrich Richard Jakob, Adolf Jutz, Fritz Klemm, Georg Kolbe, Bernhard Kretzschmar, Otto Lange, Georg Alexander Matthey, Oskar Moll, Hans Alexander Müller, Heinrich Nauen, Otto Nückel, Max Pechstein, Fr. Pöhlmann, Dora Polster Brandenburg, Lothar Rentsch, Christian Rohlfs, Rudolf Schiestl, Adolf Schinnerer, Hans Otto Schönleber, Georg Schrimpf, Max Slevogt, Hugo Steiner-Prag, Conrad Sutter, Peter Trumm, Hans Unger, Max Unold, Josef Weiss
Commissioner: Richard Graul

14th Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Painting: Fritz Baer, Theodor Baierl, Otto Bauriedl, Lothar Bechstein, Benno Becker, Giulio Beda, Hans Best, Ludwig August Otto Bock, Ludwig Bolgiano, Robert Breyer, Felix Bürgers, Friedrich Carl, Karl Caspar, Maria Caspar-Filser, Julius Diez, Otto Dill, Walter Ditz, Max Doerner, Ernst Eimer, Fritz Erler, Amadeus Faure, Max Feldbauer, Maria Foell, Wilhe1m Funk, Josse Goossens, Hans Gött, Rudolf Hause, Hans von Hayek, Hans Heider, Adolf Hengeler, Ludwig von Herterich, Julius Hess, Conrad Hommel, Julius Hüther, Theodor Hummel, Richard Kaiser, Peter Kálmán, Erwin Knirr, Christian Landenberger, Hans R. Lichtenberger, Anton Müller-Wischin, Franz Naager, Paul Paede, Bernhard Pankok, Richard Pietzsch, Alexander Posch, Walter Püttner, Leo Putz, Leo Samberger, Helène Schattenmann, Fritz Scherer, Adolf Schinnerer, Karl Hans Schrader-Velgen, Rudolf Schramm-Zittau, Carl Schwalbach, Julius Seyler, Rudolf Sieck, Beppo Steinmetz, Franz von Stuck, Walter Teutsch, Fritz von Uhde, Curt Ullrich, Max Unold, Hermann Urban, Albert Weisgerber, Richard Winternitz, Eugen Wolff-Filseck, Heinrich von Zügel
Sculpture: Franz Claus, Ludwig Dasio, Theodor Georgii, Anton Hiller, Ulfert Janssen, Ferdinand Liebermann, Eugen Meyer-Fassold, Jean Paul Steinel, Willy Zügel
Commission: Franz von Stuck (president), Karl Caspar, Hugo von Habermann, Carl von Marr

13th Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Painting: Lovis Corinth, Lyonel Feininger, Erich Heckel, Karl Hofer, Max Kaus, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Oskar Kokoschka, Max Liebermann, Heinrich Nauen, Max Pechstein, Hans Purrmann, Waldemar Rösler, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Max Slevogt, Robert Sterl, Albert Weisgerber
Sculpture: Karl Albiker, Ernst Barlach, Hermann Haller, Georg Kolbe, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Edwin Scharff, Paul Scheurich, Renée Sintenis, Georg Wrba
Graphic Arts: Ernst Barlach, Max Beckmann, Karl Caspar, Lovis Corinth, Rudolf Grossmann, Erich Heckel, Karl Hofer, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Georg Kolbe, Oskar Kokoschka, Käthe Kollwitz, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Max Liebermann, Franz Marc, Hans Meid, Otto Mueller, Max Pechstein, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Max Slevogt
Commissioner: Hans Posse

12th Biennale di Venezia
German Pavilion used as Polish Pavilion

11th Biennale di Venezia
Artists:
Painting: Otto Ackermann, Hermann Angermeyer, Herbert Arnold, Fritz Baer, Leo Bauer, Hans Best, Carl Blos, Eugen Bracht, August von Brandis, Hans Adolf Bühler, Fritz Burger, Georg Daubner, Franz von Defregger, Ludwig Dettmann, Felix Eisengräber, Ernst Eitner, Toni Elster, Otto Heinrich Engel, Richard Eschke, Hans Peter Feddersen, Walther Firle, Adolf Fischer-Gurig, Eduard von Gebhard, Otto Günther-Naumburg, Wilhelm Hambüchen, Hans Hartig, Hans Richard Heinmann, Hans Hermann, Heinrich Hermanns, Carl Kayser-Eichberg, Friedrich Kallmorgen, Eugen Kampf, Friedrich August von Kaulbach, Paul Kiessling, Robert Knoebel, Ernst Kolbe, Louis Kolitz, Rudolf Kohtz, Carl Langhammer, Theodor Lauxmann, Louis Lejeune, Max Lieber, Alfred Liedtke, Fritz Lissmann, Hans Looschen, Franz Martin Lünstroth, Adolf Maennchen, Max Merker, Claus Meyer, Aenderly Möller, Henrik Moor, Hugo Mühlig, Wilhelm Nagel, Adolf Adam Oberländer, William Pape, Hans von Petersen, Rudolf Petuel, Ernst Pfannschmidt, Emil Hermann Pohle, Heinrich Reifferscheid, Fritz Reusing, Robert Richter, Franz Roubaud, Leonhard Sandrock, Alfred Scherres, Rudolf Schiestl, Max Schlichting, Gustav Schraegle, Rudolf Schulte im Hofe, Harry Schultz, Raffael Schuster-Woldan, Carl Seiler, Eduard Steinbach, Wilhelm Steinhausen, Max Stern, Franz Sturtzkopf, Otto Strützel, Adolf Thamm, Hans Thoma, Walter Thor, Max Uth, Hugo Vogel, Arthur Wansleben, Fritz Westendrop, Fritz von Wille
Sculpture: Wera von Bartels, Franz Bernauer, Hans Adolf Bühler, Arthur Lewin-Funcke, Ludwig Manzel, Paul Oesten, Hermann Joachim Pagels, Otto Placzek, Carl Seffner, Karl Constantin Starck
Graphic Arts: Leo Bauer, Karl Biese, Carl Alexander Brendel, Otto Heinrich Engel, Leonhard Fanto, Otto Fischer, Otto Heichert, Otto Heinrich, Paul Hermann, Bruno Heroux, Reinhold Hoberg, Martin Hönemann, Felix Hollenberg, Georg Jahn, Egon von Kameke, Carl Kappstein, August Kaul, Hans Kaumann, Fritz Lang, Carl Langhammer, Hans Meyer, Richard Müller, Berthold Pierson, Max Pietschmann, Johannes Poppen, Hans Prentzel, Hans Röhm, Anton Scheuritzel, Rudolf Schiestl, Adolf Schlabitz, Rudolf Schulte im Hofe, Marie Seeck, Harald Tillberg, Otto Ubbelohde, Hugo Vogel, Heinrich Wolff
Commission: Fritz Baer and Otto Heinrich Engel for the Allgemeine Deutsche Kunstgenossenschaft, Berlin

10th Biennale di Venezia
Artists: Hans von Bartels, Ludwig Dettmann, Firtz Erler, Adolf Hengeler
No German commissioners, selection by Biennale directorial committee

9th Biennale di Venezia
Bavarian Pavilion
Artists: Benno Becker, Hans Borchardt, Fritz Burger, Max Buri, Lovis Corinth, Paul Eduard Crodel, Josef Damberger, Otto Dill, Hermann Eichfeld, Walther Georgi, Hermann Groeber, Hugo von Habermann, Hans von Hayek, Emanuel Hegenbarth, Adolf Hengeler, Ludwig von Herterich, Hubert von Heyden, Ulrich Hübner, Theodor Hummel, Julius Paul Junghans, Richard Kaiser, Heinrich Knirr, Leo von König, Gotthardt Kuehl, Josef Kühn the Younger, Albert Lamm, Adolf Levier, Carl Theodor Meyer-Basel, Alfred Marxer, Carl Johann Nikolaus Piepho, Richard Pietzsch, Otto Reiniger, Carl Reiser, Paul Roloff, Leo Samberger, Rudolf Schramm-Zittau, Julius Seyler, Eugen Spiro, Franz von Stuck, Fritz von Uhde, Heinrich von Zügel
Commissioner: Hugo von Habermann

8th Biennale di Venezia
Bavarian Pavilion

Artists:
Furnishings: Bruno Paul, Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk, Munich
Painting: Hans Borchardt, Paul Eduard Crodel, Julius Diez, Hermann Eichfeld, Theodor Esser, Max Feldbauer, Hermann Groeber, Hugo von Habermann, Hans von Hayek, Emanuel Hegenbarth, Hubert von Heyden, Otto Hierl-Deronco, Theodor Hummel, Richard Kaiser, Albert von Keller, Philipp Klein, Heinrich Knirr, Gotthardt Kuehl, Josef Kühn the Younger, Christian Landenberger, Wilhelm Ludwig Lehmann, Carl Theodor Meyer-Basel, Fritz Overbeck, Carl Johann Nikolaus Piepho, Richard Pietzsch, Walther Püttner, Leo Putz, Carl Reiser, Leo Samberger, Walter Schnackenberg, Rudolf Schramm-Zittau, Julius Seyler, Eugen Spiro, Adolf Thomann, Charles Tooby, Fritz von Uhde, Albert Weisgerber, Beatus Hans Wieland, Heinrich von Zügel
Sculpture: Fritz Behn, Adolf Cipri Bermann, Theodor Georgii, Hermann Hahn, Ulfert Janssen, Hugo Kaufmann
Graphic Arts: Oskar Graf-Freiburg, Otto Greiner, Eugen Kirchner, Carl Theodor Meyer-Basel, Hans Schwegerle, Adolf Thomann
Commission: Hans Borchardt, Paul Eduard Crodel, Hugo von Habermann