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Academy of Fine Art Germany!

Realize your dreams and follow your passion at Germany’s only classically oriented art academy: The Academy of Fine Art.

Realistic drawing, painting or the creation of sculptures are focal points that you can learn in two different state-approved programs with us. To become a successful artist, it takes more than just high-quality education in Arts. For this reason, beside our study programs going into depth in subjects such as anatomy, digital drawing and painting we also teach art business.

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Our Study Programs

State-approved Painter State-approved Painter In this academic program we teach you the art techniques, which means you learn the important basics of realistic drawing and painting in order to be able to create your own style in the future. State-approved Sculptor State-approved Sculptor In this full-time study program we teach you the techniques, where you will learn the most important basics of realistic drawing and modelling with clay so that you can later develop your own style. State-approved Hybrid Program State-approved Hybrid Program In this full-time study program we teach you the techniques, where you will learn the most important basics of realistic drawing, painting and modeling so that you can later have more flexibility and develop your own personal style. Additional Qualification Digital Artist Additional Qualification Digital Artist In this program, students learn to create compositions and images from their imagination. They have an idea in mind and learn how to visualize it.

Discover your Chances Career Opportunities With us, you will reliably learn everything you need to gain a solid grounding in your dream job. No matter whether you want to join Pixar later or run your own studio, draw comics or become a tattoo artist. We'll teach you everything you need to know by applying the knowledge of the old masters in a modern and contemporary way. Discover your Chances Career Opportunities With us, you will reliably learn everything you need to gain a solid grounding in your dream job. No matter whether you want to join Pixar later or run your own studio, draw comics or become a tattoo artist. We'll teach you everything you need to know by applying the knowledge of the old masters in a modern and contemporary way. Learn more

What our students say about the Academy

Joanna Full-time Artist

Dawid Part-time Painter

Shakira Full-time Hybrid

Ursula Part-time Painter

Charlotte Full-time Artist

Ermek Full-time Sculptor

Pitse Full-time Artist

Our Academy Blog

1. September 2025

Urban Sketching: A Quick Guide

Urban Sketching (lat. “urbanus”) offers a fantastic opportunity to tell stories from your everyday life and to see the world with a new set of eyes. Instead of using a camera to capture scenes of city life, Urban Sketchers use colors, pens and paper. No matter if it’s buildings, streets, cafés or people – Urban...

11. July 2025

How to Draw The Human Body

Figure drawing is considered to be one of the most demanding and at the same time most fascinating disciplines in the visual arts. For centuries, the depiction of the human body has not only served to train the eye and technique, but also to explore form, expression and aesthetics. In this article, we take a...

8. July 2025

Becoming an Artist — Is art still recognized as a career today?

The reality that most, if not all, artists face these days is that trying to make a living from art is met with disbelief at best, ridicule at worst. But is it really that impossible?

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Welcome to the Academy of Fine Art Germany!