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Ludwig von Hofmann (1861, Darmstadt – 1945, Pillnitz) was a German painter, graphic artist and designer. He worked in a combination of the Art Nouveau and Symbolist styles.

From 1894 to 1900, von Hoffmann travelled extensively and spent a great deal of his time at his villa in Fiesole. His appreciation of antiquity and attraction to the idea of Arcadia permeates much of his work.  

In 1916, he was named a Professor at the Academy in Dresden, where he remained until 1931.  His overall production slackened in the 1930s and, in 1937, some of his works were labeled as “Degenerate art”. He retired to Pillnitz, near Dresden, where he died in 1945. His remaining works were almost confiscated by the Russians after the war, but his widow managed to save them.