thumb|Ludwig Richter. Portrait by [[Wilhelm von Kügelgen (1836)]]
thumb|Ludwig Richter's house at Schlossbrucke in Meissen
thumb|Statue of Ludwig Richter next to the [[Albertinum in Dresden]]
Adrian Ludwig Richter (September 28, 1803June 19, 1884) was a German painter and etcher, who was strongly influenced by Erhard and Chodowiecki. He was a representative of both Romanticism and Biedermeier styles.
He was the most popular, and in many ways the most typical German illustrator of the middle of the 19th century. His work is described as typically German and homely as are the fairy-tales of Grimm, for whom he produced several woodcuts.
Life
He was born in Friedrichstadt, Dresden, the son of the engraver , from whom he received his training.
The interest of his uneventful life centres within the circle of his art.
In 1841 he became professor and head of the landscape atelier at the Dresden Academy (now Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden). The Dresden Gallery owns one of his best and most characteristic paintings: Bridal Procession in a Spring Landscape. An eye disease put a stop to the practice of his art in 1874; he was pensioned in 1877, and died at Loschwitz, near Dresden.