Anton Alexander von Werner (9 May 1843 – 4 January 1915) was a German painter and illustrator, best known for his depictions of the Franco-Prussian War and the Unification of Germany, typical of the Naturalist style.

In Karlsruhe, Werner met with artists like Eduard Devrient, Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann, Paul Heyse, and the Norwegian painter Hans Gude.

Having obtained a travelling scholarship upon the exhibition of his early works at the International Exposition, he moved to Italy in 1868 and stayed with Anselm Feuerbach in Rome until November 1869.

[3] In Berlin, Werner designed a large velarium stretching over the Unter den Linden boulevard at the triumphant arrival of the victorious German troops.

He was also tireless in inventing all sorts of high jinks to amuse us on the Sunday afternoons when the entire group assembled.One of his students at the Prussian Academy of Arts was Emil Fuchs;[7] another was August von Brandis; also Jacques Bunimowitsch.