Franz Karl Eduard von Gebhardt (13 June 1838 – 3 February 1925) was a Baltic German painter of portraits and historical scenes, and a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.

He graduated from the local gymnasium at sixteen, and enrolled at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, where he studied for three years.

His best-known students included Otto Boyer and Carl Schmitz-Pleis.On the occasion of his seventieth birthday, in 1908, the Galerie Eduard Schulte [de] in Berlin held a large exhibit of his works.

[3] Some of his best-known Biblical scenes are: He also painted excellent portraits; making sketches of prototypical peasants, which he drew while visiting Estonia.

There, he was a tutor to famous Estonian painters such as Ants Laikmaa, and the brothers, Kristjan and Paul Raud.