Mathilde Freiin von Freytag-Loringhoven (1860–1941)[1] was a German artist and critic.

She was a student of Karl Buchholz, Ludwig von Gleichen-Rußwurm, Leopold Graf von Kalckreuth, Wilhelm August Stryowski, and Max Thedy.

Settling in Weimar, Germany Freytag-Loringhoven became a lecturer at the Grand-Ducal Saxon Art School and also served on the Weimar municipal council.

She used this platform to advocate for the impressionistic style of painting that was common at that time, and to criticize the new avant-garde art, including the Bauhaus movement.

She was a member of the Tierschutzverein Weimar eV (Animal Welfare Association of Weimar) and served on the board of the Gesellschaft für Tierpsychologie (Society for Animal Psychology) in Stuttgart.