Richard Lorenz (9 February 1858 – 4 August 1915) was a German artist known for his paintings of scenes from the Western United States.

[2] In Weimar, Lorenz also studied art as a student of German artist Theodor Hagen.

[3] In 1887 Lorenz left the group and traveled in the western United States sketching scenes from the west.

[7] The American Museum of Western Art – The Anschutz Collection houses his most famous painting, which is called Burial on the Plains (c.

The Chicago Tribune reported that Lorenz jumped a distance of twenty feet in order to escape instant death.