Burgkmair, Hans, the Elder (1473-1531) , German Renaissance painter and woodcut designer. A pupil of the artist Martin Schongauer and possibly also of Albrecht Dürer, he combined northern Germanic tradition with Italian Renaissance motifs derived from several visits to Italy.

His altarpieces and other religious works were a major contribution to the spread of the Renaissance style in Germany. He made nearly 700 woodcuts and was one of the first masters of the color woodcut. Like Dürer, Burgkmair received no commissions from Maximilian I and contributed to the series The Triumph of Emperor Maximilian, published in 1526.