Peter Casagrande (bornFebruary 23, 1946 in Weilheim, Bavaria, Germany) is a contemporary German painter of Italian-German origin. He lives and works near Munich .

After initial training as a script painter (1960 to 1963), he was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, where he studied from 1970 to 1972 and from 1979 to 1980 with Prof. Troeger and from 1972 to 1975 at the Academy of Fine Arts Berlin, with Prof. Kiefer and Cruxin. In 1983 he was awarded an annual scholarship from the city of Munich and the national promotion prize of the State of Bavaria .