Ursula Hanke-Förster (1924–2013) was a German sculptor. She began her artistic journey with an apprenticeship in the graphic arts, earning a journeyman's certificate. She also took evening classes in nude and portrait drawing with Max Kaus at the School of Arts and Crafts in Berlin. From 1945 to 1952, Hanke-Förster studied at the School of Arts and Crafts and the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. Beginning in 1952, she worked as a freelance artist, maintaining a studio in Berlin. In 1954, she was awarded the Berlin Art Prize by the city of Berlin. She married painter and graphic artist Günter Hanke in 1962. In 2007, Hanke-Förster bequeathed her paintings and sculptures to the Berlin University of the Arts and its circle of friends. She also established a foundation that has supported sculpture students at the university since 2009.
