Julius Paul Junghanns (born June 8, 1876 in Vienna , † April 3, 1958 in Düsseldorf ) was a German painter who gained fame especially in animal painting.

Since the parents of Julius Paul Junghanns came from Saxony and only stayed in Vienna for a short time, Junghanns called himself a Saxon. He grew up in Dresden , where he completed his training as a lithographer in 1895. A year later he began his studies at the Dresden Art Academy with Max Frey and Leon Pohle In 1898 he did military service with the Royal Saxon Grenadier Regiment No. 1. From 1899 he continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with the animal painter Heinrich von Zügelcontinued until 1904. Junghanns described his studies with Zügel as the greates...