Albrecht Peter Bräuer was a German painter and draftsman, from 1860 a teacher at the School of Applied Arts in Breslau.

Albrecht Bräuer received artistic training from his father, the painter, draftsman, engraver and lithographer Karl Bräuer (1794–1866), and from the sculptor Carl Andreas Müchtig (1797–1857). From 1847 to 1849 he was a student of Ernst Resch in Breslau. From 1850 to 1852 he studied at the Dresden Art Academy with Carl Gottlieb Peschel, and the last six months with Julius Hübner . From Easter 1852 to spring 1856 he attended the Städel Art Institute in Frankfurt am Main. Edward von Steinle instructed him there. In 1857 he returned to Breslau. In 1860 he became a teacher at the local art school. He taught freehand drawing, ornamentation, perspective, anatomy, nude, portrait and figure painting. In 1884 he was appointed professor. In 1883 he undertook a trip to Italy.

With pictures for various places of worship, Bräuer soon earned a name as a church and history painter. His painting is influenced by Nazarene models and is partly reminiscent of works by Moritz von Schwind. In addition, his work shows other tendencies in German art of the 19th century.

In addition to these paintings, he produced materials for art lessons, such as template sheets for drawing lessons, and an ornamental work with 40 lithographs, which won a gold medal at a Berlin exhibition in 1878. He also copied works from old masters. He also carried out experiments on dyes and art theoretical research on perspective, anatomy and proportions. He also collected engravings and drawings depicting clothing, art objects from different times and cultures, as well as portfolios with ornamental, plant, perspective and anatomical studies for his studio at art school.

As an art educator, he had an influence on the development of later well-known artists, such as Fritz Erler, Hans Baluschek, Hans Dressler, Walther Firle, Moritz Heymann, Wilhelm Jordan, Adolf Münzer, Hermann Schmiechen, Robert Śliwiński, Marie Player and Eugen Spiro. The writer Gerhart Hauptmann developed the character of Michael Kramer in the drama of the same name based on him.