Christoph(er) Paudiß was a Bavarian Baroque painter and a student of Rembrandt van Rijn.

After working in Stuttgart (1656), Prague, Dresden (1659–60), Vienna and Salzburg, he stayed his last four years in Freising where he worked for Fürstbischof Albrecht Sigismund von Bayern. He was married twice.

His paintings and frescoes show dark pictures of everyday life. The Freisinger Diözesanmuseum has the largest collection of his work (15), others are scattered around Europe.