Alexander Rummler

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Alexander Joseph Rummler (1867–1959) was an American painter who made murals and large posters. He was born in Dubuque, Iowa, to German immigrant parents. He studied art in New York at the Art Students League starting in 1888. In 1905 he moved to Paris to study with Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian, with his wife Maria and their children. He settled in South Norwalk, Connecticut in 1907. Rummler became nationally known after World War I when his painting of the armistice signing was shown on billboards. In 1926 he represented Connecticut at the Philadelphia Exposition, where his paintings won first place. In 1936 he began working for the Works Progress Administration, painting sixteen murals and eight small panels for the new Norwalk High School. He also served as Norwalk’s town treasurer. He moved to Stamford, Connecticut in 1942 and died there in 1959 at age 92.