Recalling Alexander Rummler, Norwalk, Connecticut Artist Who Spent the Last 18 Years of His Life in Stamford

Rummler Self Portrait

The above painting was a result of many request by visitors to Mr. Rummler's studio in South Norwalk, CT. They kept asking him to paint himself in a portrait when he is working on one of his works. So, he accommodated them and the above work is the result. It hangs in the atrium of Norwalk City Hall. "Mopping for Starfish" is in the background and hangs on the third floor .

Born in Dubuque, Iowa, Alexander Rummler (July 25, 1867-1959), studied at the Art Students League of New York. He then continued his studies at the Academie Julian in Paris.

He achieved fame when his painting of the signing of the World War I armistice was displayed on billboards across the county.

In 1907, he moved to South Norwalk. Then in 1926, he was chosen as the artist to represent Connecticut at The Sesquicentennial Exposition held in Philadelphia of the same year. His paintings won first place.

In 1936, under a Works Public Administration commission, he painted murals at Norwalk High School which was then being built. He painted 16 murals and eight smaller works illustrating Norwalk life-such as the oyster factories, fishing ,etc.

Rummler moved to Stamford in 1941 where he died in 1959; he lived to age 92.

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