Alexander Oppler (10 February 1869 – 18 March 1937) was a German sculptor of Jewish ancestry; best known for his portrait busts. He also worked as a medallist.
Life and work
His father was the architect, Edwin Oppler. His older brother, Ernst, was a painter and etcher. He had two younger brothers who were also well known; , a doctor, and , a jurist.
From 1888 he studied art; first at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, then at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was a member of the Munich and Berlin Secessions.
He was an early member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund (Artists' Association), and took part in their first exhibition, in 1904, at what is now the Staatliche Antikensammlungen (antiquities collection) in Munich; represented by two marble statues and a plaster bust.
