Rudolf Uffrecht

Rudolph August Heinrich Matthias Uffrecht (July 9, 1840 – November 13, 1906) was a German sculptor and painter.

He was educated at the Academy of Arts, Berlin, his teacher was Bernhard Afinger, a close friend of Rudolf's father Jakob Uffrecht.

Rudolf Uffrecht's first works as a sculptor included clay portrait busts, and statuettes of fantasies.

His father had founded a ceramics factory in Haldensleben which produced Rudolf's works commercially, among other wares.

He was prolific, creating statuettes of Romeo and Juliet; of major German composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Haydn, and Bach; of Dante, Michelangelo, and Raphael; and portraits of the Prince of Prussia, the Prince Otto von Bismarck and general Moltke.