Kopelovich (Kopelowitsch) Alexander Davidovich (1915, Petrograd – 1990, Jerusalem), painter.

Alexander Kopelovich was born into a military doctor's family. In 1925, the family emigrated to Latvia. In Riga, he studied painting under S.A. Vinogradov. He first exhibited his works in 1930 at a studio exhibition of Vinogradov's students. Kopelovich's talents were noted by M.V. Dobuzhinsky. In 1935, he left for Paris, where he took painting lessons from O. Fries. At the same time, he took a course in paint making at the Paris Academy of Arts. In the 1930s, Alexander Kopelovich visited Palestine several times, where he created a series of paintings. In 1939, he published the album ‘Jewish Portraits and Landscapes’ (with an introductory article by S.M. Dubnov). From 1940, he lived in Eretz Israel, where he founded the largest paint factory in the Middle East. Alexander Kopelovich was a master of landscape and character portraiture. He often exhibited at galleries in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and participated in numerous art exhibitions in Paris. Honorary diploma from the International Association of Arts in New York (1983).