Gregor von Bochmann

Gregor von Bochmann (1 June 1850 – 12 February 1930) was a Baltic-German landscape and genre painter. Buchman was popular during his lifetime due to his regular participation in exhibitions and his stunning early works.After his death, in 1930 and 1951, memorial exhibitions were organized in his honor. However, apart from the constant presence of his paintings in the international art trade, interest in him remained limited. This changed at the beginning of the 21st century, with exhibitions held in Düsseldorf and Estonia.

Biography He was born in Nehatu, Kreis Wiek, Governorate of Estonia. His father was a forest warden for the Governorate of Estonia, who had been ennobled due to his service in the Crimean War. Bochmann frequently travelled around the country with him, developing his ability to observe nature. From 1862 to 1868, he studied at the Gustav Adolf Grammar School in Tallinn, where his art teacher, Theodor Albert Sprengel, recognized his talent and obtained a scholarship for him to study at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Further study trips were made to Holland, Belgium and his native Estonia and the sketches he made there served as the basis for much of his later work. In 1877, he married Emilie Poensgen, the daughter of industrialist , an iron and steel manufacturer.

He died in 1930 in Hösel, near Düsseldorf.

Art work Buchman's main works include "The Estonian Market" (around 1870), "The Reapers" (after 1870), "Sunday at a Church in Estonia" (1874), "Potato Harvest in Estonia" (1876),"Shipyard in South Holland" (1878), "Fish Market in Reval" (1886), "Abandoned" (1904), and "The Ships Are Coming" (1907), "The Mussel Fishermen" (1918).