Alexander Heinrich Gregor Bochmann, called Gregor Bochmann the Elder, German painter (1850 Good Nehat / Estonia to 1930 Ratingen-Hösel near Dusseldorf), a pupil of Theodor Albert Sprengel in Reval [Tallinn],

Studied 1868-71 with Schiller. scholarship town Reval at the Dusseldorf Academy, from 1869 when Oswald Achenbach,

Since 1871 freelancer in Dusseldorf,

Drom 1895 Professor title,

Went on study trips to Estonia and the Netherlands, charged the art exhibitions in Dusseldorf, Munich, Vienna, Dresden, Berlin and the world's Fair in Paris, from 1893 member of the Academy of Berlin, several distinctions as Large gold medals in Berlin and Munich and the Austrian State medal Salzburg 1899 elevation to the peerage,

1873-1930 member of the artist association "Malkasten", member of the Free Association received Düsseldorf artist ( Secession) and a member and temporary member of the board of the German Association of Artists, active in Dusseldorf,
Source: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, AKL, Dressler, Bruckmann "Encyclopedia of Düsseldorf school", Boetticher, Saur, Müller-Singer and Wikipedia.

Gregor Bochmann was born in 1850. He studied at the Art Academy Düssedorfer under O. Achenbach.

Bochmann took repeated trips to Holland to study the activities of the fishermen. Later, he taught at the Berlin Academy of Arts. His vivid paintings were already highly appreciated in the early days of his work.