Gregor von Bochmann the Younger

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Gregor von Bochmann the Elder J. (born September 23, 1878 in Düsseldorf , † September 20, 1914 on the Aisne near Laon ) was a German sculptor .

Life

The good bye

Bochmann was a son of the painter Gregor von Bochmann and his wife Emilie, née Poensgen . He studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Karl Janssen . On September 1, 1905, he married Marianne Feddersen, a daughter of the landscape painter Hans Peter Feddersen . Around 1907 von Bochmann moved into one of the studios in the artist house of the sculptor August Bauer (1868–1961) at Grafenberger Allee 32/34. In September 1914 he was killed as a war volunteer in France , on a hill on the Chemin des Dames . His wife also died during the First World War, leaving behind two children who then grew up with grandparents Bochmann.

His sculptures can be seen in the public area in Düsseldorf today.

Works

Neckereibrunnen on the corner of Königsallee and Bastionstraße in front of the Görres-Gymnasium
Four ages , reliefs on the tomb for Julius Poensgen in the north cemetery

After completing his studies, Bochmann established his studio in Düsseldorf, first on Geibelstrasse, then on Herderstrasse, and finally on Kurfürstenstrasse. Thematically, he essentially followed the genre painting of his famous father, but developed a preference for themes and scenes from the Frisian milieu. In 1904, his sculpture Abschied in Vienna was awarded the large gold state medal after it had already been shown at the Düsseldorf industrial and trade exhibition in 1902 . Bochmann also took part in exhibitions in Vienna, Dresden, Cologne and Munich. The Neckereibrunnen at Görres-Gymnasium on Königsallee was built in 1909. In 1910, Bochmann designed a series of reliefs for the Kreuzkirche . The Linnenbauer monument , which was erected there in 1909, is located in Herford .

From May 6 to June 3, 1917, a commemorative exhibition for the deceased was held in the Düsseldorf art gallery. In 1932 his bronze farewell was put up in Oberkassel . For the grave of his grandfather Julius Poensgen , the sculptor created a two-part relief Four Ages . Under the grave inscriptions there is a plaque in memory of the sculptor.

literature

  • Günter Meissner (Ed.): General artist lexicon : The visual artists of all times and peoples. KG Saur Verlag, 1992
  • Obituary by W. Gischler in: Wilhelm Schäfer (Ed.): The Rhineland. No. XV, March 1915, published by A. Bagel
  • Kuno Hagen: Lexicon of German-Tablish Artists. 20th century. Verlag Wissenschaft und Politik, Cologne 1983. ISBN 3-8046-0101-4 , p. 20.

Web links

Commons : Gregor von Bochmann the Younger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Population register of the municipality of Düsseldorf sorted by streets and house numbers . In: Josef Schumacher (ed.): Address book 1907 for the city of Düsseldorf and the mayor's offices of Benrath, Eller, Gerresheim, Heerdt, Kaiserwerth, Ludenberg and Rath . tape 3 . Düsseldorfer Verlags-Anstalt Aktien-Gesellschaft "Latest News", 1907, p. 179 , urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-620915 ( uni-duesseldorf.de [accessed on March 15, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Bochmann, Gregor von der Younger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bochmann, Gregor von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH September 20, 1914
Place of death near Laon France