Theodor Albert Sprengel

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Theodor Albert Sprengel (1832-1900) had studied painting at the academy in Düsseldorf and was a teacher at the high school in Reval in the 1860s when Bochmann was a student there. Sprengel recognized his pupil's talent and encouraged him. He had also suggested that the young Bochmann should study in Düsseldorf.

Here is some more information:

• Theodor Albert Sprengel and the Revaler Exhibition 1883 - text from the Revaler Beobachter - with an introduction copied from "Texts on Art and Architecture", Volume 2, by J. Keevallik, R. Loodus and L. Viiroja, Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Tallinn, 2004.
• Albert Sprengel in his studio in Düsseldorf (gift from his daughter: "a memory of my father to the dear Professor G. von Bochmann, 1927, June - Ebber Wittlich, née Sprengel")
• An oil painting by Albert Sprengel ("Moment of Repose" - 1864 - from the KUMU Art Museum in Tallinn, Estonia). You can see more pictures here.
• A letter from Albert Sprengel to Gregor von Bochmann (when he had just moved to Düsseldorf in 1868): first page in the original - legible copy