A Life in Landscape and Animalia Franz Gustav Hochmann was a German painter, draftsman, and graphic artist. Born in Dresden, Germany, he began his artistic training at the Königlich Sächsische Akademie der bildenden Künste in Dresden. His formal education continued in Weimar and later in Karlsruhe, where he studied under Hermann Baisch. It was during his time in Karlsruhe that he focused his artistic attention on the specialized subje…