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  "Volkenburg Mountain" Comfort Texas

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    This painting has an interesting provenance.  When Hohnstedt died in 1957 he left his home to a lady from Comfort, Texas.  The home was left just as Hohnstedt had it decorated when he died.  All of his personal art collection was also left to the lady when he died.  Two friends of mine that lived in Comfort visited her regularly through the years hoping she would sell some of the paintings to them.  The recipient of the estate always told them to talk to her son (?) when she died as she would never sell anything that Mr. Hohnstedt had left to her. When she died my friends went to the home and the son was there.  They acquired all of his personal collection of paintings but left one that they didn't really like.  It was an abstract. When they got home with their treasure trove of Hohnstedt paintings they decided that maybe they should return and purchase the abstract.  When they got back to the home it had already been sold.  Fast forward many years, the couple that bought his personal collection called me.  They were in their late 80s by this time.  They had decided it was time to downsize.  I sold the whole collection to a good friend about 10 years ago.  While on a visit to his home about 2 weeks ago I saw the collection of Hohnstedts.  He told me he was ready to downsize, and I acquired "Volkenburg Mountain"   This painting was the prize of the collection and one of his finest works.  Volkenburg is on the outskirts of Comfort, Tx. 

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  • Biography

    P. L. Hohnstedt (Peter Lanz) (1872 - 1957)

    PETER LANZ HOHNSTEDT was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he received his early art training from Frank Duveneck. About 1914, Hohnstedt moved to New Orleans, where he was asked to do a painting for the Delgado Museum. The results were immediate and profitable. A wealthy man provided him with a room on his yacht so he could find greater opportunity to visit and study the swamp areas of Louisiana. Hohnstedt and artist Clarence Millet painted together in Louisiana and Mississippi. In the mid 1920s, he also painted in Seattle, Washington and exhibited with the Seattle Fine Arts Society. Hohnstedt moved to Comfort, Texas in 1928 and had a studio in San Antonio. Later Hohnstedt moved his home and studio to downtown Comfort, Texas, where his studio was open daily to visitors. His guest book included visitors from around the country. Peter Hohnstedt preserved on canvas many of the beautiful surroundings of Comfort, Texas in the heart of the Hill Country. His paintings included the twisting oaks, cypress and hillsides surrounding the small community. He exhibited at the Witte Museum (Edgar B. Davis Competition) in 1929 and won two awards, with such competition as Dawson Dawson- Watson, E. Martin Hennings, O.E. Berninghaus, Jose Arpa and a host of others. He continued to exhibit throughout the 30's and 40's with several one-man shows. His preferred medium for his landscapes was oil. Occasionally his name appears as Holmstedt, Hnstedt, as well as other versions.

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