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ROBERT JENKINS ONDERDONK (American 1852-1917) A PAINTING, "Water Carrier - San Pedro Springs," SAN ANTONIO, watercolor on paper, unsigned, 6 3/4" x 9 1/4", framed, 14 1/2" x 16 1/4". Note: The work from the prestigious Texas collection of John Steinfeldt, Dean of Texas Pianists, and husband to Cecilia Neuheisel Steinfeldt, First Lady of Texas Art, author of The Onderdonks, A Family of Texas Painters. This view of San Pedro Springs shows a landscape with bridge in the central background and a winding spring. At the left of the painting a small pioneer structure with red roof, and at center a man fills a water barrel that sits atop a mule cart parked in the stream. The present work is a classic San Antonio, Texas view that begs to have a comparison drawn with John Constable's The Hay Wain. Though painted nearly one hundred years apart, the two paintings evoke similar feelings of nostalgia, a longing to return to the simplicity of the past, a celebration of man working in communion with the land, and lush with views of pristine landscape, leaving the viewer to study the Texas landscape colloquially dubbed, "The Texas Hay Wain," with a keen eye. Provenance: Gift from the artist to John Steinfeldt, Houston, Texas