Anthony Hochstein (1823-1872)
Anthony Hochstein (also painted under the name Anton Hohenstein) was a genre and portrait painter who was born in Bavaria. He came to America in the early to mid-1850s and worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylanvia. At some point (probably 1859 or 1860) Hohenstein apparently changed his name to Anthony Hochstein. This assumption is made because the latter name appears in PAFA exhibition records for 1865 (for a special competitive exhibtion sponsered by the Sketch Club) and appears again in NAD exhibition records of 1872.
Hochstein’s name is given as Hostein in the 1860 census.