Name/Title
Singing SandsEntry/Object ID
2023.60.01Description
Oil painting by Carl Hoerman of Lake Michigan dunes. The center of the composition is dominated by the purple tones of a shadow on a dune face. In the distance, Lake Michigan is lit by a setting sun concealed by clouds. Sparse grasses dot the foreground sands. The painting includes an original gilt frame with scroll details in the corners.Type of Painting
EaselArtwork Details
Medium
OilSubject
LandscapeContext
This painting was purchased from the Hoerman studio in Saugatuck and kept in the family until its donation to the SDHC.Collection
Artworks, Carl HoermanCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2023.60Source or Donor
Ullmann, NancyAcquisition Method
Donation, unconditionalDimensions
Dimension Description
including frameHeight
32 inWidth
36 inLocation
Room
2nd floor gallery/conference roomCondition
Overall Condition
Very GoodNotes
Cleaned by Miller Fenwood in January 2024Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Hoerman, Carl 1885-1955Interpretative Labels
Label
Carl Hoerman
1885 - 1955
Singing Sands
undated | oil on canvas
“Carl Hoerman is no copybook artist. He works hard, and waits patiently for just the right combination of sun and twilight shadow on sand, dwarfed by wind-twisted trees and dune grass, and then translates it all into the pictures that have made him famous. ... After the picture is safely on canvas he comes sliding down the steepest dune near Goshorn lake, a red scarf floating rakishly behind him in
the wind.”
— “Dune Painter Revels in Artistic Settings Offered at Saugatuck”
The Grand Rapids Press, August 22, 1939
Collection: Saugatuck-Douglas History Center
Gift of: Nancy Ullmann
Accession: 2023.60.01Create Date
February 5, 2024Update Date
October 2, 2025
