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Singing Sands

Painting
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.
Feb. 5, 2024, after cleaning by Miller Fenwood in January 2024
Singing Sands picture number 2

2023.60.01

Easel

Oil

Landscape

This painting was purchased from the Hoerman studio in Saugatuck and kept in the family until its donation to the SDHC.

ArtworksCarl Hoerman

Winthers, Sally

2023.60

Ullmann, Nancy

Donation, unconditional

including frame

32 in

36 in

2nd floor gallery/conference room

Very Good

Cleaned by Miller Fenwood in January 2024

Hoerman, Carl 1885-1955

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: 2023.60.01

02/05/2024

10/02/2025