1920 - 1940

Curator’s Choice Exhibit

Carl Hoerman 1885 - 1955 Grand Canyon c. 1930 | print Notes: Born in Babenhausen, Bavaria, Germany, Carl Hoerman was a landscape painter who used savings from working in a Hamburg shipyard and sales of charcoal drawings to finance his move to the United States in 1904. In Chicago, he studied architecture and in 1909, opened his own office where he worked until 1920. After that, he devoted most of his time to painting, and built a studio and art gallery at Saugatuck, Michigan. In 1927, he and his wife began trips to the West and Southwest where he painted desert, Grand Canyon, and mountain scenes. Later, he became known as a “dunes painter” because of his landscapes of western Michigan. As this example shows, Carl was also very competent as a printmaker. Carl Hoerman is famous for his depictions of the Grand Canyon. *adapted from the Archives at askArt. Collection: Saugatuck Douglas History Center Gift of: Chris Spencer Accession: 2014.23.03