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Along the Kalamazoo

Print
This is an etching of landscape along the Kalamazoo River between Saugatuck and Douglas by Carl Hoerman. It depicts the New Richmond swing bridge in the background going across the water. This is a great example of Hoerman's work on the local area, as well as a great example of composition with the framing of the Kalamazoo river. There are trees and a split rail fence that frame the view in the foreground.
Along the Kalamazoo picture number 1
Print of the Kalamazoo river

2018.20.02

Status: OK Status By: Eric Gollannek Status Date: 2018-08-14

08/14/2018

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05/02/2023

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Etching

Artworks

Gollannek, Eric 1975-

Hoerman, Carl 1885-1955

1940 - 1955

Date: 1950 School: American Regionalism Technique: Etching

Signed Name: Carl Hoerman Signature Location: Lower right

Print

Graphic Documents

Documentary Objects

Category 08: Communication Objects

PrintEtchingCarl HoermanSwing BridgeKalamazoo RiverSaugatuck, MichiganDouglas, Michigan

14 in

12-3/4 in

Frame 12.75" by 14" Frame Size: 12.75" by 14" Image Size: 5.5" by 8.875"

Art Conservation Room

Excellent

Conservation and framing by Kari in July 2018.

Birdsall, Sammie

Hoerman, Carl 1885-1955

Curator’s Choice Exhibit

Carl Hoerman 1885 - 1955 Along the Kalamazoo 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. Here we see the old bridge across the Kalamazoo River between Saugatuck and Douglas, Michigan. *adapted from the Archives at askArt. Collection: Saugatuck Douglas History Center Gift of: Fred and Sammie Birdsall Accession: 2018.20.02