The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Waves in the Sand

1967

Toni Schneiders

(German, 1920–2006)
Germany
gelatin silver print
Framed: 30.1 x 25.2 cm (11 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Gift of Evan Mirapaul 2021.199
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

This simple but elegant abstracted landscape was shot in Jutland, Denmark.

Description

Toni Schneiders was part of the Subjective Photography movement in Germany. While its members produced straight photographs that depicted the external world, their goal was to create images that elicited subjective interpretation and emphasized emotional and intellectual reactions over factual information. “If I succeed in making visible only a little of the magic of light and a touch of poetry in my pictures, this is luck enough for me,” said Schneiders.
  • Toni Schneiders (the artist) [1920-2006]
    November 30, 2006
    (Grisebach GmbH, Photographie, Berlin, Germany), sold to Evan Mirapaul, Pittsburgh, PA
    2006–21
    Evan Mirapaul, Pittsburgh, PA, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    December 6, 2021-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth, J. A., and Ulrich Pohlmann. Toni Schneiders Photographien 1946-1980 : Fotomuseum im Münchner Stadtmuseum, [14. Juli bis 3. Oktober 1999, Stadtmuseum in Lindau, 15. Mai bis 18. Juni 2000]. München: Schirmer/Mosel, 1999. p. 106, pl. 34
  • {{cite web|title=Waves in the Sand|url=false|author=Toni Schneiders|year=1967|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2021.199