Angelo Graf von Courten

Angelo Josef Graf von Courten (born January 10, 1848 in Bologna , † December 15, 1925 in Munich ) was a German painter of Swiss descent.

Life

Courten came from the old Swiss family de Courten and was the son of a Florentine general of the army of the Papal States was born. In 1867 he himself entered the service of the papal army, to which he belonged until the old papal state was dissolved in 1870.

In 1872 he entered the Munich Art Academy . There he continued his art studies, which he had already started in Italy. Here he became a student of Karl Theodor von Piloty at the Munich Art Academy . As a result, he was a sought-after portrait and genre painter, and he also dealt with historical and religious topics. He created his most important works for the New Herrenchiemsee Palace , built by Ludwig II in 1878–86 .

Since 1873 Angelo von Courten was married to Irene Athenaïs von Klenze (1850-1916). She was a granddaughter of Leo von Klenze and had modeled her future husband. Angelo and Irene von Courten had a total of six children, including Louis (1885–1969), who followed in his father's footsteps, and Felix (1877–1959), who worked as an architect and illustrator.

Angelo von Courten lived in Munich until his death. Since the 1890s he spent his summer in Miesbach . As a result, five of his children mostly lived here and built several villas on site, almost all of which have been preserved.

literature

• Alexander Langheiter: Miesbach. A cultural guide. Maurusverlag, Miesbach 2006
• Courten, Angelo von (Graf) . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 21, Saur, Munich a. a. 1998, ISBN 3-598-22761-2 , p. 591.

Web links

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