Alfred Courtens, monument à Franz Courtens, Dendermonde

Baron Franciscus Eduardus Maria (Franz) Courtens (1854–1943) was a Belgian painter. He was a leading figure in the

Dendermonde Dendermonde (; french: Termonde, ) is a city in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, Mespelare, Oudegem, Schoonaarde, and Sint-G ...

School, famous for his paintings of nature and landscapes. An essay on him by

Fernand Khnopff Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff (12 September 1858 – 12 November 1921) was a Belgian symbolist painter. Life Youth and training Fernand Khnopff was born to a wealthy family that was part of the high bourgeoisie for generations. Khnopff ...

was published in ''

The International Studio ''The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art'' was an illustrated fine arts and decorative arts magazine published in London from 1893 until 1964. The founder and first editor was Charles Holme. The magazine exerted a major in ...

'' 34 (1908). Courtens was professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts ( NHISKA) in Antwerp from 1904 till 1924. He was a personal friend of Leopold II, who gave him the privilege of free access to the royal Parc of Laeken. Some of his paintings stil remain in the Royal collection.

Family

Since 1922, the family belongs to the Belgian nobility. Baron Franz Courtens:
painter, member of

Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium The Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium (french: Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, sometimes referred to as ') is the independent learned society of science and arts of the French Com ...

, 1904. ** Baron

Hermann Courtens Hermann or Herrmann may refer to: * Hermann (name), list of people with this name * Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language * Éditions Hermann, French publisher * Hermann, M ...

, (1884-1956): painter *** Baron

Pierre Courtens Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

, (1921-2004): artist ***

Jacques Courtens Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...

, (1926-1988): painter ** Alfred Courtens, (1889-1967): sculptor **

Antoine Courtens Antoine is a French language, French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton (name), Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West ...

, (1899-1969): architect, studied with Baron Victor Horta, File:Dendermonde Town Hall Courtens Thaw.JPG, ''Thaw in Dendermonde (Le dégel à Termonde)'', 1879, oil on canvas, 166 × 231 cm File:Franz Courtens, around 1901, Herd in Kempen (Troupeau en Campine), oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm.jpg, ''Herd in Kempen (Troupeau en Campine)'', oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm File:Franz Courtens - De golf.JPG, ''The wave (La vague)'', ca. 1926, oil on canvas, 51 × 85 cm File:Franz Courtens, 1926, Lake of Bourget (Lac du Bourget), oil on canvas, 110 x 190 cm.jpg, ''Lake of Bourget (Lac du Bourget)'', 1926, oil on canvas, 110 x 190 cm File:Franz Courtens - Wachtend op hoogtij.JPG, ''Resting in the dune (Le repos dans la dune)'', last painting from the artist 1935, oil on canvas, 75 × 110 cm

Honours

* 1922: created Baron Courtens by Royal order. * Grand Officer in the Order of the Crown. * Member of the

References

External links

Centre Marius Staquet
Franz Courtens - Le plein air et l'intine
Franz Courtens
ULAN Full Record Display. Union List of Artist Names, Getty Vocabularies. Getty Vocabulary Program,

Getty Research Institute The Getty Research Institute (GRI), located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, is "dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts".

(Los Angeles, California) Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium People from Dendermonde Barons of Belgium Grand Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) 1854 births 1943 deaths 19th-century Belgian painters 19th-century Belgian male artists 20th-century Belgian painters 20th-century Belgian male artists {{Belgium-painter-stub