01 Work, Olympian deities, Angelo Josef Graf von Courten's Die Nixe, with footnotes #29

Angelo Josef Graf von Courten (1848-1925)

Die Nixe

Oil on canvas

40 x 281⁄4 in. (101.6 x 71.8 cm.)

Private collection

The Nixe is a term widely used in German-speaking countries for a female or male water spirit; a kind of supernatural being found in the folklore of many cultures.

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

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

In 1873 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. More on Angelo Josef Graf von Courten

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