Hermann Courtens (1884 - 1956)

Hermann Courtens

Herman Courtens was a Belgian painter. Herman Courtens was son of Franz Courtens who became his first teacher. He was also a student of Isidore Verheyden at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. He became a teacher at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Antwerp. This was the perfection after the ordinary Academy studies. Herman Courtens painted figures, genre scenes, portraits, landscapes, flowers and interiors. His works often have a somewhat busy, overloaded image.