Willem de Famars Testas explained

Willem de Famars Testas
Birth Date:1834
Birth Place:Utrecht, Holland
Death Date:1896
Death Place:Arnhem
Nationality:Dutch
Field:Painter, draughtsman, etcher and illustrator
Training:Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg
Akademie van beeldende kunsten, The Hague (1853-1854)
Movement:Orientalist

Willem de Famars Testas (1834, Utrecht  - 1896, Arnhem), was a 19th-century Dutch painter, draughtsman, etcher and illustrator noted for his Orientalist paintings and drawings.

Biography

According to the RKD, he learned to paint from Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg and studied at the Akademie van beeldende kunsten in the Hague during the years 1853–1854.[1] He travelled to Egypt in 1858-1860 and was in Brussels 1872–1885.[1] He became a member of the artist society Schilder- en teekengenootschap Kunstliefde in Utrecht.[1] His daughter Marie Madelaine de Famars Testas also became a painter.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/27290 Willem de Famars Testas