Willem de Famars Testas

Willem de Famars Testas
Willem de Famars Testas, Self-portrait
Born	1834 Utrecht
Died	1896 Arnhem
Nationality	Dutch
Education	Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg; Teeken-akademie, The Hague (1851–56)
Known for	Painter, draughtsman, etcher and illustrator
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]

Gallery

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  The Well and Sycamore in Ezbekieh Square, Cairo, c. 1858–60, collection Teylers Museum
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  Egyptian relief sculpture: two cranes, drawing, c. 1844–96, collection Rijksmuseum
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  The Courtyard of a house in Cairo, c. 1868–81, oil on canvas, collection Rijksmuseum

References

1. Willem de Famars Testas in the RKD

Sources

• Raven, Maarten J., ed. (1988). Reisschetsen uit Egypte 1858-1860 (in Dutch). Maarssen/Den Haag: Schwartz/SDU.
• Raven, Maarten J., ed. (1992). Willem de Famars Testas, De schilderskaravaan 1868. Naar een ongepubliceerd handschrift uit het Frans vertaald, ingeleid en geannoteerd. Mededelingen en verhandelingen van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap "Ex Oriente Lux" (in Dutch). Vol. 29. Leiden/Leuven: Ex Oriente Lux/Uitgeverij Peeters.
• Andral, J.L.; Fischer, Y.; Lacambre, J.; Raven, M.J. (1993). Album de voyage. Des artistes en expédition au Pays du Levant (in French). Paris: Association française d'action artistique.
• "Teylers Museum verwerft twee schilderijen met een verhaal" (in Dutch). Teylers Museum. 12 March 2012. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015.
• Willem de Famars Testas in RKD Artists: "Willem de Famars Testas". RKD Research.
• Past auction results for works by Willem de Famars Testas on Artnet: "Willem De Famars Testas Artworks". artnet.com.