Willem de Famars Testas
{{Short description|Dutch painter (1834–1896)}}
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| birth_date = 1834
| birth_place = Utrecht
| death_date = 1896
| death_place = Arnhem
| nationality = Dutch
| field = Painter, draughtsman, etcher and illustrator
| training = Jacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg; Teeken-akademie, The Hague (1851–56)
| movement = Orientalist
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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.[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/27290 Willem de Famars Testas] in the RKD He travelled to Egypt in 1858-1860 and was in Brussels 1872–1885. He became a member of the artist society Schilder- en teekengenootschap Kunstliefde in Utrecht. His daughter Marie Madelaine de Famars Testas also became a painter.
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Gallery
File:Willem de Famars Testas - The well and sycamore in Ezbekieh Square, Cairo.jpg|The Well and Sycamore in Ezbekieh Square, Cairo, c. 1858–60, collection Teylers Museum
File:Egyptische reliëfsculptuur- twee kraanvogels. RP-T-1964-121.jpg|Egyptian relief sculpture: two cranes, drawing, c. 1844–96, collection Rijksmuseum
File:Binnenplaats van een huis te Caïro Rijksmuseum SK-A-1184.jpeg|The Courtyard of a house in Cairo, c. 1868–81, oil on canvas, collection Rijksmuseum
References
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- {{cite book |editor-last1=Raven |editor-first1=Maarten J. |editor-link1=Maarten Raven |year=1988 |title=Reisschetsen uit Egypte 1858-1860 |language=nl |publication-place=Maarssen/Den Haag |location= |publisher=Schwartz/SDU |publication-date= }}
- {{cite book |editor-last1=Raven |editor-first1=Maarten J. |editor-link1=Maarten Raven |year=1992 |title=Willem de Famars Testas, De schilderskaravaan 1868. Naar een ongepubliceerd handschrift uit het Frans vertaald, ingeleid en geannoteerd |series=Mededelingen en verhandelingen van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap "Ex Oriente Lux" |volume=29 |language=nl |publication-place=Leiden/Leuven |location= |publisher=Ex Oriente Lux/Uitgeverij Peeters |publication-date= }}
- {{cite book |last1=Andral |first1=J.L. |author-link1= |last2=Fischer |first2=Y. |author-link2= |last3=Lacambre |first3=J. |author-link3= |last4=Raven |first4=M.J. |author-link4=Maarten Raven |year=1993 |title=Album de voyage. Des artistes en expédition au Pays du Levant |language=fr |publication-place=Paris |location= |publisher=Association française d'action artistique |publication-date= }}
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.teylersmuseum.eu/index.php?item=119&page=63&lang=nl |url-access= |title=Teylers Museum verwerft twee schilderijen met een verhaal |date=12 March 2012 |website= |series= |publisher=Teylers Museum |agency= |location= |language=nl |access-date= |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319082950/http://teylersmuseum.nl/index.php?item=119&page=63&lang=nl |archive-date=19 March 2015 |via= |quote= |trans-quote= |ref= |postscript=}}
- Willem de Famars Testas in RKD Artists: {{Cite web |url=https://rkd.nl/artists/27290 |url-access= |title=Willem de Famars Testas |date= |website=RKD Research |series= |publisher= |location= |language=en |access-date= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= }}
- Past auction results for works by Willem de Famars Testas on Artnet: {{Cite web |url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/willem-de-famars-testas/past-auction-results |url-access= |title=Willem De Famars Testas Artworks |date= |website=artnet.com |series= |publisher= |location= |language=en |access-date= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= }}
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Category:Painters from Utrecht (city)