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Willem de Famars Testas

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Willem de Famars Testas
Willem De Farmars Testas, Self-portrait
Born1834
Utrecht, Holland
Died1896
NationalityDutch
EducationJacobus Everhardus Josephus van den Berg; Akademie van beeldende kunsten, The Hague (1853-1854)
Known forPainter, draughtsman, etcher and illustrator
MovementOrientalist

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

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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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