Painter
Michel TESTARD
22 Artworks
Michel TESTARD
France
Michel Testard’s paintings draw on an expansive personal geography shaped by life in Japan, Vietnam, Africa, the UK, and two decades in India. His work distills the impressions of places that served as temporary homelands—scenes like dawn on the Ganges, Ladakh’s sharp mineral light, Icelandic landscapes, and the crowded twilight of Rajasthani bazaars. Shifting between observation and invention, his subjects range from imagined Goan interiors and jungles to portraits of musicians, rajas, and yogis. Working in a spontaneous, expressionist style, Testard relies on colour, memory, and intuition. He also writes under the pen name François-Xavier Croisy, authoring the “Indian Chronicles.”
' Portraits Imaginaires ' / LE SAINT JACQUES - Jupilles, France
Glimpses of India / Private apartment - New Delhi, India
Opened Studio / Artist Studio - COURDEMANCHE, France
Glimpses of India II / Rampuria Haveli - Bikaner, India
Pérégrinations Indiennes / Nocogo Gallery - La Chartre sur le Loir, France
Chroniques Indiennes / Caveau des Récollets - Montval sur Loire, France
Chroniques Indiennes / Galerie de la Font - Eus, France
Reminiscence of India / Gallery Art Indus - New Delhi, India
Ephemerides Indiennes / Gallery Lord Byron - Paris, France
Glimpses of India / Bikaner House - New Delhi, India
Beauty and Art / Galerie Michael Lonsdale - Paris, France
Group Exhibition / Galerie Z&O - La Chartre sur le loir, France
Duo show with sculptor / Galerie Aubert de Rycke - Marçon, France
Contemporary Art Curator Magazine- Interview with Michel Testard
AATONAU ART BLOG - by Hajra Salinas- Michel Testard: painting a life shaped by travel and heritage
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