Painter
Michel TESTARD
22 Artworks
Michel TESTARD
France
Michel Testard
wandering painter of faraway worlds
Born in Tokyo and raised in Japan and Vietnam, I later lived in Africa, the UK and for twenty years in India. These places were not stops on a journey but temporary homelands, each leaving their own colour and rhythm within me. I paint what has marked me: a bend of the Ganges at dawn, the mineral light of Ladakh, Icelandic wilderness, the twilight of Rajasthani bazaars, the meditative atmosphere of Indian classical music. At times the real shifts into the imaginary — Goan rooms opening onto the sea, murmuring jungles, humorous portraits of musicians, rajas and yogis. My style is spontaneous and expressionist, guided by intuition and shaped by colour, emotion and memory. I paint to honour the faraway worlds that continue to inhabit me.
You can also check out my Indian Chronicles, written under the pen name François-Xavier Croisy:
https://asialyst.com/fr/?s=Fran%C3%A7ois+Xavier+Croisy
wandering painter of faraway worlds
Born in Tokyo and raised in Japan and Vietnam, I later lived in Africa, the UK and for twenty years in India. These places were not stops on a journey but temporary homelands, each leaving their own colour and rhythm within me. I paint what has marked me: a bend of the Ganges at dawn, the mineral light of Ladakh, Icelandic wilderness, the twilight of Rajasthani bazaars, the meditative atmosphere of Indian classical music. At times the real shifts into the imaginary — Goan rooms opening onto the sea, murmuring jungles, humorous portraits of musicians, rajas and yogis. My style is spontaneous and expressionist, guided by intuition and shaped by colour, emotion and memory. I paint to honour the faraway worlds that continue to inhabit me.
You can also check out my Indian Chronicles, written under the pen name François-Xavier Croisy:
https://asialyst.com/fr/?s=Fran%C3%A7ois+Xavier+Croisy
' 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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