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Teixeira was born in Amsterdam, where he became a member of Arti et Amicitiae in 1934 and began drawing animals at Artis.
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A large collection of his drawings is in the Teylers Museum. In 1931 he moved to Paris, and for the war years he moved to Pornic in Brittany, where he remained until he died. The Teylers museum had an exhibition of his work in 2004.
He was the elder of the two sons of Jacob Teixeira de Mattos and Abigael Lopes Cardozo.
Joseph showed promise as an artist while still at school. When he was only 13, he enrolled for a year-long class designed for children to train them to become art teachers.
Graduation from an esteemed course did not, however, bring Joseph success as an artist, and he had to abandon the teaching career to pursue a career as an artist. During this problematic phase in his career, he was received financial support from Joseph Mendes da Costa and Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita.
Teixeira de Mattos began working independently from 1916.
His earliest works were mostly self-portraits made in and around Amsterdam. He also made several chalk drawings of the Waag on the Nieuwmarkt. Teixeira de Mattos first exhibited in 1917 at the Galerie Walrecht.
Teixeira de Mattos frequently drew animals.
He was known to very diligent and obsessed with technical mastery of drawing materials.
