Joseph Teixeira de Mattos (1892–1971), was a Dutch watercolor painter and pastellist who made drawings wherever he went.
[3] Joseph Teixeira de Mattos shared his name with his uncle, who was a sculptor.
He was the elder of the two sons of Jacob Teixeira de Mattos and Abigael Lopes Cardozo.
When he was only 13, he enrolled for a year-long class designed for children to train them to become art teachers.
During this problematic phase in his career, he was received financial support from Joseph Mendes da Costa and Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita.