The Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto has its origins in the Academia Portuense de Belas Artes, created in the city on November 22, 1836. However, we can go back a little further and find in the Public Class of Debuxo and Drawing the reminiscences of an artistic education organized.
FBAUP History
1780
At Colégio dos Meninos Órfãos na Praça do Carmo
In November 1779, by Decree of Queen D. Maria I (1717-1816), the Public Debuxo and Drawing Class was established in the city of Porto, which was directly linked to the city's businessmen (Administrative Board of the Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro), since its main objective was to provide “an artistic education based on drawing and oriented towards its practical applications, within the scope of the manufactures that depended on it”.
1800
Francisco Vieira (Vieira Portuense) takes over the direction of the Drawing and Drawing Class.
1836
In the building of the Convent of Santo António da Cidade, in São Lázaro
In 1836, the Portuense Academy of Fine Arts (APBA) was created, which, by the statutory provisions, offered five courses: Historical Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Civil and Naval Architecture, and Historical Engraving. Classes began in July 1837, then distributed across two buildings – the extinct Convento de Santo António da Cidade, in S. Lázaro (the current building of the Municipal Public Library of Porto) and the building of the Colégio dos Meninos Orfãos (where it was also the Royal Academy of Navy and Commerce is located, and where the U.Porto Rectory building is currently located). It was only in 1874 that all classes were brought together in the S. Lázaro building.
1911
At Casa de São Lázaro since 1937
In 1911, APBA gave way to the Escola de Belas Artes do Porto (EBAP), following a reform that reorganized the Escolas de Belas Artes de Lisboa and Porto. In 1933, the Decree-Law of October 9 determined that EBAP be installed in the building of the Porto Commerce Institute, Casa da Família Forbes – Palacete do Braguinha, where important names in Portuguese plastic arts, such as the painters Nadir Afonso, Júlio Resende and Júlio Pomar or the sculptor José Rodrigues. A legacy that continues to be honored today by the hands of new talents currently emerging in the areas of fine arts (Sculpture, Painting), drawing and illustration, or Communication Design.
Aerial photography of the city of Porto: 1939–1940
1933
Under the direction of José Marques da Silva, Casa de São Lázaro began to serve the Porto School of Fine Arts, which was finally occupied in 1937.
Photograph of the Turma of Acácio Lino (c.1933) in the building of the Convent of Santo António da Cidade, currently the Municipal Library of Porto — FIMS
1950
July 10, 1950
At the Higher Schools of Fine Arts in Lisbon and Porto, Architecture, Painting and Sculpture courses will be taught. [Diário do Governo]
Reproduction of General Plan – Pavilion organization plan for teaching Fine Arts Manuel Lima Fernandes de Sá and Alfredo Leal Machado
1974—75 and 1980—81
Communication Design Course (Graphic Art) Article 1 [Recognition of courses]
1 – The courses in Fine Arts and Design (Graphic Art) are recognized, which have been taught in the 2nd Section of the Escola Superior de Belas-Artes do Porto since the academic year 1974–1975.
2 – The courses in Fine Arts – Painting and Fine Arts – Sculpture and Communication Design (Graphic Art) are also recognized, which, succeeding the courses referred to in paragraph 1, have been taught since the academic year 1980–1981 in the 2nd Section of the Porto Superior School of Fine Arts. [Diário da República. 9/2/1983]
December 21, 1979
É criada na Universidade do Porto a Faculdade de Arquitectura. [Diário da República]
1992
November 24, 1992
Integration of the Escola Superior de Belas-Artes do Porto into the University of Porto. [Diário da República]
April 5, 2013
The Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, at Avenida Rodrigues de Freitas, 265 to 269, is classified as a monument of public interest. [Diário da República]
2015
FBAUP Exhibition Pavilion, rehabilitated by Carlos Guimarães and Luís Soares Carneiro.
February 17, 2017
Acquisition of land to extend the FBAUP campus.
2021
Sculpture and Painting Pavilion, rehabilitated by Carlos Guimarães and Luís Soares Carneiro.
Sculpture and Painting Pavilion, 2021
2022
Preparation of a preliminary program for the extension of the FBAUP campus.