The photographic archives of the 1930s — library exhibition

18/03/2021 | FBAUL LIBRARY

Organization: Céline Coturel and Joana souto Mateus | Coordination: Cristina Azevedo Tavares 

 
The photographic archives of the 1930s bring you to the Faculty of Fine Arts of the university of Lisbon: photographs, glass negatives, slides and vintage postcards are on display in the library from March the 18th of 2021.

Why presenting images from the 1930s today? For decades, the Faculty’s archives preserved these images without ever being able to inventorize them. Now scanned, these archival holdings are available for consultation. These are the teaching materials of the time: slides of paintings from the 15th to the 20th century presented in class — including works from the Gulbenkian Museum; about thirty post card albums by the famous French publisher Nathan, about the History of Art in 1937; photographs of sculptures made by students and annotated by teachers; donations from students or visitors… And among them, about 450 photographs by the Portuguese artist Eduardo Portugal.

This artist was an ingenious photographer who, like Eugene Atget, immortalized hundreds of monuments in the largest cities in Portugal, focusing on details of Gothic architecture or religious sites, and scenes from everyday life. A moving exploration into the past and a unique artistic discovery.

photos (selection)

• Escultura de uma aluna da FBAUL. Eugénia da Silva Colares Duarte Coelho – Março de 1938 – 2º período. [cota: AF-533]

• Escultura de um aluno da FBAUL. António Duarte 3º estudos, 14 valores ,23-4-938. [cota: AF -409]

• Eduardo Portugal: Lisboa – Capela de Santo Amaro, fachada posterior. [cota: AF-382]

• Eduardo Portugal: Évora – Paços de D. Manuel [cota: AF-387]

• Eduardo Portugal: Alcobaça (Feira de S. Bernardo), vendedoras de pevides secas, figos, nozes, etc [cota: AF-248]

• Eduardo Portugal: Braga – Sé – Ábside [cota: AF-395]

slides (selection)

• GRUNEWALD. Virgem com o Menino. Pinturas do século XVI [cota: SL43 – D23]

• PIETER BRUEGHEL. Paisagem com Ícaro. Bruxelas, Museu Real das Artes. Diapositivo de vidro. (Pinturas dos séculos XVII e XVIII) [cota: SL44- D10]

• Peitoral. René Lalique. França, Século XIX-XX (Conjunto Museu C. Gulbenkian, « Arte Europeia : Obras de Lalique») [cota: SL49 - D06 ]

• Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1844-1919) Retrato de Madame Claude Monet (Conjunto Museu C. Gulbenkian) [ref. SL 50 – Fora do conjunto]

• Grécia Koré (“menina”), Grécia antiga, Escultura. (Conjunto de diapositivos, oferta de Lígia Cabral) [cota: SL56 – D87]

• Tomar, Charola. Diapositivo que perdeu cor. [cota: SL60 - D16]

postcards (selection)

• Palais sassanide de Ctésiphon, postal de «La Perse Des Achéménides aux Sassanides» (col. L’Histoire de l’Antiquité – Paris: Fernand Nathan, 1935) [cota: AF-P14 – 019]

• Aiguière de bronze sassanide, postal de «La Perse Des Achéménides aux Sassanides» (col. L’Histoire de l’Antiquité – Paris: Fernand Nathan,  1935) [cota: AF-P14 – 025] 

• MARINOT (M.) – Flacon en verre gravé, postal de «Les Arts décoratifs contemporains en France» (Documents figurés pour l’histoire de l’art – Paris: Fernand Nathan, 1935) [cota: AF-P15 – 08]

• Diane à la biche, postal de «L’évolution de l’art grec» (col. L’Histoire de l’Antiquité – Paris: Fernand Nathan,  1937) [cota: AF P33 – 011]

• Statue chinoise, postal de «L’évolution de l’art grec» (col. L’Histoire de l’Antiquité – Paris: Fernand Nathan, 1937) [cota: AF P33 – 024]

• Atrium d’une maison patricienne (Pompéï), postal de «L’empire romain» (col. L’Histoire de l’Antiquité – Paris: Fernand Nathan, 1937) [cota: AF-P34 – 07]