Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University

Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University
كلية الفنون الجميلة جامعة الإسكندرية
Former name
Faculty of Fine Arts
EstablishedOctober 1957 (1957-10)
FounderAhmed Osman
Location
08 Abdel Salam Aref Mazloum,
Alexandria, Egypt

The Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University in Alexandria was established in October 1957, by Ahmed Osman.[1]

History

Its founder was the late sculptor Ahmed Osman, who served as its first dean.[1] The school offered five departments, architecture, decoration (decorative arts), printmaking, painting, and sculpture.[1]

In 1962, the first batch of students graduated after obtaining a bachelor's degree in section of fine arts; and two years later in 1964, the first batch of students was graduated after obtaining a bachelor's degree in architecture.[2] A presidential decree (No. 361) was issued in 1989, to join the Faculty of Fine Arts to the University of Alexandria, in order to form the Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University.[1]

The Egyptian School of Fine Arts [Madrassat al-Funun al-Jamila al-Misriyya] was the first school of fine arts in the country, and was established in 1908 in Cairo, Egypt.[2]

Campus

Faculty departments are divided among four buildings, divided over four locations as follows:

  • Main building, at 08 Abdel Salam Aref Mazloum: the headquarters of the faculty and administration offices, and also includes the architecture department and sculpture department
  • Gelim building, at 64 Mustafa Fahmy–Gelim: the printmaking department
  • Janaklis building, at 625 Tareek El Horreya: painting department, and faculty offices
  • Omar Tosson Pasha building, at 9 El Ezaa St.: decoration department, wall/mural painting and preparatory arts

References

  1. ^ a b c d Shehab, Bahia; Nawar, Haytham (2020-12-15). A History of Arab Graphic Design. American University in Cairo Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-64903-195-2 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b Davies, Clare (September 5, 2016). "The Egyptian School of Fine Arts". Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. doi:10.4324/9781135000356-REM802-1. Archived from the original on 2024-08-03. Retrieved 2024-12-13.