'Francisco Fulgencio Andrade' by Soares Branco and José Simão
Funchal, Madeira.
Just wandering ...
The bronze bust of teacher, writer and journalist Dr. Francisco Fulgêncio Andrade is located on the south side of the cathedral in the Rua da Sé.
The bust was created by the sculptors Soares Branco and José Simão Castelo Branco in 1998.
Francisco Fulgêncio de Andrade (Madeira 1889 – Funchal 1970) was a canon, teacher, journalist and commentator. He originally studied at the diocese seminary in Funchal, before attending the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, studying philosophy and theology, before being ordained presbyter on 19 December 1914.
He returned to Funchal in 1916, where he taught theology at the seminary in Funchal, later becoming parish priest in Faial and São Jorge, before returning to Funchal to continue his teaching career in the humanities and theology (a role he would occupy until the end of his life).
He was a journalist, for many years, writing for the Jornal da Madeira (chronicles and editorials), and became a religious commentator on Funchal Radio, with his own program on Sundays, entitled Cinco Minutos de Espiritualidade (Five Minutes of Spirituality).
About the sculptors -
Domingos de Castro Gentil Soares Branco (1925 - 2013) was a teacher at the Escola Superior de Belas Artes, in Lisbon, for over 30 years.
Born in Lisbon, he was a student of Simões de Almeida (nephew) and Leopoldo de Almeida at the Lisbon School of Fine Arts, where he entered in 1944.
After completing the sculpture course in 1953, he took a job as a draughtsman at the Escola Médica de Lisboa, in Campo de Santana, and in 1958 he joined the Escola de Belas Artes in Lisbon as a professor, from which he left in 1996, having reached the limit of age.
In 1951, he was runner-up in the Soares do Reis Sculpture Prize, promoted by the then National Secretariat for Popular Culture and Tourism Information (SNI).
Soares Branco's legacy consists of more than 13,000 pieces, including studies, models and sketches. Soares Branco donated a large part of his estate to the Mafra Chamber, which created, in 1991, a museum named after him, located in the Quinta da Raposa Cultural Complex.
'Francisco Fulgencio Andrade' by Soares Branco and José Simão
Funchal, Madeira.
Just wandering ...
The bronze bust of teacher, writer and journalist Dr. Francisco Fulgêncio Andrade is located on the south side of the cathedral in the Rua da Sé.
The bust was created by the sculptors Soares Branco and José Simão Castelo Branco in 1998.
Francisco Fulgêncio de Andrade (Madeira 1889 – Funchal 1970) was a canon, teacher, journalist and commentator. He originally studied at the diocese seminary in Funchal, before attending the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, studying philosophy and theology, before being ordained presbyter on 19 December 1914.
He returned to Funchal in 1916, where he taught theology at the seminary in Funchal, later becoming parish priest in Faial and São Jorge, before returning to Funchal to continue his teaching career in the humanities and theology (a role he would occupy until the end of his life).
He was a journalist, for many years, writing for the Jornal da Madeira (chronicles and editorials), and became a religious commentator on Funchal Radio, with his own program on Sundays, entitled Cinco Minutos de Espiritualidade (Five Minutes of Spirituality).
About the sculptors -
Domingos de Castro Gentil Soares Branco (1925 - 2013) was a teacher at the Escola Superior de Belas Artes, in Lisbon, for over 30 years.
Born in Lisbon, he was a student of Simões de Almeida (nephew) and Leopoldo de Almeida at the Lisbon School of Fine Arts, where he entered in 1944.
After completing the sculpture course in 1953, he took a job as a draughtsman at the Escola Médica de Lisboa, in Campo de Santana, and in 1958 he joined the Escola de Belas Artes in Lisbon as a professor, from which he left in 1996, having reached the limit of age.
In 1951, he was runner-up in the Soares do Reis Sculpture Prize, promoted by the then National Secretariat for Popular Culture and Tourism Information (SNI).
Soares Branco's legacy consists of more than 13,000 pieces, including studies, models and sketches. Soares Branco donated a large part of his estate to the Mafra Chamber, which created, in 1991, a museum named after him, located in the Quinta da Raposa Cultural Complex.