In this essay I look at the art of children as a tool in the medical-pedagogical approach, as proposed by the founder of child psychiatry in Portugal, Vítor Fontes (1893–1979). First, the topic of the art of children is introduced, and the second part focuses on the model of medical pedagogy as it was practised in Portugal. The third and fourth parts present Fontes’s own investigations on the drawings of children with intellectual disabilities under observation at the Instituto Médico-Pedagógico António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira (IAACF) in Lisbon. In the conclusion it is argued that Fontes contributed to the development of child psychiatry in Portugal by showing that children’s art can mirror their cognitive and emotional development.

在这篇文章中，我将儿童艺术视为医学教学方法中的一种工具，正如葡萄牙儿童精神病学创始人 Vítor Fontes (1893–1979) 所提出的。首先介绍儿童艺术主题，第二部分重点介绍葡萄牙的医学教学模式。第三和第四部分介绍了 Fontes 自己对在里斯本的 Instituto Médico-Pedagógico António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira (IAACF) 进行观察的智障儿童绘画的调查。在结论中，人们认为丰特斯通过展示儿童的艺术可以反映他们的认知和情感发展，为葡萄牙儿童精神病学的发展做出了贡献。