Abel Salazar (scientist)

For the Mexican actor and film director, see Abel Salazar (actor).

Not to be confused with António de Oliveira Salazar.

Abel Salazar
Born	19 July 1889 Guimarães, Portugal
Died	29 December 1946(1946-12-29) (aged 57) Lisboa, Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese
Alma mater	Surgical-Medical School of Porto
Scientific career
Fields	Medicine
Institutions	Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto

Memorial plate in Guimarães

Abel de Lima Salazar (19 July 1889, in Guimarães – 29 December 1946, in Lisbon), was a Portuguese physician, lecturer, researcher, writer and painter who worked and lived in Porto. He was the son of Adolfo Barroso Pereira Salazar (20 October 1858 in Guimarães – 1 January 1941 in Porto) and wife Adelaide da Luz da Silva e Lima (died 3 October 1929 in Porto).

Founded in 1975, the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (in English Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute), a research center and biosciences school of the University of Porto, was named after him. He was an anti-fascist and his painting with his social references anticipates the neo-realist movement in the Portuguese painting.

Biography

Work

Artistic work

After his forced departure from academic life, Abel Salazar cultivated a diverse artistic practice at home. His output included engravings, mural paintings, oil landscapes, portraits, illustrations of the lives of working women and Parisian women, watercolors, drawings, caricatures, sculptures, and hammered metal covers. A. Salazar anticipated the neo-realist movement in Portuguese painting. He focused on humanistic themes, everyday life, and working-class figures, as in Feira, Sol poente (Fair, setting sun). Many of these works are now housed at the Abel Salazar House-Museum. In addition to his visual art, Salazar produced a significant body of theoretical work in which art, science, and philosophy converge, forming a unique and interdisciplinary knowledge framework. In 2010, a selection of his most significant artistic works was presented to the public at the Soares dos Reis National Museum in Porto. The exhibition, titled Transparência - Abel Salazar e o Seu Tempo, um Olhar (Transparency - Abel Salazar and His Time, a Look), was curated by Manuel Valente Alves to commemorate the centenary of the Republic. The exhibition aimed to highlight the internal cohesion of Salazar’s discourse, his interdisciplinary approach, and the connections he established with the most relevant artistic movements of his era.

External links

• Abel Salazar's Museum Virtual Tour
• Abel Salazar in Vidas Lusófonas
• Casa Museu Abel Salazar