Abel de Lima Salazar (19 July 1889,

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- 29 December 1946,

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), was a

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and

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who worked and lived in

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. He was the son of Adolfo Barroso Pereira Salazar (

, 20 October 1858 –

, 1 January 1941) and wife Adelaide da Luz da Silva e Lima (–

, 3 October 1929). Founded in 1975, the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (in English

Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute The Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (Portuguese: ''Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar''), also known for its acronym ICBAS, is a medical and life sciences graduate school of the University of Porto, named after the Port ...

), 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

Life

Work

Scientific work

Artistic work

=Drawings

=Paintings and sculpture

Literary and philosophical work

Museum

External links

Abel Salazar's Museum Virtual TourCasa Museu Abel Salazar
1889 births 1946 deaths People from Guimarães Portuguese scientists Portuguese artists Portuguese male writers Portuguese anti-fascists University of Porto alumni 20th-century Portuguese painters 20th-century male artists Portuguese male painters {{Portugal-scientist-stub