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{{Short description|Portuguese painter (1864–1945)}}
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==Biography==
José Maria Veloso Salgado was born in [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] ([[Spain]]), in [[Melón]] (a small town in the province of [[Province of Ourense|Ourense]], not far from the [[Portugal–Spain border|Portuguese border]]), where he lived until the age of 10. He was the son of two farmers, José Pérez and Dolores Veloso Rodrigues Salgado. In 1874, his parents sent him to live with his maternal uncle, Miguel Veloso Rodrigues Salgado, who
From 1878 to 1880, he attended evening classes for workers at the School of the [[Lisbon
In 1884, he had presented two works on the 13th exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts (''Sociedade Promotora de Belas Artes''), achieving an honorable mention, and, in 1887, he also participated on the 14th exhibition. In 1887, Veloso Salgado finished his studies with a final grade of 17 out of 20; that same year, he
[[File:Amor e Psyche (1891) - Veloso Salgado (MNAC).png|thumb|left|''Amor and Psyche'' (1891), [[Chiado Museum|National Museum of Contemporary Art]]]]
In 1888, Veloso Salgado rented an ''atelier'' in [[Paris]] (in Rue Denfert-Rochereau), which he shared with Artur Melo. It was also here that he befriended sculptor [[António Teixeira Lopes]], who had a studio on the same building. Veloso Salgado was accepted to the
He debuted at the ''[[Salon (Paris)|Salon]]'' in 1889. He won a third prize medal at the ''Salon'' with his ''Amor and Psyche'' (1891), the first of his important works, currently at the [[Chiado Museum|National Museum of Contemporary Art]], in [[Lisbon]]. Meanwhile, he also won a painting contest hosted by the [[Lisbon|Lisbon City Hall]] (1890), and he participated in the 1st Exhibition of the Artistic Guild of Lisbon (''Grémio Artístico de Lisboa''). After his stay in Paris, Veloso Salgado journeyed to [[Italy]] before returning to [[Lisbon]], stopping in [[Florence]], where he studied the primitive painters, made copies of Renaissance works, and painted ''[[en plein air]]''. While in Italy, he made one of his most celebrated works, ''Jesus'' — which was considered ''hors-concours'' in the 1892 ''Salon'' (this painting was lost in 1900 when the ship bringing it back from the ''[[Exposition Universelle (1900)|Exposition Universelle]]'' sank). In the 1890s, he also participated in the Munich Art Exhibition, and in the ''[[Exposition Internationale d'Anvers (1894)|Exposition Internationale d'Anvers]]''. The Lisbon Academy of Fine Arts made him an "Academician of Merit".
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In 1901, following an artistic education reform, he started teaching History Painting alongside [[Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro|Columbano]].
In 1896, he married Vitorina de Silva Mello, goddaughter and
Veloso Salgado retired from painting in 1940, at age 76, and
==Gallery==
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Medicina Portuguesa (c. 1906) - Veloso Salgado (Sala dos Actos, FCM-UNL).png|''Portuguese Medicine'' (1906), [[Universidade Nova de Lisboa|NOVA Medical School]]
O Sufrágio (1913) - Veloso Salgado.png|''The Suffrage'' (1913), [[Pimenta Palace]]
Retrato de Senhora (1917) - Veloso Salgado.png|''Portrait of lady'' (1917), Private collection▼
Manuel Fernandes Tomás, Veloso Salgado.png|Detail of ''The Constituent Courts of 1821'' (1921), [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|Portuguese Parliament]]
José Veloso Salgado February 2015-1a.jpg|''Youth'' (1923), [[José Malhoa Museum]]
File:A Pátria Coroando os Seus Heróis (1904) - Veloso Salgado (Museu Militar de Lisboa).png|''The Motherland Crowning its Heroes'' (1904), Military Museum of Lisbon.
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▲File:Retrato de Senhora (1917) - Veloso Salgado.png|''Portrait of
File:Figura feminina no jardim (1917) - Veloso Salgado.png|''Feminine Figure in the Garden'' (1917)
File:A Matemática (1917) - Veloso Salgado (Reitoria da Universidade do Porto).png|''Math'' (1917), [[University of Porto]].
File:As Ciências Físico-Naturais (1917) - Veloso Salgado (Reitoria da Universidade do Porto).png|''Physical-Natural Sciences'' (1917), University of Porto.
==Notes and references==
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