Zé do Carmo
José do Carmo Souza, also known as Zé do Carmo (Goiana, 19 November 1933 – Goiana, 26 April 2019) was a Brazilian ceramist. He began to work with clay in 1941, when he was 7 years old, and was considered from 2002 until his death in 2019 a Patrimônios Vivos de Pernambuco.
Also recorded as José do Carmo Souza · J. do Carmo Souza
Zé do Carmo
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- Name
- Zé do Carmo
- Birth Name
- José do Carmo Souza
- Born
- 19 November 1933
- Birthplace
- Goiana, Brazil
- Died
- 26 April 2019
- Occupation
- Ceramist
- Full name
- José do Carmo Souza.
- Nationality
- Brazil.
- Languages
- Brazilian Portuguese.
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José do Carmo Souza, also known as Zé do Carmo (Goiana, 19 November 1933 – Goiana, 26 April 2019) was a Brazilian ceramist. He began to work with clay in 1941, when he was 7 years old, and was considered from 2002 until his death in 2019 a Patrimônios Vivos de Pernambuco.
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• Name — Zé do Carmo • Birth Name — José do Carmo Souza • Born — 19 November 1933 • Birthplace — Goiana, Brazil • Died — 26 April 2019 • Place of death — Goiana, Brazil • Occupation — Ceramist
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In the year 1980, he, at the request of Dom Hélder Câmara, created a sculpture to be handed over to Pope John Paul II. But Câmara did not approve the sculpture, of an angel with cangaceiro face, saying that that image was profane. The piece was then vetoed and never reached the hands of the Pope, and today, in memoriam, it is in the city of Goiana, in Zé do Carmo's studio. Zé do Carmo died on April 26, 2019, during hospitalization at the Belarmino Correia hospital, due to a cardiac arrest resulting from lung problems that he had been fighting for 10 years. • Illustration — Vovô Natalino, sculpture of Zé do Carmo to oppose Santa Claus
Um dos inúmeros "anjos" idealizados pelo Mestre Zé do Carmo. Um tema peculiar do autor, em que figuras comuns e típicas de sua região tornam-se "anjos" nas mãos do artista.
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1933
Zé do Carmo born at Goiana.
2019
Zé do Carmo died at Goiana.
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Zé do Carmo was recorded at birth as José do Carmo Souza. The authorities additionally record the headings José do Carmo Souza and J. do Carmo Souza. His recorded language was Brazilian Portuguese.
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