Zé do Carmo

José do Carmo Souza, also known as Zé do Carmo (Goiana, 19 November 1933 – Goiana, 26 April 2019)[1] 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 Living Heritage of Pernambuco.[2]

Zé do Carmo
Born
José do Carmo Souza

(1933-11-19)19 November 1933
Goiana, Brazil
Died26 April 2019(2019-04-26) (aged 85)
Goiana, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
OccupationCeramist

Biography

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.[2]

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.[1][3]

  • Vovô Natalino, sculpture of Zé do Carmo to oppose Santa Claus
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References
  1. "Morre Mestre Zé do Carmo, referência do artesanato pernambucano" (in Portuguese). Diário de Pernambuco. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. "Zé do Carmo" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  3. "Mestre Zé do Carmo morre, aos 85 anos, em Goiana" (in Portuguese). Portal G1. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

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