ROSA

RAMALHO’S

LIFE AS AN ARTIST

Rosa Ramalho was

born in1888 and died

in 1977.

Rosa Ramalho is the

artistic name of Rosa

Barbosa Lopes, a

ceramist and an

emblematic figure of

Portuguese traditional

pottery.

Rosa Ramalho was born on

August 14th., 1888, in the parish of

St. Martinho Gallegos (municipality

of Barcelos).

She was a shoemaker and a

weaver’s daughter, she married at the

age of 18 with a miller and had

seven children.

She learned to work the clay

since she was very young, but she

stopped her activity when she was

50 years told to take care of her

family.

ROSA

RAMALHO’S

WORKS

Rosa Ramalho 's

works were known as

dramatic but fantastic.

They became pieces

of popular art.

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