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Rosa Ramalho is the working name of noted Portuguese ceramist Rosa Barbosa Lopes. Rosa was born to a shoemaker and a weaver on 14 August 1888 in the parish of São Martinho de Galegos, in Barcelos. She had learned to work clay at a young age, however, when she married a miller at 18 and had seven children, she left pottery behind to raise her family. After her husband's death when she was aged 68, she returned to work with clay and began to create the ceramic figures that she became known for. Her grandchildren Júlia Ramalho and António Ramalho continue to make pottery figures.

Born: 1888
Died: 1977