Júlia Ramalho Folk Art Sculpture- Fabulously Flawed

Júlia Ramalho Folk Art figurine. This fantastic piece unfortunately was cracked across the back side. Too amazing to discard so it's price is greatly reduced.

Artist Bio:
Maria Júlia Oliveira Mota Esteves was born in May 1946 at her grandmother's house, Rosa Ramalho. She began to model the clay from an early age and as a child she always accompanied her grandmother to the most diversed fairs. She signed her first piece at the age of 10, encouraged by the portuguese painter António Quadros. Her production is characterized by the use of glaze in various tones of honey, on pieces mostly with religious motifs. Among her best-known and most recognized works are the "Seven Deadly Sins" (a creation from the late 1970s) and the "Medusa" (created in the mid-1980s).

The close relationship with a more intellectual and politically conscious class, largely linked to the portuguese left-wing, along with the multiple travels around the country and abroad, gave her a cultural status without equivale