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About Maria Cândido
- Maria de Lourdes Cândido (born February 11, 1939) is a Brazilian artisan working in clay.She was born in Juazeiro do Norte and began making toys out of clay for her children.
- She later began to "bake" these figures and sell them in the local market.
- She developed her own style and went on to produce painted figures from kaolin, some realistic and some imaginary.
- Her work now sells throughout Brazil, but also in Europe and the United States.In 2004, she was named a "Living Treasure" by the Secretary of Culture for the state of Ceará.
- In 2013, she was named to the Ordem do Mérito Cultural.
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