Died today in Beja, to 97 year old, Isaclino Palma, known in Alentejo as Master Isaac, whose hands shaped the clay, over three decades, having made more than half a thousand pieces, And that one by one counts their, friendships, your passions, lived in your city.
On 13 May 2021, CITY DAY OF BEJA, received the cultural merit medal awarded by the municipality of its land. Even after jubilant, The Master continued to work the clay and teach his art from the senior university of Beja and to exhibit at the UNESCO Center in Pax-Julia City.
On 29 March, the Lidador News (LN) gave Master Isaac visibility, By highlighting your figure, revealing some of his works as were the cases of Manuel de Melo Garrido (na photos), Bejense journalist and sports official, Max, a simple figure, but cultured city and the poet António Aleixo Algarve, who met in their youth times.
He was proud to have been a "olivence dragon", as they are known all those who made military service in the Cavalry 3, Estremoz, unit still in active.
Imagine living without a great passion for clay, Isaclino Palma had in football one of its strong exaltations, having been player, coach, but it was as a referee that is still known in Beja.
After many years behind the coffee counter that gave its name (coffee Isaac), where time was divided between customers and the designs that made an eye naked or from photographs, Master Isaac arrived in 1986, the municipality and the clay. Has maintained the connection to the municipality over many years, also it is "teacher" at the University Senior Beja.
"My passion is to spread the art of clay and with it the sing Alentejo. My figures are, largely, People who were born and raised in the city, Legends and Stories, to Marian symbols and the Alentejo world ", Said in the interview with LN.
Master Isaac had the ability to recreate in clay, as "living legends", Beja Battle between Gonçalo Mendes da Maia and the Moorish King, Legend of the Bull and Cobra or the passion of Soror Mariana Alcoforado and the French captain.
O Funeral of Isaclino Palma, takes place tomorrow (Thursday) to 10,00 hours from the mortuary chapel to the Beja Cemetery.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
