Sculptor, designer, engraver and potter, Abelardo da Hora was born in 1924 at the Tiuma sugarcane factory in São Lourenço da Mata, Pernambuco.

On 11 June 1927, Francisco de Paula de Almeida Brennand was born to Ricardo Monteiro Brennand and Olímpia Padilha Nunes Coimbra.

Born in the city of Canhotinho, in the Pernambuco Agreste (semi-arid zone), Porfírio Faustino was one of the first popular potters viewed as an artist throughout the country. In the 1940s, even before Vitalino, he was already well known for his small sculptures.