José Guadalupe Posada

José Guadalupe Posada was a Mexican political printmaker whose satirical calaveras, like the iconic La Calavera Catrina, profoundly influenced Latin American art and culture.

ABOUT

José Guadalupe Posada Aguilar, born in Aguascalientes, Mexico, in 1852, became a master political printmaker renowned for his sharp wit and social commentary. His artistic journey began early, apprenticing in lithography and engraving in his teens. By 1871, he was already working as a political cartoonist for the local newspaper *El Jicote*, though his early career was marked by controversy when one of his cartoons reportedly offended a powerful politician, leading to the pa…

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NOTABLE WORKS

The Hanging in the Plaza of Mixcalco, the year 1864 1864 · Art Institute of Chicago The Final Note 1871 · Art Institute of Chicago The Popular Songbook, no. 6 1871 · Art Institute of Chicago Here is the Calaveron of the Penitentiary. Don't break, old bones, for your day has just arrived 1871 · Art Institute of Chicago Great Bargain Sale, Selling All Mother-in-Laws 1880 · Art Institute of Chicago The Lovely Garbanzo-Sellers as Calaveras 1880 · Art Institute of Chicago

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INFLUENCES

Influenced

Diego RiveraMexican Muralism José Clemente OrozcoMexican Muralism Jean CharlotMexican Muralism Frida KahloSurrealism / Mexican Modernism