News of the Day (Text Panel)
Mexican newspapers achieved prominence with society’s elite during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Illustrated broadsides, on the other hand, were popular with the […]
In Recognition (Text Panel)
In 2014, the Miami University Art Museum (MUAM) acquired 25 broadsides by Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada. Regarded as the most important illustrator in Mexican […]
Jose Guadalupe Posada’s Business
José Guadalupe Posada’s Business in Mexico City, date unknown. L-R, unidentified man, Juan Sabino Posada Vela, José Guadalupe Posada. Image source: Posada Art Foundation, https://www.posada-art-foundation.com/references
Fusilamiento de Zapatistas (Zapatistas Executed by Firing Squad)
A leading group during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) was the Liberation Army of the South, known as the Zapatistas. Named after leader Emiliano Zapata, the […]
Al C. General Porfirio Díaz. Actual Presidente de la República Mexicana. (To C. General Porfirio Díaz. Current President of the Mexican Republic.)
Posada produced several portraits of General Porfirio Díaz, the president of the Mexican Republic from 1876 to 1911. This formal example includes a birthday message […]
In Context (Text Panel)
José Guadalupe Posada worked during a time of political unrest. France occupied Mexico from 1861 until 1867. Following the presidencies of Benito Juárez and Sebastián […]
El Panteón de las Pelonas (The Graveyard of Bald Women)
El Panteón de las Pelonas includes one of Posada’s most famous images, the Catrina. Once considered to be a criticism of the bourgeoisie, it was […]
Panteón de Menudencias (Crypt of Trifles)
This obituary is interesting in that it uses real names instead of generic titles. However, in typical fashion of Arroyo and Posada, these individuals are […]
La Tronante Calavera de las Campanas Modernas (The Sounding Skull of Modern Bells)
Death is symbolized here through the ringing of a bell, shown in the large sketch of the crowned calavera assumed to be the grim reaper. […]
El Purgatorio Artistico en el que Yacen las Calaveras de los Artistas y Artesanos (The Artistic Purgatory in Which Lie the Skulls of Artists and Craftsmen)
The Artistic Purgatory, another one of Posada’s famous obituaries, focuses not on specific people, but names of different artistic fields. The unnamed artisans listed here […]