Calavera revolucionaria jose guadalupe posada biography

Jose Guadalupe Posada, original etching, Calavera Revolucionaria 'Revolutionary Skeleton' was originally published as a broadside around It depicts a 'soldadera', that is a female soldier or camp follower who travelled with the revolutionary armies of Madero, Huerta, Zapata, Pancho Villa and others. A quartet of delightfully happy revolutionaries adorn the background.

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Jose Guadalupe Posada's prints cover an amazing range of imagery. National events, disasters, miracles, abnormalities, executions, illustrations to popular songs corridos , broadsides and street gazettes gaceta callejera comprise a large portion of his artistic oeuvre. As well, his notorious 'Calaveras' have permanently been placed at the summit of Mexican artistic expression.

By means of the Calaveras Spanish for skulls or skeletons , Posada mimed practically every human folly. Masters of the succeeding generation, such as Rivera and Orozco, were deeply influenced and indebted to Posada's art. This original etching was both designed and engraved by the Mexican artist, Jose Guadalupe Posada. It is illustrated on plate 12 of Posada's Popular Mexican Prints.

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