PRINTMAKER POSADA
Unknown Fame
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José Guadalupe Posada created famous calaveras we see today
NE OF MEXICO’S MOST
CELEBRATED ARTISTS WAS
with published materials to satisfy the growing metropolis and its budding
A PRINTMAKER, a com-
mon man who died without
means, his body interred in an unmarked grave. Yet, José Guadalupe Posada reached his countrymen through perhaps more than 20,000 images documenting nearly every aspect of life. As Mexico modernized in the late 19th century, its bustling capital was besieged
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WINTER 2021
Art. History. People.
ON VIEW JOSÉ GUADALUPE POSADA: LEGENDARY PRINTMAKER OF MEXICO Through May 23, 2021
