José Guadalupe Posada Aguilar was a Mexican political printmaker who used relief printing to produce popular illustrations. His work has influenced numerous Latin American artists and cartoonists because of its satirical acuteness and social engagement. He used skulls, calaveras, and bones to show political and cultural critiques. Among his most enduring works is La Calavera Catrina.
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Works in Collection
96 works
A Jig Beyond the Grave (El Jarabe en Ultratumba)
José Guadalupe Posada
after 1888
A Mishandled Death - Collision Of a Trolley Car With a He...
José Guadalupe Posada
A Revolutionary's Farewell to His Sad Lover (Despedida de...
José Guadalupe Posada
Alcoholic Calavera (Calavera alcohólica)
José Guadalupe Posada
after 1888
Assault on the Train from Cuernavaca by those execrable b...
José Guadalupe Posada
printed 1910
Ballad of A Dispute Between Mothers-in-Law, Godmothers, a...
José Guadalupe Posada
after 1891
Ballad of Macario Romero (Corrido: Macario Romero)
José Guadalupe Posada
1870, reprinted later
Ballad of San Juan de Ulúa (Corrido: San Juan de Ulúa)
José Guadalupe Posada
Ballad of The Bejarano (Corrido: La Bejarano)
José Guadalupe Posada
Ballad of The Death of General Manuel González (Corrido: ...
José Guadalupe Posada
published 1893
Ballad of The Forty-One (Corrido: Los 41)
José Guadalupe Posada
Ballad of The Prisoners at the Castle of San Juan de Ulúa...
José Guadalupe Posada
1870
Ballad of the End of the World (Corrido: El fin del mundo)
José Guadalupe Posada
after 1888
Ballad of the Supplicants to San Antonio (Corrido: Suplic...
José Guadalupe Posada
1870
![Bullfighters (Los toreros [juguete]) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada](https://www.moma.org/media/W1siZiIsIjIyNDMyOSJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcmVzaXplIDEwMjR4MTAyNFx1MDAzZSJdXQ.jpg?sha=587eae5fe684fa96)
Bullfighters (Los toreros [juguete]) from 25 Prints of Jo...
José Guadalupe Posada
plate c. 1890-1910, published 1942
Butcher (Carnicero) from 25 Prints of José Guadalupe Posada
José Guadalupe Posada
published 1942
Calavera of the Cyclists (Calavera las biciletas)
José Guadalupe Posada
c. 1889-1895, reprinted later
Calavera of the Good Defenders (Calaveras Los Buenos Vale...
José Guadalupe Posada
after 1888
Calavera of the Good Defenders (Calaveras Los Buenos Vale...
José Guadalupe Posada
Calavera of the Press (Calavera de la prensa)
José Guadalupe Posada
published 1919
Clerical Calavera (Calavera Clerical)
José Guadalupe Posada
1889-1895, published later
Cogida de Don Chapito Toréro
José Guadalupe Posada
n.d.
Combat (Combate)
José Guadalupe Posada
Contra la Corriente (Against the Current) from Teatro Inf...
José Guadalupe Posada
published 1918
Exhibitions
8 exhibitionsMay 15, 1940 – Sep 30, 1940
Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art
53 artists · 2 curators
Mar 31, 1943 – Jun 06, 1943
The Latin-American Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
154 artists · 1 curator
Oct 15, 1946 – Nov 24, 1946
On Being a Cartoonist
31 artists · 1 curator
May 10, 1949 – Jul 10, 1949
Master Prints from the Museum Collection
132 artists · 2 curators
Sep 08, 1954 – Nov 28, 1954
American Prints of the 20th Century
111 artists · 1 curator
Jul 01, 1971 – Sep 27, 1971
The Artist as Adversary
140 artists · 1 curator
Mar 07, 1975 – Jun 08, 1975
Points of View
29 artists · 1 curator
Mar 16, 1978 – Jul 02, 1978
Mexican Art
25 artists · 2 curators