La Catrina – Day of the Dead
José Guadalupe Posada’s work has steadily gained popularity with art lovers and Día de los Muertos celebrators alike. He is especially known for his calaveras images of whimsical skeletons.
Posada, born in 1852 in the Mexican state of Aquascalientes, began his career as a teacher of lithography. In 1887, he moved to Mexico City where he worked as an illustrator for hire.
His work reflected the times in which he lived. While a vast majority of the poverty-stricken population was illiterate, Posada’s illustrations made the stories, news articles, broadsides, advertisements and the many other items his work accompanied easy to grasp. (more…)