Manuel’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Calavera Tapatia
Attributed to Manuel Manilla (Mexican, 1830-c. 1900) or José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1852-1913)
Calavera of the Penitentiary
Manuel Manilla Mexican, 1830-c. 1900
Manuel Manilla (Mexican, 1830-c.1900) José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1852-1913)
Circus Game
Manuel Manilla (?) Mexican, 1830-c. 1900
Glorious Success of Ponciano Díaz and His Brave Charros in the Bull Rings of Madrid
The Horrible Calavera of the Flooding of Guanajuato
El cancionero popular, num. 21 (The Popular Songbook, No. 21)
Dispute of the Mother-in-law with her Son-in-law
Manuel Manilla Mexican, 1830-c.1900
Sunday Calaveras
I Am Don Juan Tenorio
Flood of Calaveras!
The Ungrateful
Attributed to Manuel Manilla Mexican, 1830-c. 1900
The Boyfriend of 1,000 Women
Noisy Assembly of Calavera Dandies and Old Drunks and Laborers and Garbanzo-Sellers
Pleito de la suegra con su yerno (Fight of the Mother-in-Law With Her Son-in-Law)
The Calavera General of the Pantheon
La Calavera de D. Juan Tenorio (The Calavera of D. Juan Tenorio)
Electric Light Arrives
Mountain Man
My Old Mother-in-Law is Always Ready to Scold without Any Reason