Artist
J
José Guadalupe Posada
1851–1913
132130
Works
62
Years lived
Painter
Style
José’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.
Selected works
132130 pieces
¡Terrible y verdadera noticia! (Terrible and Real News!)
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
Calavera of Francisco Madero, from Calavera Maderista
José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1852-1913) published by the Print and Drawing Club of The Art Institute of Chicago
Cupid's Calavera
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
Revolutionary Calavera
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
Prayer Dedicated to the Shadow of Saint Peter
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
Calavera of Francisco Madero, from Calavera Maderista
José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1852-1913) published by the Print and Drawing Club of The Art Institute of Chicago
A Humorous Calavera
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
La mujer con cien maridos como alfileres prendidos (The women with hundreds of husbands like pins on fire)
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
Execution by Firing Squad
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
Bullfight Dice-Game
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
The Devil Butts With His Head
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
Aquí están las calaveras de Don Folias y el Negrito (Here Are the Calaveras of Don Folias and El Negrito)
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
The Great Halley's Comet
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
Calavera of the Masses, no. 2
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
The Disappointment Suffered by Don Chepito
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
Bullfighters
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
Calaveras of the Masses, no.1
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
The Calavera of the Peoples' Editor Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
Already the Authority...
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913
A Noisy Gathering of Calaveras
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913