Jose Guadalupe Posada - Illustrator of Chapbooks (Library of Mexican Illustrators)
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- An exhibition featuring rarely seen original broadsides and prints of calaveras (Spanish for skulls or skeletons) by Mexican printmakers Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) and Manuel Manilla (1830-1895) is now open at the Mission Cultural Cen...
Political Asylum (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
cuando estudiando la historía de día de muertos en mi clase "Conociendo a la muerte," concimos con los mitos de Tezcatlipoca , pero para entender los imágenes de la festividad de hoy (described as Fourth of July, Halloween and Christmas all rolled into one), necesita aprender sobre el artista gráfica José Guadalupe Posada : Much of his work...
The Rag Blog (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
"Revolución." Woodcut by José Guadalupe Posada / Biografías y Vidas.1810! 1910! 2010?A Mexican Revolution timelineBy John Ross / The Rag Blog / November 26, 2009MEXICO CITY -- Fact: Every 100 years on the tenth year of the century, Mexico explodes in extravagant social upheaval. In 1810, this distant neighbor nation declared its independence from the Spanish...
Sleevage (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... California. The typography was inspired by the work of legendary illustrator and printmaker José Guadalupe Posada. The packaging also features a still life, Bodegon Con Jarra de Vino (1914), by A. Fuentes. Noting the chiaroscuro of both the cover photography and painting, No Allegiances ran the LP and special CD version on fabric-textured stock to “makes the record feel like...
Harry Ransom Center (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
... documentary photographs of the Mexican Revolution along with period broadsides illustrated by José Guadalupe Posada; and artistic responses to the long history of Mexico's conquest and revolt."The exhibition isn't a comprehensive historical overview, but instead highlights items from the Ransom Center's collections," said Cathy Henderson, exhibition curator and associate director...
Art as Authority (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... simplicity and clarity. European medieval woodcuts and the great Mexican print artists such as Jose Guadalupe Posada have been influential in Rodriguez’s print making career. Though comfortable working in a wide variety of artistic media, Rodriguez regards his ten years as a print maker as the beginning of a long quest. His larger goal is to keep exploring and promoting printmaking...
The Arts Blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... artists have been inspired by Day of the Dead, including Diego Rivera , David Alfaro Siqeiros , Jose Clemente Orozco and Rufino Tamayo . One figure that keeps popping up at this time of year is La Calavera Catrina , also known as La Catrina. “La Calavera Catrina” is a 1913 zinc etching done by Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada . La Catrina is an upper class woman...
Susanna's Sketchbook (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Many Day of the Dead artists have been inspired by the work of the Mexican engraver, Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852 - 1913). During his career, Posada satirized government abuses and social gossip through lithography for several newspapers. His figures were...
