Evidence of José Guadalupe Posada’s legacy may be seen on six of seven continents and is so influential to generations of artists that his energy drives much of the inspiration fueling the imagery of today’s movements like Occupy, immigration reform and human rights. To those people who do know his work, his story is shrouded in myth: called a revolutionary, artist of the people, the Goya of Mexico and yet as stated, to most of the public, even to some extent in Mexico, he is

Just as it takes many threads to make a piece of cloth there are also many factors leading to the resurrection of José Guadalupe Posada. For example, just a few years prior to Jean Charlot’s 1925 article in “Revista de Revistas”, there was a reference to José Guadalupe Posada (and also Antonio Vanegas Arroyo) made by Mexican painter, printmaker, writer and some say also a volcanologist, Gerardo Murillo (Jalisco, Guadalajara, 1875-1964). He signed his works as "Dr. Atl" (atl =

Many of Posada’s illustrations surviving to this day are from those that he produced while working for the printing house of Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. This is partly due to the longevity of the printing house which was active for three generations. The majority of the publications from the Vanegas Arroyo printing house containing his illustrations have no date. A precursory review of publications displaying Posada’s artwork with examination of images from the Brady Nikas Collec

José Guadalupe Posada Aguilar- (born, Aguascalientes, Mexico, February 2, 1852 – died, Mexico City, Mexico, January 20, 1913). In brief summary, Posada’s life may be divided into three periods: Aguascalientes 1852-1872; León 1872-1889(with 1888 as a year of transition) Mexico City 1889-1913. José Guadalupe Posada received his early childhood schooling at an Aguascalientes elementary school run by his older brother José Cirilo (1839-1894). Posada was one of what may have been