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Justifacation & Sources
I chose to do a timeline for the project because I think it was a really good choice. I think that a timeline will show Posadas's life more in-depth and engage the viewer more.
Sources: https://www.posada-art-foundation.com/about-posada -
Birth
José Guadalupe Posada was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico on Feb 2, 1852. -
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Birth - Death
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Early Life (1850s-1860s)
José Guadalupe Posada received his early childhood schooling at an Aguascalientes elementary school run by his older brother José Cirilo (1839-1894) Posada might have had up to 8 siblings but the exact number is not currently known. -
15 Years Old (1867)
Census Records in 1867 show that by the age of fifteen, Posada was registered as a painter. He gained basic experience in design at an uncle's pottery workshop or in a variety of artesian applications. -
He Learned Lithography
While working as an illustrator in the workshop of Jose Trinidad Pedroza he learned lithography and was registered as a painter in 1868. -
19 Years Old (1871)
by 1871 he was apprenticed to the print shop of Jose Trinidad Pedroza in Aguascalientes. At the workshop of Pedroza, it is believed he learned lithography and possibly engraving. By 1871, the first lithographic political cartoons created by Posada appeared in a publication owned by Pedroza called El Jicote (The Wasp). At that time Posada was only nineteen. -
Moved to Leon (1872)
The images Posada created were political in nature and possibly due to fear of retribution, in 1872, Pedroza moved to León, Guanajuato and within a year or so he was joined by Posada where they ran a printing and lithography workshop. -
Left in Leon (1873)
In 1873, after only a year or so Pedroza returned to Aguascalientes leaving Posada in charge of the workshop. Posada remained in León for the next sixteen years working in a variety of mediums from lithography to engravings. -
Marriage
While in Leon he married María de Jesús Vela in 1875 -
Juan Sabino Posada Vela (1883)
Their only known son, Juan Sabino Posada was born in 1883 to María de Jesús Vela and Jose Guadalupe Posada. -
Teaching (1884)
. Beginning in 1884, he taught lithography at the Leon secondary school for approximately one year. -
Flood (1888)
In 1888, a flood in León damaged Posada’s workshop and possibly caused the death of one or more members of his family. Prior to the flood Posada had developed relationships with several publishers in Mexico City as images by him appeared in publications in 1887 and 1888. Possibly the desire to seek improved financial opportunity in a larger market probably prompted Posada to move his business and family to Mexico City where he opened his first workshop at Calle Cerrada de Santa Teresa. -
Publishing for Antonio Vanegas Arroyo (1889-1890)
Possibly sometime in the period around the years 1889-90, Posada began working for the publishing house of Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. The publications produced by Vanegas Arroyo were circulated around much of Mexico and also but less frequently into Spanish-speaking portions of North America. -
Lifetime Impact
During his lifetime the calavera (skeleton) images created by Posada were perhaps the most popular items he produced and accordingly, he is generally credited with popularizing the calavera images commonly seen today and most frequently around the date of November 2, known as the Day of the Dead in Mexico. -
Lifetime Impact part 2
The most iconic image of Posada is a Calavera image wearing a very fashionable hat decorated with flowers. She appeared originally as la Garbancera and also as la Cucaracha and was later dubbed “la Calavera Catrina” by Diego Rivera. La Catrina as she is now known is believed to have first appeared in 1912 just a few months before Posada’s death. The first known dated use is from 1913 and was likely published about eight months after Posada’s death. -
Death (1913)
Jose Guadalupe Posada passed away on January 20, 1913