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Calavera Revolutionaria - Organic Cotton T-Shirt
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Calavera of Francisco Madero by José Guadalupe Posada - Organic Cotton T-Shirt
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Calavera Huertista (1913) by Jose‚Guadalupe Posada - Organic Cotton T-Shirt
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Musical Calavera by José Guadalupe Posada, c. 1910 - Sticker
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A Skeleton Drinking by Jose Guadalupe Posada, ca. 1890–1910 - Sticker
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Calavera of the Engraver by Jose Guadalupe Posada - published 1947 - Organic Cotton T-Shirt
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Calavera by Jose Posada - Wrapping Paper
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Calavera Revolutionaria - Mug
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A woman who gave birth to three children and four animals by Jose Guadalupe Posada, c.1900-1910 - Postcard
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Male and Female Skeletons by José Guadalupe Posada, ca. 1890–1910 - Sticker
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Drinking Calavera Skeleton by José Guadalupe Posada - Sticker
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Calavera Catrina - Shopping Bag
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Calaveras by José Guadalupe Posada, c. 1880- 9 Magnets (Set 2)
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Calaveras by José Guadalupe Posada, c. 1880- 9 Magnets (Set 1)
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Calavera of Francisco Madero by José Guadalupe Posada
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Calavera Oaxaqueña by José Guadalupe Posada - 1903
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Collection: Calaveras - Mexico's Day of The Dead
Mexican illustrator José Guadalupe Posada (1851 - 1913) is best remembered for his calaveras, representations of the human skull and skeleton seen in Mexico's annual celebration the Day of the Dead ( Día de Muertos; October 31st - November 2nd).
Posada began creating calaveras in 1880 for publication in Antonio Vanegas Arroyo's inexpensive coloured broadsides sold in markets, on the streets and at festivals.
Posada depicted animated skeletons at work, dancing, playing instruments, mourning the dead, illustrating rhyming ballads (corridos) and stories about love affairs.
The stories and Posada's art expressed the social and political concerns of the period. Death lampooned the vain and rich, including Mexico's dictator Porfirio Díaz. In Posada's calaveras, shorn of finery, rank and flesh, everyone was equal.
On January 20th 1913, 3 years after the start of the Mexican Revolution, José Guadalupe Posada died penniless. He was buried in an unmarked grave.
In the 1920s his work was rediscovered and hailed by French ex-patriot artist Jean Charlot, who described Posada as "printmaker to the Mexican people".