Fernando Gamboa Collection of Prints by José Guadalupe Posada 1888-1944

Manilla, Manuel

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Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913

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Born in poverty in 1852, Jose Guadalupe Posada (b. February 31, 1853-d. January 20, 1913) became the "Printmaker to the Mexican People," an influence on future Mexican artists such as Orozco and Rivera, and is often compared to such icons as Goya and Daumier. Posada is labelled an artist, a folk illustrator and a political cartoonist; no matter how he is categorized, it is clear that, through his prolific career, "an inarticulate public found expression." Posada left his ...

Vanegas Arroyo, Antonio, 1852-1917

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A member of the printers' group at Sta. Teresa 1, Mexico D.F., with Jose Guadaluupe Posada. From the description of El Gran Descarrilamiento : broadsheet and printer's block, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872611 Biography Antonio Vanegas Arroyo was born in Puebla, Mexico around 1850; in 1867 he moved to Mexico City; he later established a printing house, and before the turn of the century issued a series of smal...

Gamboa, Fernando, 1909-1990

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Fernando Gamboa was an art historian and director of the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. An early collector of Posada’s work, Gamboa contributed to several exhibits, including the important 1944 show held at the Art Institute of Chicago. José Guadalupe Posada’s work is internationally recognized today. Yet, in his time he was considered a mere artisan, a commercial illustrator producing images on short deadlines for the Mexican equivalent of the America...