Jose Guadalupe Posada was a Mexican artist known for his Calaveras that represented political injustices occurring in his life span. Over the duration of his life, he created over 20,000 images. He was born in the year 1852 in Aguascalientes, Mexico. While Jose was still in his teens, he was already creating political cartoons for a newspaper called El Jicote. A man named Pedroso taught him the techniques of lithography and engraving on wood and metal. While creating a political satire, the use of humor, exaggeration, or irony to expose people’s stupidity or immoral behavior, mocking Jesús Gómez, Posada ran into some trouble. Gómez had just come into power and he did not like Jose. In the end, Jose ended up having to move to León where he and his business acquaintance, Pedroso, set up another printing station. In 1875, Posada married a woman named Maria de Jesús Vela and eight years later he was hired as a teacher of lithography, a method of printing, at a local preparatory school. Unfortunately, a catastrophic flood hit León in the year 1888 and Posada and his wife unwillingly moved to Mexico City. In Mexico City, Posada became the chief of a publishing …show more content…
Over the duration of his life, he created over 20,000 images. He was born in the year 1852 in Aguascalientes, Mexico. While Jose was still in his teens, he was already creating political cartoons for a newspaper called El Jicote. A man named Pedroso taught him the techniques of lithography and engraving on wood and metal. While creating a political satire, the use of humor, exaggeration, or irony to expose people’s stupidity or immoral behavior, mocking Jesús Gómez, Posada ran into some trouble. Gómez had just come into power and he did not like Jose. In the end, Jose ended up having to move to León where he and his business acquaintance, Pedroso, set up another printing