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José Guadalupe Posada Aguilar (2 February 1852 – 20 January 1913) was a Mexican political printmaker who used relief printing to produce popular illustrations. His work has influenced numerous Latin American artists and cartoonists because of its satirical acuteness and social engagement.
José Guadalupe Posada Museum opens. The Palace of Iturbide becomes the home of the Banamex Cultural Foundation (Fomento Cultural Banamex). The Festival Internacional Cervantino is founded in Guanajuato. June 14–23: Hurricane Agnes. September: Fred Gómez Carrasco is arrested in Guadalajara. September 30-October 7: Hurricane Joanne
The museum opened in 1972 and is run jointly by the state and federal governments. It is housed in what was the priest's cloisters and residence, in front of the gardens and a colonial fountain, and immediately next to the beautiful 18th century baroque Church of "El Señor del Encino" (Our Lord of the Oak, for a Black Crist made of live oak, worshiped in the church), in the Triana historic ...
Mural by Diego Rivera showing the pre-Columbian Aztec city of Tenochtitlán.In the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City.. Mexican muralism refers to the art project initially funded by the Mexican government in the immediate wake of the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) to depict visions of Mexico's past, present, and future, transforming the walls of many public buildings into didactic scenes ...
The mural depicts famous people and events in the history of Mexico, passing through the Alameda Central park in Mexico City. Some notable figures include Frida Kahlo, José Guadalupe Posada, Francisco I. Madero, Benito Juárez, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Porfirio Díaz, Agustín de Iturbide, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Maximilian I of Mexico, Juan de Zumárraga, Antonio López de Santa Anna ...
Rob Neufeld wrote the local history feature, "Visiting Our Past," for the Citizen Times until his death in 2019. This column originally was published Nov. 8, 2007.
José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican political printmaker and engraver (b. 1852) Karl Wittgenstein, Austrian steel tycoon (b. 1847) January 21 – Aluísio Azevedo, Brazilian novelist (b. 1857) January 27 – Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1832) January 28. Julius Heinrich Franz, German astronomer (b. 1847)
Consequently, Posada, Rivera, and Kahlo were woven into foundational urban commemorations in Mexico City. Even without the Mesoamerican attributes Rivera provided to Catrina, she still functions as a national emblem associated specifically with Mexico. [1] Large image of Catrina on the road from the airport to Aguascalientes, Posada's home town.