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Ad Code: 4
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Viva la Republica - Gloria a Hidalgo / Vivan Los Charros Mexicanos
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Jose Guadalupe Posada was a prolific printmaker and illustrator, with a powerful body of work that belied the relatively quiet life he led. He was born to German Posada and Petra Aguilar, both poor and of peasant origin, in Aguascalientes, Mexico, in 1852. He began to show artistic promise at a very young age, copying religious cards or prints in bibles to help his brother Cirilo, a schoolteacher, with his youngest students.
Though he attended a drawing academy directed by An (showing 500 of 2040 characters). |
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