Printmakers and graphic artists of Mexico who used relief printing and engraving for popular illustration and political art, from the broadsheets of the late nineteenth century to the workshop of the twentieth century revolutionary era. The group includes the printmaker of the skeleton figures known as the Calaveras and a leading engraver of the Taller de Grafica Popular, whose prints supported social change and made Mexican graphic art world famous.
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Wikipedia: Jose Guadalupe Posada
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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.
View the Source Wikipedia: Leopoldo Mendez
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Leopoldo Méndez (June 30, 1902, February 8, 1969) was one of Mexico's most important graphic artists and one of that country's most important artists from the 20th century.
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