Melancholia
This page captures the grim humor of Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada, best known for his skeletal *calaveras*. A small, grumpy portrait sits isolated on a lavender block, accompanied by a cynical poem declaring that 'he who goes is forgotten, and he who dies is buried.' Posada created thousands of these cheap illustrations for broadsides and penny press publications, documenting the social upheaval of the Mexican Revolution for the common people. Though often categorized under realism for its unvarnished look at life, his work is really a bridge between folk art and political satire.
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