José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913) was a pioneer expressionist illustrator who lived in pre revolution Mexico. Posada was known for his satirical and politically acute Calaveras that would become closely associated with the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. Throughout the late 1800’s Posada became a voice and in some ways represented a frustrated lower class in Mexico. Before the revolution the lower classes were not literate and through Posadas illustrations were able to see Posada satirize many poignant issues of the day, in particular the details of bourgeois life and the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. In addition to his political illustrations posada also focused on abnormal aspects of life such as murders, robberies,
