{"id":4838,"date":"2018-10-09T12:52:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T16:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/?p=4838"},"modified":"2024-06-28T08:56:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T12:56:30","slug":"mexican-la-catrina-figure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/2018\/10\/mexican-la-catrina-figure\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican La Catrina Figure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4839\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2018\/10\/AOTM-La-Catrina-web.jpg\" alt=\"La Catrina\" width=\"225\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2018\/10\/AOTM-La-Catrina-web.jpg 225w, https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2018\/10\/AOTM-La-Catrina-web-121x300.jpg 121w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>La Catrina is a skeletal woman who portrays a maid dressed in her mistress\u2019s fancy clothes for a night out.\u00a0 Illustrator Jos\u00e9 Guadalupe Posada (1851-1913) created her to remind people that in death we are all equal, and earthly riches cannot be taken to the next life.\u00a0 Posada used skeleton images to express social commentary and as an outlet for protest against the dictatorial government.\u00a0 He drew cartoons that appeared in penny papers or broadsheets, which were available to the rich and poor alike.\u00a0 La Catrina is the most recognized of Posada\u2019s figures.<\/p>\n<p>Posada was largely ignored by the art world during his lifetime, but after his death famous artists including Diego Rivera discovered and popularized his work.\u00a0 By the 1930s, Posada\u2019s skeleton images were a national symbol.\u00a0 The popularity of these <em>calaveras<\/em> led to their inclusion in Day of the Dead celebrations.\u00a0 This ceramic representation of La Catrina is currently on exhibit in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/exhibits\/current\/life-death-day-dead-mexico\/\">Life After Death: The Day of the Dead in Mexico<\/a>, <\/em>along with several others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Catrina is a skeletal woman who portrays a maid dressed in her mistress\u2019s fancy clothes for a night out.\u00a0 Illustrator Jos\u00e9 Guadalupe Posada (1851-1913) created her to remind people that in death we are all equal, and earthly riches cannot be taken to the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"overlay_title":false,"hide_featured_image_post":false,"wfu_hide_page_title":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artifacts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mexican La Catrina Figure - Timothy S. 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