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Bookmark or Share- How ‘La Catrina’ became the iconic symbol of Day of the DeadPublished: October 24, 2023 8:22am EDT. The catalog cover for ‘Posada,’ a 1944 exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, features what came to be known as La Catrina. ‘Revolutionary ...
- La Catrina: Lady of the Dead — Google Arts & CultureCatrina/ Mictecacíhuatl. An elegant figure, Catrina is a work of art, a woodcut, created by artist José Guadalupe Posada as a satire of the social situation in Mexico in 1910. Catrina was one...
- How 'La Catrina' became the iconic symbol for the Day of the DeadMathew Sandoval, The Conversation. She’s the icon of Day of the Dead, with her visage endlessly reproduced during the holiday. While some people might presume it’s always been this way, La ...
- La Calavera Catrina - WikipediaLa Calavera Catrina, from 2018 (oil and gold leaf on panel) combines influences from traditional New Mexican religious statues and cubism with papel picado (cut paper) patterns. Maldonado's The Portrait of Doña Catrina (2019) is a reworking of a famous oil painting by Goya.
- LA CATRINA MEXICANA: STORY & SIGNIFICANCE – Origin MexicoHistory of the Mexican Catrinas. La Catrina is a traditional Mexican figure especially used on the Day of the Dead. This image emerged in 1912 thanks to José Guadalupe Posada, who illustrated some verses known as “calaveritas”. At that time, the catrina was known as "Calavera Garbancera".
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