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Why did Jose posada paint skeltons?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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One reason he chose Calaveras (skeleton) was because they were already a well-established icon in Mexico for El Día de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead). Another reason might relate to the idea that mortality is the great equalizer of the classes, mocking the rich and empowering the poor, which he often did in his satirical commentaries on social life and status.

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