Corrido del diestro Banderillero Antonio Soriano (a) Maera Chico (Ballad of the Skilled Bullfighter Antonio Soriano, also known as Maera Chico)
Medium
Relief print on paper
Dimensions
30 × 39.8 cm (11 13/16 × 15 11/16 in.)
Classification
relief etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49433
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of early 20th-century Mexican popular culture with José Guadalupe Posada's *Corrido del diestro Banderill Antonio Soriano (a) Maera Chico* (Ballad of the Bullfighter Antonio Soriano also known as Maera). This undated relief print on paper, measuring 30 × 39.8 cm, captures the heroism of the famed banderillero—a bullfighter skilled in placing barbed sticks into the bull's shoulders during a corrida. Posada, a Mexican printmaker (1852–1913), immortalized such corridos, narrative folk ballads that celebrated local legends, news, and tragedies on affordable broadsheets....
About the Artist
José Guadalupe Posada · 1852–1913
José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) was a Mexican printmaker and engraver who revolutionized popular art and created some of the most iconic images in Mexican culture. Working primarily with publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, he produced over 20,000 images during his career—inexpensive broadsheets sold for a penny on colored paper that made his art accessible to even the poorest workers. He transform...