El Corrido mexicano, su expresión en el arte. José Guadalupe Posada y Diego Rivera

A través del análisis de la obra del grabador José Guadalupe Posada y del pintor Diego de Rivera, la autora de este trabajo pone en relación el corrido mexicano como manifestación poética popular con la plástica del siglo XX. El "corrido gráfico" de Posada sirve para informar diariamente de los acontecimientos cotidianos creando personajes que calaron hondamente en el sentir del pueblo. Rivera, por su parte, convierte en épica visual los corridos populares para la memoria mexicana, uniendo figuración y epigrafía en obras de enorme transcendencia al situarse en edificios públicos.In the present article the author analyses the work of the engraver José Guadalupe Posada and the painter Diego de Rivera and establishes the connection between the Mexican wall-painting ("corrido"), considered asan example of as popular poetic inspiration and the plastic arts in the 20th century. The object of Posada's "corrido gráfico" was to provide daily information about current events, and in doing so the engraver created characters who became extremely popular. And Rivera transforms these popular engravings into a visual epic which has become part of the Mexican national memory. His works, which combined figuration and epigraphy, achieved great importance since they were placed in public buildings