La nacionalización de la Academia de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires (1905-1907)

Abstract

This article analyzes public formal art teaching institutions in Buenos Aires, Argen-tina, during the last quarter of the 19th century. It specifically analyzes the institutionalization of aesthetic issues and the creation of the art institution in Buenos Aires as part of the pro-cess of cultural modernization. To this end, the author analyzes the case of the Academia de Bellas Artes y Escuela de Artes Decorativas e Industriales at the time of its nationalization (1905) as part of the coordination and realization of the aesthetic, artistic and cultural project for the training of artists attached to the Sociedad Estímulo de Bellas Artes.