Implicancias de la otredad moderna en las pinturas murales de José Bouchet en el Museo de La Plata
Journal: Revista del Museo de La Plata
Year: 2025

This paper analyses a corpus of four mural paintings by the Spanish artist José Bouchet (1852-1919) located in the rotundas of the Museo de La Plata: Indiada Tehuelche, Parlamento Indio, Indios canoeros y carabelas de los descubridores, and Cacería de Avestruces. The work begins with a brief overview of Bouchet's role in the artistic scenes of Argentina, and then focuses on the study of the representations of the "American Other" in the four abovementioned paintings. The corpus is interpreted to