Louis Buvelot b. 3 March 1814

Also known as Abram-Louis Buvelot
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Swiss landscape painter and portrait photographer, settled in Melbourne in 1864, admired by the artists from the Heidelberg area such as Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton who bestowed him with the accolade of 'Father of Australian painting'. In the 1870s, his work increasingly drew elements from Australian landscape such as the bush land in works like Lilydale (1878) and Bush Track.
exhibited at
Swiss Artists in Australia 1777-1991
Date
1991
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Australian Landscape
Date
1972 - 1973
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

“The Australian Landscape” was a national touring exhibition organised by the Australian Gallery Directors’ Council in 1972. The organising gallery was the Art Gallery of South Australia, and the curators were Daniel Thomas (Art Gallery of New South Wales) Ian North (Art Gallery of South Australia) and Frances McCarthy [later Lindsay] (National Gallery of Victoria). Generous funding from the Peter Stuyvesant foundation enabled the curators to travel the country together in order to make considered judgements.
The exhibition opened at the Art Gallery of South Australia on 3 March 1972, and toured to the Western Australian Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Australian National Gallery (temporary premises), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle City Art Gallery, and the Queensland Art Gallery.
The catalogue introduction claims that the exhibition comprised of 'fifty-five of the best Australian landscapes ever executed’. It was characterised by a breadth of vision, with works from every state – including regional galleries and private collections. It is distinguished by having a greater emphasis on colonial works than previous exhibitions, and elevating the reputation of Eugene Von Guerard and John Glover.
There were only two works by women – Grace Cossington Smith and Margaret Preston– and none by any Aboriginal artist.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1965
Place
Malvern Fine Art Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Joint exhibition with S.T. Gill

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1965
Place
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1960
Place
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Date
1948
Place
Joshua McLelland Print Room, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
(Memorial exhibition)
Date
1888
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
Note
Held at the National Gallery of Victoria in July 1888
Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition
Date
1888 - 1889
Place
Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Rio Academy of Fine Arts exhibition
Date
December 1840
Place
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Description
Type
Exhibition