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.
creator of
On the Upper Yarra
 
creator of
Bush Track
 
creator of
Between Tallarook and Yea
 
creator of
Lilydale
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creator of
Mount Martha from Dromana's Hills
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creator of
Near Fernshaw
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National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

 
creator of
Waterpool at Coleraine
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National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

 
creator of
Winter Morning near Heidelberg
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National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

 
creator of
Summer Afternoon near Templestowe
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National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

 
creator of
Rio de Janeiro Pitoresco
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