Louis Buvelot b. 3 March 1814

Also known as Abram-Louis Buvelot
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
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.
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painter and photographer, was born on 3 March 1814 at Morges, in the Vaud, Switzerland, second son of François-Simeon Buvelot, a civil servant, and Jean-Louis Marguerite, née Heizer, a schoolteacher.

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Related works
  • On the Upper Yarra (creator of)
  • Bush Track (creator of)
  • Between Tallarook and Yea (creator of)
  • Lilydale (creator of)
  • Mount Martha from Dromana's Hills (creator of)
  • Near Fernshaw (creator of)
  • Waterpool at Coleraine (creator of)
  • Winter Morning near Heidelberg (creator of)
  • Summer Afternoon near Templestowe (creator of)
  • Rio de Janeiro Pitoresco (creator of)
  • On the Upper Yarra (creator of)
  • Bush Track (creator of)
  • Between Tallarook and Yea (creator of)
  • Mount Martha from Dromana's Hills (creator of)
  • Near Fernshaw (creator of)
  • Lilydale (creator of)
  • Winter Morning near Heidelberg (creator of)
  • Summer Afternoon near Templestowe (creator of)
  • Waterpool at Coleraine (creator of)
  • Rio de Janeiro Pitoresco (creator of)
Related events
  • Swiss Artists in Australia 1777-1991 (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • (Memorial exhibition) (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition (None)
  • Rio Academy of Fine Arts exhibition (exhibited at)
  • (Memorial exhibition) (exhibited at)
  • Swiss Artists in Australia 1777-1991 (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Rio Academy of Fine Arts exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition (None)