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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associate of
William Archer
1820
Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect), Artist (Painter)
associate of
John Cumming
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
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James Smith
1813
Artist (Painter)
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Arthur Streeton
1867
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
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Charles Conder
1868
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Painter), Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
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Marc-Louis Arlaud
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Auguste Moreau
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child of
François-Simeon Buvelot
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child of
née Heizer Jean-Louis Marguerite Buvelot
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sibling of
Eugéne Jean Louis Henri Buvelot
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Prat
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Ferdinand Krumholtz
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Alexandre Calame
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Barthelemy Menn
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Caroline Julie Beguin
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William Cumming
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J. W. Curtis
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J. H. Carse
Artist
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Thomas Creswick
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Frederick Lee
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H. J. Johnstone
Artist
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William Lynch
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Thomas William Stanford
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Samuel Mullen
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George Knowles Parker
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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)
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  • (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)