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.
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Name
Louis Buvelot
Also known as Abram-Louis Buvelot
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Other Occupation
  • Portrait Photographer c.1840 - c.1866
  • Art teacher (ANZSIC code: 8022) 1855 - 1864 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • (ANZSIC code: 81) c.1869 - Carlton School of Design, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Birth date
3 March 1814
Birth place
Morges, Vaud, Switzerland
Death date
30 May 1888
Death place
Melbourne, Vic.
Burial place
Kew (Boroondara) Cemetery, Kew, Vic.
Active Period
  • c.1830 - c.1884
Arrival
  • February 1865 (Melbourne, Vic.)
Residence
  • 1865 - 1888 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1855 - 1864 Switzerland
  • 1854 - 1855 Calcutta, India
  • 1853 - 1854 Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 1852 - 1853 Vevey, Switzerland
  • 1840 - 1852 Rio de Janiero, Brazil
  • 1834 Paris, France
  • c.1814 - c.1834 Switzerland
Training
  • drawing , c.1830 Ecole de dessin, Laussane, Switzerland
Cultural Heritage
  • Swiss
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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