Louis Buvelot
Louis Buvelot | |
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Portrait of Louis Buvelot by Julian Ashton, 1880 | |
| Born | Abram-Louis Buvelot 3 March 1814 |
| Died | 30 May 1888 (aged 74) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Resting place | Kew Cemetery |
| Known for | Landscape painting |
| Movement | Plein air |
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| Awards | Order of the Rose |
Abram-Louis "Louis" Buvelot (French pronunciation: [lwi byvlo]; 3 March 1814 – 30 May 1888)[1][2] was a Swiss landscape painter who lived 17 years in Brazil, and following 5 years back in Switzerland, stayed 23 years in Australia, where he influenced the Heidelberg School of painters.[3]
Early life
Buvelot was born in Morges, Vaud, Switzerland,[1] second son of François Simeon Buvelot, postal official, and his wife Jeanne-Louise née Heizer, a school teacher.
He left his family in La Chaux-de-Fonds and sailed from Liverpool bound for Melbourne, Australia in 1864 accompanied by Caroline-Julie Beguin, a teacher.
Career in Australia
He moved to George Street, Fitzroy.
Buvelot died at his home on George St, Fitzroy.[1] He was buried at the Boroondara Cemetery, where a large monument was erected in his memory.
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Summer Afternoon, Templestowe, 1866
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At Lilydale, 1870
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One of the Falls of the Wannon, 1872
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Macedon Ranges, 1874
Legacy
Buvelot's widow, also an artist, died in 1902, there were no children.
Buvelot is best known for his great contribution to Australian art. His works, mostly oil landscapes, are quite well regarded, but perhaps his impact was even greater as a tutor of several members of the Heidelberg School, including Arthur Streeton, who named Buvelot's 1866 painting Summer Evening Near Templestowe the "first fine landscape painted in Victoria".[4]
His enthusiasm for plein air painting (that is, painting directly in the open air) was a key characteristic of those artists' work.
Collections
- National Gallery of Victoria,[5] NGV also holds and his bust by Bertram Mackennal and a portrait in oils by J. C. Waite
- Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Art Gallery of Western Australia[6]
- Art Gallery of Ballarat
- Geelong Gallery[7]
- Castlemaine Art Museum[8]
- Tate Gallery in London
See also
References
- ^ a b c "DEATH OF M. LOUIS BUVELOT". The Argus. 31 May 1888. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Gray, Jocelyn (1969). "Abram-Louis Buvelot (1814–1888)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 3.
- ^ "DEATH OF M. BUVELOT". The Age. 1 June 1888. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Streeton, Arthur (16 October 1934). Eaglemont in the Eighties: Beginnings of Art in Australia. The Argus.
- ^ "NGV Collection: Louis Buvelot". National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Louis Abram BUVELOT". Art Gallery WA Collection Online. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Geelong Gallery | Geelong Gallery". collections.geelonggallery.org.au. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Louis Buvelot (b.1814, d.1888)". Castlemaine Art Museum Collection Online. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
External links
Media related to Abraham Louis Buvelot at Wikimedia Commons