Louis Buvelot

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Louis Buvelot
Portrait of Louis Buvelot by Julian Ashton, 1880
Born
Abram Louis Buvelot

3 March 1814
Morges, Vaud, Switzerland
Died30 May 1888 (1888-05-31) (aged 74)
Victoria, Australia
Resting placeKew Cemetery
Known forLandscape painting
Movementplein air
Spouses
  • Marie-Félicité Lalouette (born 1816)
  • Caroline-Julie Beguin (1825-1902)
AwardsOrder of the Rose

Louis Buvelot ( Morges 3 March 1814 – Melbourne 30 May 1888), born Abram-Louis Buvelot, 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.

Early life

Buvelot was born in

Melbourne
, Australia in 1864 accompanied by Caroline-Julie Beguin, a teacher.

Career in Australia

Arriving in Melbourne in February 1865, Buvelot was in business as a photographer in

Bourke Street for a year but soon resumed his painting. He lived for some years in Latrobe Street East, and then moved to George Street, Fitzroy. His new wife, Caroline-Julie Beguin, helped by teaching French, and presently he began to find buyers for his pictures, of whom James Smith was one of the earliest. In 1869 the trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria bought two of his pictures, and in 1870 paid £131 for the Waterpool at Coleraine. In 1873, 1880 and 1884 he was awarded gold medals at exhibitions held in Melbourne, and he also received a silver medal at the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876. His reputation became established, his only interest was his work, and he went on steadily painting until his death on 30 May 1888. He was buried at the Boroondara Cemetery
, where a large monument was erected in his memory.

  • Summer Afternoon, Templestowe, 1866
    Summer Afternoon, Templestowe, 1866
  • At Lilydale, 1870
    At Lilydale, 1870
  • One of the Falls of the Wannon, 1872
    One of the Falls of the Wannon, 1872
  • Macedon Ranges, 1874
    Macedon Ranges, 1874

Legacy

Louis Buvelot, c.1883

Buvelot's widow, also an artist, died in 1902, there were no children. In July 1888 a memorial exhibition of his work was held at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, and one of the galleries in that building was subsequently named after him.

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".[1]

His enthusiasm for plein air painting (that is, painting directly in the open air) was a key characteristic of those artists' work.

Collections

See also

References

  1. The Argus
    .
  2. ^ "NGV Collection: Louis Buvelot". National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Louis Abram BUVELOT". Art Gallery WA Collection Online. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Geelong Gallery | Geelong Gallery". collections.geelonggallery.org.au. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  5. ^ "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

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