Louis Buvelot

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

3 March 1814
Morges, Vaud, Switzerland
Died30 May 1888(1888-05-30) (aged 74)
Melbourne, 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

Abram-Louis "Louis" Buvelot (French pronunciation: [lwi byvlo]; 3 March 1814 – 30 May 1888) 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.

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