1. Louis Buvelot, 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.
10 Facts About Louis Buvelot
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Louis Buvelot worked under Marc-Louis Arland at Lausanne, and from around 1834 continued his studies at Paris with Camille Flers, a well-known landscape painter of the day.
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In October 1840 Buvelot moved to Rio de Janeiro and attracted the notice of the emperor Dom Pedro II, who bought some of his pictures and decorated him with the Order of the Rose.
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Louis Buvelot returned to Switzerland in 1852 and in 1856 was awarded a silver medal for a picture exhibited at Bern.
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Louis Buvelot having lived in a warm country and finding the cold of Switzerland trying to his health 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.
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Louis Buvelot lived for some years in Latrobe Street East, and then moved to George Street, Fitzroy.
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Louis Buvelot's reputation became established, his only interest was his work, and he went on steadily painting until his death on 30 May 1888.
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Louis Buvelot was buried at the Boroondara Cemetery, where a large monument was erected in his memory.
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Louis Buvelot is best known for his great contribution to Australian art.
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Louis Buvelot's enthusiasm for plein air painting was a key characteristic of those artists' work.