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