early life and career abram-louis buvelot, a swiss landscape painter, was born in morges, switzerland on march 3, 1814. he spent his early years in brazil for 17 years, followed by a brief period of 5 years in switzerland before moving to melbourne, australia in 1864. artistic contributions buvelot is considered the father of australian landscape painting and had a profound influence on the heidelberg school of painters. his works, cha…