Adolphe valette biography of william hill
Pierre Adolphe Valette (1876-1952) - For Sale - Manchester ...!
Pierre Adolphe Valette
French Impressionist painter
Pierre Adolphe Valette (13 October 1876 – 18 April 1942) was a French Impressionist painter who spent most of his career in England.
His most acclaimed paintings are urban landscapes of Manchester, now in the collection of Manchester Art Gallery.
Adolphe valette biography of william hill
Today, he is chiefly remembered as L. S. Lowry's tutor.[1]
Life and career
Born in Saint-Étienne in eastern central France, on 13 October 1876,[2] he trained at the Ecole Municipale de Beaux-Arts et des Arts Decoratifs in Bordeaux.
Valette arrived in England for unknown reasons in 1904 and studied at the Birkbeck Institute, now part of the University of London. In 1905 he travelled to the North West of England where he designed greetings cards and calendars for a Manchester printing company.
He attended evening classes at Manchester Municipal School of Art and in 1907 he was invited to join the staff as a teacher.[3]
Salford painter L. S. Lo