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. Today, he is chiefly remembered as L. S. Lowry's tutor.[1]
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]
Photograph of Valette (date unknown)
Salford painter L. S. Lowry became a pupil of Valette, and expressed great admiration for his tutor, who taught him new techniques and showed him the potential of the urban landscape as a subject. He called him "a real teacher ... a dedicated teacher" and added: "I cannot over-estimate the effect on me of the coming into this drab city of Adolphe Valette, full of French impressionists, aware of everything that was going on in Paris".[1]
In 1920 Valette resigned from the Institute owing to ill health. He stayed in Lancashire for eight more years, teaching privately and painting in Manchester and Bolton. In 1928 he returned to Paris,[3] and subsequently moved to Blacé en Beaujolais where he died in 1942.
The thirteenth of fourteen Scènes beaujolaises vues par un artiste drawn by Valette
A series of fourteen drawings by Valette, mounted between glass as lantern slides, were used by his second wife to give a lecture in 1945, at Manchester University, about winemaking in Beaujolais.[4]
Valette's paintings are Impressionist. Manchester Art Gallery has a room devoted to him, where the viewer may compare some of his paintings with some of Lowry's, and judge to what extent Lowry's own style was influenced by him and by French Impressionism generally.[3][5]
The Lowry hosted an exhibition of about 100 works by Valette, alongside works by Lowry, between October 2011 and January 2012. It included paintings of Manchester from Manchester Art Gallery and loans from private owners.[6]
Legacyedit
There is a commemorative blue plaque to Valette, located on the site on Manchester School of Art on Grosvenor Street, in Manchester, inscribed: Adolphe Valette (1876–1942), French painter and teacher in the School of Art 1907–1920.[7]
^ abMark Brown "Exhibition for 'Monet of Manchester' who inspired Lowry", The Guardian, 14 October 2011
^Martin, Sandra (1994). Adolphe Valette: a French influence in Manchester. Manchester City Art Gallery. p. 11. ISBN9780901673473.
^ abc(PDF), Manchester Art Gallery, archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2008, retrieved 21 October 2011
^@TrentArtGallery (7 September 2023). "We have recently acquired & now have for sale the most astonishing collection of Adolphe Valette drawings on Japanese paper. The set comprises of 14 ink drawings depicting the wine making process in the Beaujolais region of France and the drawings formed the basis of a presentation that Valette's 2nd wife gave at Manchester University at Christmas 1945. Each of drawings measure 80mm x 80mm and are sandwiched in glass as they were shown via a Lantern Show. We also have an original catalogue to accompany the drawings that details the various processes undertaken in the region. This is an incredibly rare and important collection with each of the drawings being of the highest standard. DM us for more info and images" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^In pictures: Adolphe Valette, bbc.co.uk, 14 October 2011, retrieved 21 October 2011
^Brown, Mark (14 October 2011), "Exhibition for 'Monet of Manchester' who inspired Lowry", The Guardian, London, retrieved 4 March 2012
^"Adolphe Valette blue plaque in Manchester". blueplaqueplaces.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
Further readingedit
Celia Lyon, (tr. Paul Ratcliffe), Adolphe Valette, Phillimore & Co Ltd (2006), ISBN978-1-86077-426-3
Valette and the Post-Impressionists in "The Northern School: A Reappraisal", Martin Regan 2016, ISBN978-1527203204
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pierre Adolphe Valette.
ArtNet: More works by Valette.
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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 Today he is chiefly remembered as L S Lowry s tutor 1 Pierre Adolphe ValetteSelf portrait 1912 BornPierre Adolphe ValetteOctober 13 1876Saint Etienne FranceDiedApril 18 1942 1942 04 18 aged 65 Blace en Beaujolais FranceNationalityFrenchEducationEcole Municipale de Beaux Arts et des Arts Decoratifs BordeauxBirkbeck Institute London Known forPainting drawingMovementImpressionism Contents 1 Life and career 2 Legacy 3 Gallery 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksLife and career editBorn in Saint Etienne 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 nbsp Photograph of Valette date unknown Salford painter L S Lowry became a pupil of Valette and expressed great admiration for his tutor who taught him new techniques and showed him the potential of the urban landscape as a subject He called him a real teacher a dedicated teacher and added I cannot over estimate the effect on me of the coming into this drab city of Adolphe Valette full of French impressionists aware of everything that was going on in Paris 1 In 1920 Valette resigned from the Institute owing to ill health He stayed in Lancashire for eight more years teaching privately and painting in Manchester and Bolton In 1928 he returned to Paris 3 and subsequently moved to Blace en Beaujolais where he died 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Art 1907 1920 7 Gallery edit nbsp Albert Square nbsp India House nbsp Oxford Road The Refuge Assurance Building can be seen under construction nbsp York Street leading to Charles StreetReferences editNotes a b Mark Brown Exhibition for Monet of Manchester who inspired Lowry The Guardian 14 October 2011 Martin Sandra 1994 Adolphe Valette a French influence in Manchester Manchester City Art Gallery p 11 ISBN 9780901673473 a b c Adolphe Valette A French Painter in Manchester PDF Manchester Art Gallery archived from the original PDF on 5 July 2008 retrieved 21 October 2011 TrentArtGallery 7 September 2023 We have recently acquired amp now have for sale the most astonishing collection of Adolphe Valette drawings on Japanese paper The set comprises of 14 ink drawings depicting the wine making process in the Beaujolais region of France and the drawings formed the basis of a presentation that Valette s 2nd wife gave at Manchester University at Christmas 1945 Each of drawings measure 80mm x 80mm and are sandwiched in glass as they were shown via a Lantern Show We also have an original catalogue to accompany the drawings that details the various processes undertaken in the region This is an incredibly rare and important collection with each of the drawings being of the highest standard DM us for more info and images Tweet via Twitter In pictures Adolphe Valette bbc co uk 14 October 2011 retrieved 21 October 2011 Brown Mark 14 October 2011 Exhibition for Monet of Manchester who inspired Lowry The Guardian London retrieved 4 March 2012 Adolphe Valette blue plaque in Manchester blueplaqueplaces co uk Retrieved 1 January 2017 Further reading editCelia Lyon tr Paul Ratcliffe Adolphe Valette Phillimore amp Co Ltd 2006 ISBN 978 1 86077 426 3 Valette and the Post Impressionists in The Northern School A Reappraisal Martin Regan 2016 ISBN 978 1527203204External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pierre Adolphe Valette ArtNet More works by Valette Geneawiki page 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