Adolphe Valette Blue Plaque, Manchester School of Art
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Adolphe Valette Blue Plaque, Manchester School of Art
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 3 Nov 2013
Blue plaque next to the doorway of Image Adolphe Valette (1876 - 1942) French painter and teacher in the School of Art (1907 - 1920) Valette's most notable student was LS Lowry who called him "a real teacher … a dedicated teacher", adding "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." (http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/oct/14/exhibition-for-artist-who-inspired-lowry The Guardian 14 October 2011)
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Image Location
Latitude
53.469678
Longitude
-2.23843