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Adolphe Valette (French, 1876-1942) Adolphe Valette (French, 1876-1942) Landscape at Blace indistinctly signed l.r., oil on board, with 'Tib Lane Gallery' exhibition labels 1973 and 1986 verso 13 x 18cm This scene is likely set in Blace en Beaujolais where Valette visited each summer in the period before WW1 and later retired to in 1928 (see Cecilia Lyon, 'Adolphe Valette', Phillimore, 2006, pp.63-4, 83-4 for the artist's connection to Blace). Valette was a tutor at Manchester School of Art from 1907-1920. His best-known pupil was L S Lowry (1887-1976), who was a great admirer of Valette. Exhibited: Tib Lane Gallery, Manchester, 1973 and 1986.