Born in France, Adolphe Valette was to make his name in Manchester. As teacher of LS Lowry, he saw his pupil’s fame outstrip his own, but while this exhibition explores the relationship between these two artists, it also celebrates Valette’s own skills as a painter.

Valette introduced his own brand of Impressionism to the city in a series of paintings that captured the atmospheric mood of the streets, squares, waterways and buildings, seemingly forever shrouded in fog and pollution. Less well known are his light-filled, beautifully coloured landscapes and domestic scenes painted in France, many on show at the Lowry for the first time.