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Here, he trained under the legendary French Impressionist master \u003cstrong\u003ePierre Adolphe Valette\u003c\/strong\u003e. Valette famously taught his pupils to apply French \u003cem\u003een plein air\u003c\/em\u003e impressionistic techniques directly to the heavy, smog-filled Northern landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStudying alongside a young \u003cstrong\u003eL.S. Lowry\u003c\/strong\u003e, Knighton-Hammond absorbed the same gritty urban environment but filtered it through an entirely different stylistic lens. 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