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Jack Vettriano, O.B.E., b.1951
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Oil on canvas
50 by 40cm., 20 by 16in.
Private collection
Jack Vettriano, OBE (né Jack Hoggan, born 17 November
1951), is a Scottish painter. His 1992 painting, The Singing
Butler, became a best-selling image in Britain.
Jack
Vettriano grew up in the industrial seaside town of Methil, Fife. He was raised
in poverty, and lived with his mother, father and older brother in a spartan
miner’s cottage, sharing a bed with his brother and wearing hand-me-down
clothes. From the age of 10, his father sent him out to earn money. His father
took half his earnings. Vettriano left school at 16.
Much of his art education came from studying paintings at the Kirkcaldy
Museum and Art Gallery. Controversial.
Professional art critics do not seem to like his work, but the public
does.
In
February 2011, it was announced that Vettriano's self-portrait The Weight would
be displayed at the re-opened Scottish National Portrait Gallery from November
2011, the first time he had exhibited at a national gallery. First Minister,
Alex Salmond said of Vettriano, "He is a wonderful artist of considerable
talent and achievement and this is a magnificent tribute to the special place
he holds in the hearts of people in Scotland."
In September 2013, a major retrospective of Vettriano's
work opened at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. 'Jack Vettriano: A
Retrospective' ran until 23 February 2014 and featured over 100 works. More on Jack
Vettriano
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