Famend Scottish painter Jack Vettriano has died on the age of 73, his publicist has mentioned.
The artist was discovered lifeless at his condominium in Good, within the south of France, on Saturday.
It’s understood there aren’t any suspicious circumstances round his dying.
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Pic: Neil Hanna/PA
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The Singing Butler turned a best-selling picture in Britain. Pic: PA
Vettriano was born Jack Hoggan on 17 November 1951 in Methil, Fife.
He left college on the age of 15 to grow to be a mining engineer however took up portray after a girlfriend gifted him a field of watercolours for his twenty first birthday.
The self-taught artist realized his craft by copying outdated masters, impressionists, surrealists and a plethora of Scottish artists.
He drew inspiration from works at Kirkcaldy Galleries, finding out work from artists comparable to Samuel Peploe and William McTaggart so intently that he feared arousing the suspicions of gallery workers.
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Candy Fowl of Youth. Pic: Jack Vettriano/PA
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The Billy Boys. Pic: Jack Vettriano/PA
His breakthrough got here in 1998 when he submitted two work to the Royal Scottish Academy’s annual present and each offered on the primary day, inspiring him to grow to be a full-time artist.
Vettriano’s works garnered worldwide acclaim, resulting in exhibitions in cities comparable to Edinburgh, London, Hong Kong, Johannesburg and New York.
His 1992 portray The Singing Butler is amongst his most famed work and exhibits a chic couple dancing on a storm-swept seashore accompanied by their butler and maid, changing into a best-selling picture in Britain.
In 2004, the portray offered at public sale for £744,800 – a report on the time for any Scottish portray and for any portray ever offered in Scotland.
Amongst these to have acquired Vettriano work are Hollywood legend Jack Nicholson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Tim Rice, and late Harry Potter actor Robbie Coltrane.
His publicist mentioned in a press release: “Jack Vettriano’s passing marks the end of an era for contemporary Scottish art.
“His evocative and timeless works will proceed to captivate and encourage future generations.”
