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Jack is one of the UK's most popular, and yet most controversial, contemporary artists. His pictures sell for a record amount of money, the paintings in his exhibitions are always sold out before the opening and 'The Jack Vettriano: Studio Life: An Intimate Portrait of the Painter Butler' made history for being the most expensive painting by a Scottish living artist ever to be sold at auction. And surely the same painting is one of the world's most replicated fine art images? Here, for the first time, we get up close and personal with Jack in the studio. We see how he works in his studios in Scotland, London and and we see how these locations influence his paintings. The book also includes brand new paintings never before seen. We analyse Jack's own cultural influences and the influences his work has come to have on popular culture in turn. With outstanding and revealing photography by Jillian Edelstein and a foreword from friend and fellow son of , author Ian Rankin, this is a book to delight Jack Vettriano's fans. Nostalgic, erotic, and frankly misogynistic subject Jack Vettriano is entirely self-taught. Ina major twenty year Retrospective exhibition of Vettriano's work was staged at Kelvingrove art Gallery and Musuem in . He lives in . Jack VettrianoTom Rawstorne. Jack Vettriano - Wikipedia

His painting The Singing Butler became a best-selling image in Britain. Jack Vettriano was born in St. Andrews in Fife [2] and grew up in the industrial seaside town of Methilabout 30 minutes south of his birthplace. From the age of 10, his father sent him out delivering papers and milk, cleaning Jack Vettriano: Studio Life: An Intimate Portrait of the Painter and picking potatoes — any job that would earn money. His father took half his earnings. Vettriano left school at 16 and later became an apprentice mining engineer. For a short time in the late s, he had a summer job as a bingo caller at the Beachcomber Amusements on Leven Promenade. InVettriano first submitted his work to the Shell -sponsored art exhibition in the museum. Inwhen he was 36, Vettriano left his wife Gail, seeking to emulate . He quit his job in educational research, and moved to Edinburghwhere he adopted his mother's maiden name. In [2] Vettriano submitted two canvases for the Royal Scottish Academy annual show. More than 40 collectors from the UK flew out for the event and 20 paintings were sold on the opening night. The seven paintings, inspired by the life of Sir Malcolm CampbellJack Vettriano: Studio Life: An Intimate Portrait of the Painter there for ten years. Heartbreak Publishing, Vettriano's own publishing company, produced a boxed set featuring signed, limited-edition prints of all seven paintings to mark the 75th anniversary of Sir Malcolm Campbell's final World Land Speed Record. It had been rejected in by the Royal Academy summer exhibition. Vettriano has studios in Scotland and London. In FebruaryVettriano launched Heartbreak Publishing [15] and his own London gallery, also called Heartbreak, which exclusively represents him, [19] but still promotes younger artists. The exhibition then transferred to Vettriano's gallery in London. In Aprilseven out of ten paintings by Vettriano failed to sell at Sotheby's spring auction of Scottish pictures. Those that sold did so for half their previous prices. Art experts suggested that the monetary value of Vettriano's works needed reassessing. In Februaryit was announced that Vettriano's self-portrait The Weight would be displayed at the re-opened Scottish National Portrait Gallery from Novemberthe first time he had exhibited at a national gallery. In May'The Ballroom Spy' exhibition opened at Vettriano's gallery Heartbreak - a new exhibition by Vettriano in collaboration with the photographer, Jeanette Jones. In Januarymenswear brand Stefano Ricci launched its Spring Jack Vettriano: Studio Life: An Intimate Portrait of the Painter collection with a campaign inspired by the work of Jack Vettriano. The SS catalogue, entitled 'Stefano Ricci - a tribute to Vettriano', featured images by Vettriano and photographic re-interpretations shot by Fredi Marcarini featuring clothes and accessories from the Ricci collection. A short film about the Vettriano campaign commemorated the collaboration. It featured over works and ran until 23 February Inhe was one of three artists commissioned to paint portraits of Scottish comedian to celebrate Connolly's 75th birthday. He has really pulled himself up from the depth of nowhere. Vettriano is a self-taught artist in drawing and perspective who manipulates paint in veiled glazes and meaningful shadows. According to he has been described as the of the art world, a purveyor of "badly conceived soft porn", [43] and a painter of "dim erotica". In in The Guardianart critic Jonathan Jones wrote: "Vettriano fixes on fetishistic, stylish objects and paints them with a slick, empty panache" and "The world of Jack Vettriano is a crass male fantasy that might have come straight out of Money by ". In The Scotsman wrote "He suffers all the same criticisms of the early French Impressionists: mere wallpaper, too simplistic in execution and subject, too obviously erotic. Anyway, who cares, he probably makes more money than anyway. Vettriano became a fan of the band after hearing their first album, Happy Healthy Lucky Monthand was inspired to create a painting which featured as the cover of the band's second album, for which both Vettriano and Rankin contributed spoken word pieces. The originals hang in Stewart's private collection in the UK and the images have been published as a limited edition print. Following on from the previous year's event in , Vettriano was invited to create a series of paintings to celebrate the centenary of Tuiga, the Yacht Club de Monaco 's flagship yacht, which was built on the Clyde. In Vettriano set up a scholarship for University of to fund a student who would not otherwise be able to attend university. The scholarship is awarded every four years. The endowment follows his financial contribution towards refurbishing the Students Association's Old Union Coffee Bar in and his involvement in student fashion shows. He was made a Doctor of Letters by the university. Vettriano has donated several works of art to be sold in aid of charities, including the . Also inVettriano helped to raise money for the conservation movement Elephant Family by participating in an auction of donated elephant sculptures and models. Divorced from his first wife, Vettriano divides his time between homes in London, and NiceFrance. Inhe was awarded the OBE. He claims he has drawn inspiration for his paintings from "25 years of sexual Jack Vettriano: Studio Life: An Intimate Portrait of the Painter. I just seem to be more creative when I'm in some kind of emotional distress", adding "It's been four years of soul-searching — nicotine, alcohol, anti-depressants, temazepam". He likes to gamble on horses, but only bets what he can afford to lose. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly Jack Vettriano: Studio Life: An Intimate Portrait of the Painter must be removed immediatelyespecially if potentially libelous or harmful. MethilFifeScotland. Oakham Fine Art. . Retrieved 9 February The Daily Telegraph. Edinburgh: Scotsman. Retrieved 9 May Retrieved 18 January The Fife Free Press. Retrieved 5 March . Herald Scotland. The Scotsman. Retrieved Jack Vettriano: Studio Life: An Intimate Portrait of the Painter November BBC News. Vanity Fair. Daily Record. Archived from the original on 1 February The Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 May The Herald. Elite Traveler. Retrieved Glasgow Live. Retrieved 28 November Worthing Herald. BBC Scotland. Archived from the original on 3 February Commercial Spirits. 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