H is name was perfect. Jack is reassuringly British. Vettriano, a version of his mother’s maiden name, is chic and Italian.

Critics largely rejected his work, but when it was last sold in 2004, “The Singing Butler” was the most valuable piece of art ...

Jack Vettriano, the self-taught Scottish painter best known for the work "The Singing Butler", has died aged 73, his ...

His 1992 painting “The Singing Butler” — featuring a couple in evening dress dancing on a storm-swept beach as their butler ...

Jack Vettriano, the immensely popular self-taught Neo-Realist artist, who by his own account painted to offer his audience escapism with his nostalgia-fuelled, romantic works, has died aged 73.

Vettriano was born Jack Hoggan on 17 November 1951 in Methil, Fife. He left school at the age of 15 to become a mining engineer but took up painting after a girlfriend gifted him a box of ...

Scottish painter Jack Vettriano, renowned for 'The Singing Butler,' has passed away at 73. Despite a lack of formal training, his work achieved significant acclaim worldwide. Vettriano's journey from ...

TRIBUTES were last night paid to Scots artist Jack Vettriano after he died at 73. Critics loathed the creator of The Singing Butler but a pal said: “He was the people’s painter.” The Singing ...

Jack Vettriano, who has died aged 73, was a self-taught Scottish painter who was treated with contempt by the art establishment but became one of the most commercially successful artists of his ...

LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - Jack Vettriano, the self-taught Scottish painter best known for the work "The Singing Butler", has died aged 73, his publicist said on Monday. Vettriano was found dead ...

Self-taught Scottish painter Jack Vettriano has been found dead at his apartment in Nice, in the south of France, his publicist said. The 73-year-old, who was born Jack Hoggan on 17 November 1951 ...