Dance Me to the End of Love
Born Jack Hoggan, November 17, 1951 Vettriano grew up in the industrial seaside town of Methil, Fife. His painting entitled, "The Singing Butler" is one of the world's most sought-after artworks, it was auctioned for a record $1.3 million at Scotland Sotheby's in 2004.
As a living artist, Jack Vettriano has achieved a level of both commercial and public success in recent years which any artist would envy. The Scottish born painter is a moderate of a celebrity in England, Vettriano is easily Britain's most popular artist, with ample sales of his prints, out selling such popular painters as Salvador Dali, Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh. His exhibitions have attained a great deal of success and his artwork sells well in the form of reprints and posters both in Europe as well as the United States. Vettriano has held sold out exhibitions internationally, including the cities of Edinburgh, London, Hong Kong, Johannesburg and New York. Even the Queen has acknowledged the phenomenon of Jack Vettriano, all the same, the art establishment has been accused of of blackballing his work and trying to steadfastly ignore the highly popular public opinion of the Scottish painter. The popularity of Vettriano earned him the nickname, "The People's Painter" in Britain.
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