H is name was perfect. Jack is reassuringly British. Vettriano, a version of his mother’s maiden name, is chic and Italian. The combination was like fish and chips on fine china. It was so much better than Jack Hoggan, the name under which he sold his first paintings.

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

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 at his apartment in the southern French city of Nice on Saturday.

LONDON — Scottish painter Jack Vettriano, known for his works depicting elegant men and women on dreamlike beaches, has been found dead in his apartment in France, his publicist said Monday. He was 73. British media reported there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death on Saturday.

THE legendary Scots painter Jack Vettriano has died at his home in France. The celebrated artist was found dead in his apartment in Nice this morning. It is understood there are no suspicious

Jack Vettriano, the self-taught Scottish painter renowned for his dreamlike beach scenes, has died at the age of 73. View on euronews

Scottish painter Jack Vettriano has died in France at the age of 73, his publicist has said.

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 watercolours for his 21st birthday.

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