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Jack
Vettriano (1953) Born in Scotland in 1953 of Italian parents, Jack
Vettriano began his career as a mining engineer in the Scottish coalfields,
painting only in his spare time. In 1988, Vettriano gave up his job
as a mining engineer in order to paint full-time. To date Vettriano
has enjoyed great success in spite of his lack of formal training.
His career has flourished, with exhibitions in Edinburgh, London,
Johannesburg and Hong Kong. He submitted two paintings to the Royal
Scottish Academy, which were selected, hung and immediately sold.
Vettriano's success at the Academy led to a joint show during the
1991 Edinburgh festival at the Solstice Gallery. In 1992, three works
were accepted by The Royal Academy in London for the Summer Exhibition
and later in the same year his first solo exhibition was a sell-out.
Vettriano's
paintings hint at stories of seduction and betrayal in a style that
has been compared to some of the great realist painters of America
and England. His work has been likened to that of Walter Sickert,
Edward Hopper and the photographer Brassai, and to some show influences
from Scotland's distinctive Colourist tradition.
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