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 ...

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 ...

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 in 1951 and was raised in Methil, Fife. Tributes have been paid to the artist after the news of his passing. Scottish First Minister John Swinney said ...

By Sopan Deb Jack Vettriano, a self-taught Scottish ... “The Singing Butler” was one of the first paintings Mr. Vettriano sold after he became a professional artist. In 1992, it sold ...

LONDON (AP) — Scottish painter Jack Vettriano ... from seamstresses and meet professional hair and makeup... Vettriano left school at 15 to become a mining engineer but took up painting after a ...

Born Jack Hogan, in Methil, Fife, Vettriano left school at 15 to become a mining engineer but took up painting after a girlfriend gave him a box of watercolours for his 21st birthday. The self ...

Jack Vettriano, an artist best known for his 1992 work 'The Singing Butler' has been found dead at his flat in the southern French city of Nice. His publicist has confirmed that the Scotsman's ...

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 ...

Following the sad announcement of Jack Vettriano's death ... having taken up the art form after his girlfriend gave him a box of watercolours for his 21st birthday. The son of a miner drew ...

But in his final years, Jack Vettriano never put paint to canvas ... The 52-year-old, who struck up a friendship with Vettriano, after a chance meeting in Edinburgh several years ago, said ...