74. JACK
VETTRIANO
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Rachel in the Studio
Oil on canvas
50,8 x 60,96 cm
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Cocktails and Broken
Hearts
Oil on canvas
81,28 x 71,12 cm
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Altar of Memory
Oil on canvas
76,2 x
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BIO & STEPS
Born:
In 1951 in Methil, Fife, Scotland.
Studies:
Vettriano
left school at 16 and later became an apprentice mining engineer. For a short
time in the late 1960s he had a summer job as a bingo caller at the Beachcomber
Amusements on Leven Promenade. Vettriano took up painting as a hobby in the
1970s, when a girlfriend bought him a set of watercolours for his 21st
birthday.
His earliest
paintings, under his birth name "Jack Hoggan", were copies or
pastiches of impressionist paintings; his first painting was a copy of Monet's
Poppy Fields. Much of his influence came from studying paintings at the
Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery. In 1984, Vettriano first submitted his work
to the Shell-sponsored art exhibition in the museum.
In 1987, at 36, Vettriano's wife Gail left him. He
quit his job in educational research, and moved to Edinburgh where he adopted
his mother's maiden name. He applied to study Fine Art at the University of
Edinburgh, but his portfolio was rejected.
In 1989, Vettriano submitted
two canvases for the Royal Scottish Academy annual show. Both paintings sold on
the first day and Vettriano was approached by several galleries.
In November 1999,
Vettriano’s work was shown for the first time in New York.
Themes and
style:
Vettriano,
is a self taught artist in drawing and perspective who manipulates paint in
veiled glazes and meaningful shadows, an image maker whose work is a fascinating
part of cultural history. In many of the paintings of Vettriano there is a
hidden narrative, in enigmatic compositions, a starting point for dozens of
short stories.Vettriano's style has been compared to Hopper and Sickert,his
scudded beaches to Boudin.
Techniques:
His work is developed in paintings.
Exhibitions
His work first came to public
prominence at the Royal Scottish Academy open exhibition in 1988. Since then there
have been sell out exhibitions in Edinburgh, London, Hong Kong, Johannesburg
and New York.
In 2003, Jack Vettriano was awarded an
Honorary doctorate from St Andrew's University and an OBE for Services to the
Visual Arts. In April 2004, his painting The Singing Butler was sold at
Sotheby's for in excess of £700,000 a record breaking price for a painting by a
Scottish artist.
More informetaion can be founded at:
In his own words:
I grew up looking at the work of the Glasgow
Boys and The Scottish Colourists. I used to visit my local gallery and museum
in Kirkcaldy as they have a great permanent collection and a free admission
policy. I have Kirkcaldy Museum and Kelvingrove Art Gallery to thank for my
free education. I looked to them but also to earlier artists, Caravaggio, some
of the Dutch 17th-century painters for their use of light and shadow to create
drama and narrative. My style evolved from looking at all these artists and
when I finally found my subject, it all clicked into place.
Representative
Galleries:
Portland
Red Rag
For
more Information:
http://www.rivierareporter.com/profiles-of-residents/640-jack-vettriano-an-exclusive-interview