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- Died
- Birth nameJack Hoggan
- Jack Vettriano was born on November 17, 1951 in Methil, Fife, Scotland, UK. He was a manager. He was married to Gail Cormack. He died on March 1, 2025 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- SpouseGail Cormack(1980 - 1988) (divorced)
- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the Visual Arts.
- Belgravia, London, England
- He was a painter best known for his work titled The Singing Butler, depicting an elegant couple dancing on a rain-swept beach accompanied by their butler and maid holding umbrellas.
- Left school at 15 to become a mining engineer.
- The first major retrospective of his work was held in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow in 2013.
- I like to look at a painting and see labor. I don't make a distinction between painting and illustration, and we shouldn't get hung up on arguing the difference.
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