Jack Vettriano, Shape of Things to Come
Shape of Things to Come is Vettriano's one of art pieces with the umbrella by the water theme.
Scottish painter, Jack Vettriano was born in 1953. His paintings have been met with great enthusiasm, where two of his images were the best selling art posters in Britain this year.
For his twenty-first birthday, a girlfriend gave him a set of watercolor paints. From that point on, he spent much of his spare time teaching himself to paint.
Jack Vettriano has emerged from the unlikely background of an early working life in the Scottish coal-fields to become one of Britain's best known contemporary artists. 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.
Vettriano's style many times evokes feelings of seduction and betrayal and has been compared to some of the great realist painters of America and England. His images are a gateway to an alluring, yet sinister world; a timeless place where past and present intertwines. It is a world heavy on atmosphere evoking the great noir movies and novels of our time; the drama of men and women is played out in each canvas against a background of bars and clubs, seaside and racetracks, ballrooms and bedrooms. Vettriano sets the scene and invites the viewer to develop the narrative.
His most famous painting, The Singing Butler, was recently auctioned off at a record setting $1.3 million.
Jack Vettriano Art
Scottish painter, Jack Vettriano was born in 1953. His paintings have been met with great enthusiasm, where two of his images were the best selling art posters in Britain this year.
For his twenty-first birthday, a girlfriend gave him a set of watercolor paints. From that point on, he spent much of his spare time teaching himself to paint.
Jack Vettriano has emerged from the unlikely background of an early working life in the Scottish coal-fields to become one of Britain's best known contemporary artists. 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.
Vettriano's style many times evokes feelings of seduction and betrayal and has been compared to some of the great realist painters of America and England. His images are a gateway to an alluring, yet sinister world; a timeless place where past and present intertwines. It is a world heavy on atmosphere evoking the great noir movies and novels of our time; the drama of men and women is played out in each canvas against a background of bars and clubs, seaside and racetracks, ballrooms and bedrooms. Vettriano sets the scene and invites the viewer to develop the narrative.
His most famous painting, The Singing Butler, was recently auctioned off at a record setting $1.3 million.
Jack Vettriano Art
posted by Art at 9:29 PM
<< Home