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Jun, 2004 hyped as britains most popular artist one of his works recently sold for a recordbreaking. Daylight scenes of heady optimism, painted against backdrops of beaches and. I sent her a copy of the book signed and i thought it would be lovely to paint. Jack vettriano obe born jack hoggan born 17 november is a scottish painter.
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Originally a mining engineer from fife, jack vettriano began painting as a hobby. Jack vettriano is a scottish artist known for his film noirstyle, erotic paintings of men and women. His work first came to public prominence at the royal scottish academy open exhibition in 1988. All jack vettriano paintings ship within 48 hours and include a 30day moneyback guarantee. Jack vettriano paintings for sale jack vettriano art value.
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