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The original art of Jack Vettriano
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By David Rankin
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Jack Vettriano has been a figure of some controversy in the artworld in Scotland and the UK , although his popularity as anartist remains undiminished . First of all his agent at thePortland Gallery objected to a painting which he claimed was acopy of one of Vettriano's works . A couple of weeks later itwas revealed that Vettriano himself had copied one of his mostfamous images from a ?20 art book . The controversy has donenothing for the reputation of Vettriano his print sales remainat an all time high . The Singing Butler is his best sellingimage . The original painting sold for ?750,000 last year .Dance me to the End of Love , Billy Boys and In Thoughts of Youare also very popular as prints . His style can be called artdeco and often feature women languidly stretching out on a couchwith a man in the background . His painting of Along Came aSpider is classic Vettriano . Table for One and the Game of Lifeare equally popular and quickly sold out when they werepublished as silkscreen prints last year . Vettriano has justpublished 2 new limited edition prints - Just Another Day andBeautiful dreamer . They are giclee prints and signed by theartist
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