AN exhibition for Scottish artist Jack Vettriano has been announced following his death last month.
Vettriano left school at 15 to become a mining engineer but took up painting after a girlfriend gave him a box of watercolours for his 21st birthday.
The body of the 73-year-old painter, born Jack Hogan, in Methil, Fife, was found in the flat in Nice on Saturday, March 1.
An exhibition of some of the works of the artist’s works was due to be held in Methil the day after his death was announced.
However, the show at the Affordable Arts Gallery was put on hold out of respect.
It will now open from March 4 until October 28.
The self-taught artist drew inspiration from works at Kirkcaldy Galleries, studying paintings from artists such as Samuel Peploe and William McTaggart so intently that he feared arousing the suspicions of gallery staff.
His breakthrough came in 1998 when he submitted two paintings to the Royal Scottish Academy’s annual show and both sold on the first day, inspiring him to become a full-time artist.
His works garnered international acclaim, leading to exhibitions in cities such as Edinburgh, London, Hong Kong, Johannesburg and New York.
His 1992 painting the The Singing Butler is among his most famed work and shows an elegant couple dancing on a storm-swept beach accompanied by their butler and maid, becoming a best-selling image in Britain.
Among those to have acquired Vettriano paintings are Jack Nicholson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Tim Rice and Robbie Coltrane.
The first major retrospective of Vettriano’s work was held in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow in 2013.
It attracted more than 136,000 visitors during its five-month run and was said to be the most successful commercial exhibition ever staged in Glasgow at that time.
A further retrospective was held at Kirkcaldy Galleries in 2022, focusing on his formative years and early career.
