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Jack Vettriano: A Life

By: Anthony Quinn,Jack Vettriano

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In December 2003 the painter Jack Vettriano, a coalminer’s son, met his parents off the train from Scotland on his way to collect an OBE. Over the last few years Vettriano has had a meteoric rise to fame – emerging from the unlikely background of the Scottish coalfields, unknown and untutored, he has become Scotland’s most successful and controversial contemporary artist. Appearing on posters and cards, mugs and umbrellas, prints of his work outsell Van Gogh, Dali and Monet and his paintings have been acquired by celebrities around the world. 'The Singing Butler', Britain's most reproduced painting, fetched a record £744,800 at auction in April 2004. Vettriano’s images have an often mysterious narrative and are a gateway to an alluring yet sinister world. Daylight scenes of heady optimism, painted against backdrops of beaches and racetracks, are counterbalanced by more disquieting canvases of complex night-time liaisons in bars and clubs, bedrooms and ballrooms. Both sexes are clearly styled – the men hard-edged and mysterious, the women seductive and enigmatic. Yet beneath the confident posturing, Vettriano recognizes our inherent human frailty, that there is no victor in the struggle between duplicity and desire. Men and women are ultimately trapped by the machinations of intense love and passion with little control over their destiny. 'Jack Vettriano' presents about thirty new images, as well as some recently surfaced works, plus the best of the paintings previously published in 'Lovers and Other Strangers' and 'Fallen Angels', also by Pavilion. In March 2004 Melvin Bragg’s The South Bank Show broadcast a programme dedicated to Jack entitled Jack Vettriano: The People’s Painter. Reissued in smaller user-friendly format.

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Pavilion

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1862056463

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9781862056466

Jack Vettriano: Studio Life

An Intimate Portrait of the Painter

By: Jack Vettriano,Tom Rawstorne

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Jack Vettriano: Studio Life

An Intimate Portrait of the Painter

By: Jack Vettriano,Tom Rawstorne

A look at the work and processes of the United Kingdom's painter Jack Vettriano, what influences him, and how he has influenced others.

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168

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Anova Books

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1862057435

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9781862057432

Jack Vettriano: A Life

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By: Jack Vettriano,Anthony Quinn

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Jack Vettriano: A Life

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By: Jack Vettriano,Anthony Quinn

Emerging from the unlikely background of the Scottish coalfields, unknown and untutored, Jack Vettriano has become Scotland's most successful and controversial contemporary artist. Appearing on posters and cards, mugs and umbrellas, prints of his work outsell van Gogh, Dali and Monet and his paintings have been acquired by celebrities around the world. Vettriano's images are a gateway to an alluring yet sinister world; a timeless place where past and present intertwine. Daylight scenes of heady optimism, painted against backdrops of beaches and racetracks, are counterbalanced by more disquieting canvases of complex night-time liaisons in bars, clubs, bedrooms and ballrooms. His powerful canvases are beautifully captured in this new edition of Jack Vettriano, which includes 15 more recent images, from exhibitions between 2006 and 2010.

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210

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Pavilion

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1862057249

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9781862057241

Jack Vettriano

A Retrospective: Exhibition Catalogue

By: Jack Vettriano,Alison L. Kennedy,W. Gordon Smith,Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries

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Jack Vettriano

A Retrospective: Exhibition Catalogue

By: Jack Vettriano,Alison L. Kennedy,W. Gordon Smith,Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries

This limited edition exhibition catalogue accompanies the first retrospective exhibition of Jack Vettriano's work in the UK, held at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, 21st September 2013 - 23rd February 2014. The catalogue illustrates over 120 of the artist's paintings, ranging in date from 1992 to 2012 and including Vettriano's most famous works.

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200

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1908638044

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9781908638045

What is Your Problem?

Comedy's little ray of sleet grapples with life's major dilemmas

By: Jack Dee

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What is Your Problem?

Comedy's little ray of sleet grapples with life's major dilemmas

By: Jack Dee

So funny, and so wise. Just like the man himself' - Richard Osman 'I inhaled it. HILARIOUS. So sharp - it really made me laugh' - Katharine Ryan Jack Dee has been very busy during lockdown and would like to update everybody on what he's been up to. While the nation has been baking bread and clearing out cupboards, Jack has retrained online as a psychotherapist and is now open for business. After FOUR HOURS study, he has a certificate of completion from The Ruislip College of Advansed Learning [sic]. If you have an emotional, relationship, work or other issue that you need help with, or if you've just totally lost your sh*t and can't take it anymore, then he would love to hear from you. This book will be a rich compendium of your problems along with Jack's unique, very professional, advice.

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271

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Quercus

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1529413389

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9781529413380

The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain

By: Ian Jack

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The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain

By: Ian Jack

In this selection from over twenty years of reporting and writing, Ian Jack sets out to deal with contemporary Britain - from national disasters to football matches to obesity - but is always drawn back in time, vexed by the question of what came first. In 'Women and Children First', watching the film Titanic leads into an investigation into the legend of Wallace Henry Hartley, the famous band leader of the doomed liner, while 'The 12.10 to Leeds', a magnificent report on the Hatfield rail crash, begins its hunt for clues in the eighteenth century in the search for those responsible. Further afield, he finds vestiges of a vanished Britain in the Indian subcontinent, meeting characters like maverick English missionary and linguist William Carey, credited with importing India's first steam engine. Full of the style, knowledge and intimacy that makes his work so special, this collection is the perfect introduction to the work of one of the country's finest writers.

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354

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Random House

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1446448096

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9781446448090

Fallen Angels

By: Jack Vettriano

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Fallen Angels

By: Jack Vettriano

Collection of paintings by Scottish artist Jack Vettriano, whose style calls to mind the days of Bogart's Hollywood, complemented by stories, poems and dialogues by Scottish writers.

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128

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Pavilion

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1857935683

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9781857935684

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Jack Vettriano: A Life

Jack Vettriano: A Life

Jack Vettriano: Studio Life

Jack Vettriano: Studio Life

Jack Vettriano: A Life

Jack Vettriano: A Life

Jack Vettriano

Jack Vettriano

What is Your Problem?

What is Your Problem?

The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain

The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain

Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels

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