Jack Vettriano continues to be ignored and snubbed by the British cultural gods, and yet the self-taught Scottish ex-miner continues to leave mouths open with his Sotheby's auction sales.
The blunt, chain-smoking, ex-miner had this to say about it all.
Regardless of how one feels about Vettriano and his paintings, I think the clear issue here is how the fact that an untrained, uneducated, coarse, somewhat vulgar man, managed to become the most popular artist in a nation where the opposite rules the academic art world.
It must really drive the Brit art establishment crazy that he continues to prosper and become more and more popular the more they ignore and bash his work!
I imagine that the first British museum which eventually acquires one of his pieces for their permanent collection will get a huge applause from the masses and venom from the other museums' curators.
Fun with art and elitist attitudes...
Article comments
1 - Jason Koulouras
Wow, I assumed his work would be featured in at least some of the museums as it is very good work and he is popular. Sounds like a case of snobbery. We have reproductions of his in our 1930 built house as his work seems to fit in well thematically with our period decor
Cheers
2 - Libby Clifford
Hope someone out there can help me i am looking for a Jack Vettriano print of two women under a lamp post (possibly the one on the cover of fallen angels?) but i need to know its title. sorry to those of you who consider this a stupid way to ask but i've run out of other options!! anyone who knows the info would be great just post it here thanks x