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So Jack Vettriano, the painter loved by the masses and loathed by the critics, has died. If you don't know who he was, google "The Singing Butler" and realise that actually, yes, you do know who he was. His images are inescapable. He was a lightening rod for the tension between "high" and "low" art. If you don't think he had any relevance or influence just look at this image from this week's oscars ceremony. It could have been made by Vettriano himself. When I first saw it, after reading about his passing, I thought it was.
