Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #913855 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

From Booklist
Vettriano's popularity has increased so much since his paintings were first published in book form (Fallen Angels, 1995) that posters of his work are now outselling those of Van Gogh. Vettriano, a self-taught Scottish artist who is collected by celebrities and has become one himself, is portrayed here in photographs and self-portraits as a cross between Harvey Keitel and Bono, with the toughness and virility of one and the fashionable narcissism of the other. The aura of his alluring paintings is delectably noirish, and it's fitting that film-critic Quinn has written the illuminating artist profile that accompanies the lush color reproductions of Vettriano's sexy canvases, each of which is like a movie still, freezing a moment of seduction or confrontation. Elegant men and women, armed with cigarettes and cocktails, enact ritualized scenarios in which no amount of exposed flesh can inspire genuine intimacy. Even in his magical plein air compositions, his stylized figures remain wary and self-conscious. A true romantic, Vettriano paints high-gloss fantasies that gift wrap heartache. Donna Seaman
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Review
"The text is intriguing - less biography than apology, an attempt to dismiss the mass of political opinion with a success story and include Vettriano in the cultural mainstream" (The Glasgow Herald)

From the Publisher
Evoking the world of Raymond Chandler and Hollywood film noire, the neo-realist paintings of Scottish artist Jack Vettriano are published here in a beautiful new monograph. Illustrated wirh 100 of Vettriano's paintings, the book is accompanied by an elegant biographical portrait of his life and achievements.