Vettriano’s publicist said in a statement this week: “Jack Vettriano’s passing marks the end of an era for contemporary Scottish art. His evocative and timeless works will continue to ...

His publicist said in a statement: “Jack Vettriano’s passing marks the end of an era for contemporary Scottish art.

Mr McPhee said: “It’s very sad news. Jack was a giant of Scottish art. "The last time we showed his paintings here we had visitors from Colorado in the US plus Thailand and all over the UK.

To Elspeth Moncrieff, writing about the “Vettriano effect” in The Art Newspaper the previous year, Jack Vettriano was, like the Somerset-based Paul Roberts, one of several Realists “who can ...