The Singing Butler is an oil-on-canvas painting made by Scottish artist Jack Vettriano in 1992. It sold to a private bidder at a 2004 auction for £744,500, which was the record at the time for any painting by a Scottish artist, and for any painting ever sold in Scotland.[1]

The focal subject of The Singing Butler is based on an image of actress Orla Brady posing in her own dress which was published in The Illustrator's Figure Reference Manual (1987) as part of a series of photographic figure studies.[2][3]

In 2012, The Singing Butler went on display at the Aberdeen Art Gallery as part of an exhibition entitled From Van Gogh to Vettriano - Hidden Gems from Private Collections.[4][5] The exhibition was well attended.[6]

Reproductions

Reproductions of The Singing Butler have made it the best-selling art print in the UK.[1]

Derivative Works

References

  1. ^ a b Vettriano fetches record price BBC News. 20 April, 2004.
  2. ^ "Jack Vettriano.com, Profile of Orla Brady". Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  3. ^ Jones, Sam (4 October 2005). "Vettriano brought to book by illustrator's manual". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. ^ Vettriano's Singing Butler in rare exhibition
  5. ^ "Vettriano's The Singing Butler on public display". The Herald. 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Aberdeen art gallery to open late to cope with record visitors". BBC. 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Banksy take on Vettriano work sells for £4.3m". BBC. Retrieved 5 March 2025.


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