Critics largely rejected his work, but when it was last sold in 2004, “The Singing Butler” was the most valuable piece of art to ever emerge from Scotland.

The Scottish artist – whose Singing Butler has been reproduced three million times, and who counted Jack Nicholson, Tim Rice and Terence Conran as fans – has died in France aged 73

Self-taught Scottish painter Jack Vettriano has died. The artist set a Scottish record when his most famous work, The Singing Butler, was sold at auction in 2004 for £744,800; the painting is also the UK’s best-selling art print, having sold more than a million copies.