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Dance me to the End of Love sold for £121,250

The original painting of Dance me to the End of Love has sold at auction for £121,250 . It was part of a collection of Scottish artwork including sought-after pieces by Peploe, Hunter which sold for a credit-crunch busting £3 million at auction yesterday. The 150 lots in the Scottish Picture Sale went under the hammer at Sothebys in London. The highest price paid at the sale was for the rare chance to own George Leslie Hunters Still Life with Tulips and Oranges which sold for £433,250. Work by past masters such as Sir Henry Raeburn and Joseph Farquarson sold steadily for around the £20,000 mark, but, Arum Lillies, a painting by Samuel Peploe sold to an anonymous buyer for an astonishing £409,000. And Peploes 1920s painting Still Life With Roses, which is considered to be the most important work of his to go under the hammer, also fetched £265,250 to a US buyer. The Edinburgh-born impressionist is best known for his meticulous style of painting, and was obsessed with creating the perfect still life. Seven paintings by the Fife-born artist Jack Vettriano also sold for an amazing £358,000. Many of the paintings had never been seen in public before, adding to the excitement of the occasion. The paintings were originally due to be auctioned at a Scottish location but the sale was moved to London to cope with the anticipated demand from abroad. Many of the lots come from the stunning collection of art collector Anthony Rampton who loved Scotland and spent a lot of time on the island of Arran. Vettrianos Dance Me To The End Of Love attracted the most interest of his work selling for £121,250. The painting is among a handful of Vettrianos best-known images depicting two ball-room dancers dancing the night away on a misty beach.

Best selling artist Jack Vettriano of Lunchtime Lovers fame at Photogold

Kelpies canvas prints for sale – original images of the Kelpies.

Jack Vettriano was born in St Andrews , Fife, Scotland in 1951 and grew up in the mining town of Methil . He was raised in poverty – he lived with his mother, father and older brother in a spartan miner’s house, sharing a bed with his brother and wearing hand-me-down clothes. From the age of 10, his father sent him out doing any job that would earn money. His father took half his earnings. After leaving school at 15, he followed his father down the mine, working as an apprentice engineer. Vettriano took up painting as a hobby in the 1970s when a girlfriend bought him a set of watercolours for his birthday and from then on, he spent much of his spare time teaching himself to paint.

In 1984, Vettriano first submitted his work to an art exhibition in the museum . Jack Nicholson, Sir Alex Ferguson , Sir Terence Conran and Sir Tim Rice are amongst his fans .

Photogold was the first online art gallery in the UK and it is older than Google ! It was initially designed by photographer David Rankin  to market primarily prints of Scotland , including landscape prints featuring our eco canvas prints . We have a comprehensive range of signed limited edition prints by Scottish artist Jack Vettriano including Lunchtime Lovers and Elegy for the Dead Admiral . 

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