Jack Vettriano’s ‘cheeseburger’ art and the matter of taste | Letters

Ross McQueen says the Scottish painter democratised art and Neil Heydon-Dumbleton like his work, but Tamar Payne says it is misogynisticEddy Frankel’s article on Jack Vettriano (‘His paintings are like a double cheeseburger in a greasy wrapper’, 3 March) is full of the sort of backhanded compliments, grudging recognition and snobbish disdain that followed the Scottish painter throughout his career. For many art critics, Vettriano committed the ultimate sin of being popular with