Youngstown, Ohio” now has a permanent home in the city where it was created. The Butler Institute of American Art purchased the massive Alfred Leslie work, which was painted in Youngstown in 1977-78, ...

He became not only a household name but a fixture, thanks mainly to The Singing Butler ... s first minister John Swinney was among those to pay tribute to the artist for making a “unique ...

By Sopan Deb Jack Vettriano, a self-taught Scottish painter who was best known for “The Singing Butler” and who overcame critical derision to become one of the best selling painters in Europe ...