January 2008
Identity of The Singing Butler muse revealed.
In an interview for the Mail on Sunday's You Magazine, Irish actress, Orla Brady, spoke for the first time about being Vettriano's insadvertent muse for his famous painting.
It turns out that Orla Brady is the lady in red featured in the painting, not that Vettriano himself knew this at the time. Twenty years ago, when she was a struggling actress, Brady had posed for photographs for 'The Illustrators' Figure Reference Manual'. The photographs included some of her in a long evening gown, dancing with a man and it was the images that first inspired Vettriano to construct the story of the couple dancing on a beach, with only their Butler's singing as music to dance to.
Twenty years on, Orla Brady is now an internationally known and successful actress and the painting, 'The Singing Butler' has gone on to become Vettriano's best-known work worldwide.
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Identity of The Singing Butler muse revealed.
In an interview for the Mail on Sunday's You Magazine, Irish actress, Orla Brady, spoke for the first time about being Vettriano's insadvertent muse for his famous painting.
It turns out that Orla Brady is the lady in red featured in the painting, not that Vettriano himself knew this at the time. Twenty years ago, when she was a struggling actress, Brady had posed for photographs for 'The Illustrators' Figure Reference Manual'. The photographs included some of her in a long evening gown, dancing with a man and it was the images that first inspired Vettriano to construct the story of the couple dancing on a beach, with only their Butler's singing as music to dance to.
Twenty years on, Orla Brady is now an internationally known and successful actress and the painting, 'The Singing Butler' has gone on to become Vettriano's best-known work worldwide.
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