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About the painting
Beautiful Dreamer shows a woman in a black dress beside a window, lost in her own thoughts. The title comes from Stephen Foster's famous nineteenth-century song, and Vettriano uses it with characteristic tenderness. Many of his finest paintings are quiet portraits of women alone, waiting, remembering or daydreaming, and this is one of the most admired. The light from the window and the stillness of the pose give it a calm, reflective mood.
It is a large print, which allows its atmosphere to fill a wall. It suits a bedroom, a living room or a quiet reading space, and it pairs well with his other solitary figure paintings.
Read the story behind Beautiful Dreamer on our blog: Beautiful Dreamer by Jack Vettriano.
About this edition
This is a signed limited edition of 495 prints plus 50 Artist's Proofs. Each print is signed and numbered by Jack Vettriano and supplied with a certificate of authenticity. It is printed on 310gsm Hahnemühle mould-made paper, with a generous mount size of 78.8 x 96 cm. Its scale and the quality of the paper make it one of the most impressive works on paper in our collection.
Edition details
310 gsm Hahnemuhle mould made paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Edition size: 495 + 50 Artist’s Proofs
Mount size: 78.8 x 96.0 cm
Before you buy
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Framing, display and care
The edition is printed on Hahnemühle mould-made paper, one of the most respected fine art papers in the world. Hahnemühle has been making paper in Germany since the sixteenth century, and its mould-made stock is acid-free and made for archival printing, with a gentle surface texture that gives Vettriano's colours a soft, painterly finish. To keep it at its best, frame it with an acid-free mount and UV-filtering glass, hang it on a dry wall away from direct sun, and avoid rooms with fluctuating heat or humidity. Handle the sheet only by its edges, and if you need to store it before framing, keep it flat and interleaved with acid-free tissue.
Why buy from Jack Vettriano Studio
We are an official stockist of Jack Vettriano prints, and collecting his work is what we do every day. Each print is supplied with a certificate of authenticity and sent with fully insured UK delivery. International delivery is available on enquiry. If you would like more detail before you order, such as the edition number available, framing options or delivery times, contact us and we will help.
About Jack Vettriano
Jack Vettriano was born in St Andrews in 1951 and grew up in Methil, Fife. He left school at sixteen and taught himself to paint, studying the works in Kirkcaldy's gallery after being given a set of watercolours for his twenty-first birthday. When he sent two paintings to the Royal Scottish Academy's annual exhibition in 1988, both sold on the first day, and his career as a professional painter began.
Vettriano's paintings are known for their cinematic atmosphere: men and women in evening dress, beaches under heavy skies, quiet rooms where something has just happened or is about to. He was appointed OBE in 2003, and a major retrospective of his work was held at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow in 2013 and 2014.
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