The sale of “The Singing Butler” at Sotheby’s in 2004, for a record price for a painting by a Scottish artist, caused a sensation and turned attention on Vettriano's critical and institutional neglect

Work of the late Scottish artist—known for his “concrete“ poetry, Little Sparta garden and prickly personality—to go on show in Edinburgh

The exhibition at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh will also look at how the four artists interacted with their UK contemporaries

A taster ahead of a later publication explores the Scottish painter’s focus on mental frailty, family and war

Well known between the two World Wars, the four French-trained artists are slowly coming back into critical attention

Missing since 2012, around 1,300 prints have been returned to their rightful owner, who used to sell Creme's works