Randall Balmer: My Meeting with Thomas Kinkade
...an Edenic, prelapsarian (before the fall) world. His paintings invited reverie on the part of the viewer. "The art of Thomas Kinkade offers an oasis, a retreat from the assaults of modern life, a vision of a more perfect world," I wrote after my visit with...info
Sales of Kinkade artwork surge after painter dies
...a rich legacy of published and unpublished work and has inspired generations of artists to follow in his brushstrokes," Thomas Kinkade Co. CEO John Hasting wrote in the statement. Hasting said later that the company was heartened by the outpouring of appreciation...info
Thomas Kinkade art sales soar after death
...a rich legacy of published and unpublished work and has inspired generations of artists to follow in his brushstrokes," Thomas Kinkade Co. CEO John Hasting wrote in the statement. Hasting said later that the company was heartened by the outpouring of appreciation...info
Thomas Kinkade Death Raises Questions
...this Sept. 15, 2006 file photo, artist Thomas Kinkade unveils his painting, "Prayer For Peace," at the opening of the exhibit "From Abraham to Jesus," in Atlanta. Kinkade, whose brushwork paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches have been big...info
Details of artist Thomas Kinkade's tumultuous final years surface
...Gatos painter Thomas Kinkade grew famous and wealthy for his comforting, bucolic and often spiritual paintings -- a snowy rural church on Christmas Eve bursting with light from within, a sailing ship at sea emerging from a cloud-flecked sunrise. But the final...info
Details of artist Thomas Kinkade's tumultuous final years surface
...Gatos painter Thomas Kinkade grew famous and wealthy for his comforting, bucolic and often spiritual paintings -- a snowy rural church on Christmas Eve bursting with light from within, a sailing ship at sea emerging from a cloud-flecked sunrise. But the final...info
Autopsy planned after painter Thomas Kinkade's death
...were complicated by personal and business struggles. In the last decade he had been locked in legal battles with former Thomas Kinkade Signature Gallery owners, some of whom accused him in lawsuits of trading heavily on his Christian beliefs even as he drove...info
The Genuine Art of Thomas Kinkade
...pictures are there for the reading. Kinkade’s intentions don’t determine the meaning of his art any more than other artists’ do. Kinkade’s intentions don’t determine the meaning of his art any more than other artists’ do. We are no more stuck giving credence...info
Thomas Kinkade dead: His legacy appraised
...FRANCISCO â€" To fans and the countless collectors who helped build painter Thomas Kinkade's commercial art empire, his idealized vision of the world usually served as a simple, soothing addition to the living room wall: a soft depiction of a churning seascape...info
Herhold: Unraveling the puzzle that was Thomas Kinkade
...Thomas Kinkade died Friday in Monte Sereno, the blogs and online commentaries have been filled with verbal slugfests about whether he was a master of inspiration or a charlatan of schmaltz. I have little love for Kinkade's work. I find it sappy and sentimental....info