Thomas kinkade biography wikipedia
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Thomas Kinkade
American painter of popular realistic, bucolic, and idyllic subjects
For other people with similar names, see Thomas Kincaid (disambiguation).
William Thomas Kinkade III (January 19, 1958 – April 6, 2012)[2][3] was an American painter of popular realistic, pastoral, and idyllic subjects.[3] He is notable for achieving success during his lifetime with the mass marketing of his work as printedreproductions and other licensed products by means of the Thomas Kinkade Company. According to Kinkade's company, one in every 20 American homes owned a copy of one of his paintings.[4]
Kinkade described himself as a "Painter of Light", a phrase he protected by trademark.
Kinkade was criticized for some of his behavior and business practices; art critics faulted his work for being "kitsch". Kinkade died of "acute intoxication" from alcohol and the drug diazepam at the age of 54.
Early life
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Update: Given the level of interest and feeling this post has garnered since it was initially published, readers are encouraged to take a look at the two follow-up pieces. Click here for the first, and here for the second.
To be honest, I didn’t even know Thomas Kinkade was dead. That was until inom read this fascinating del av helhet on Kinkade, America’s favorite sentimental “Painter of Light,” from The Daily Beast by Zac Bissonnette: “The Drunken Downfall of Evangelical America’s Favorite Painter.” I also had no idea Kinkade was (a) an Evangelical Christian and (b) an alcoholic. The story fryst vatten at once alarming, yet not surprising, and ultimately really sad. Thus, inom can’t help but explore it here.
(Before I move on, inom should preface this essay by noting that Kinkade died on Good Friday two years ago, so inom was probably distracted bygd the busyness of Holy Week to catch the news. Apparently missing this story also means I managed to miss our • William Thomas Kinkade was born on January 19, 1958, in Sacramento County, California.] He grew up in the town of Placerville, graduated from El Dorado High School l in 1976, and attended the University of California, Berkeley, and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Some of the people who mentored and taught Kinkade prior to college were Charles Bell and Glenn Wessels. Wessels encouraged Kinkade to go to the University of California at Berkeley. Recurring features of Kinkade's paintings are their glowing highlights and pastel colours. Rendered in highly idealistic values of American scene painting, his works often portray bucolic andidyllic settings such as gardens, streams, stone cottages, lighthouses and Main Streets. His hometown of Placerville was the inspiration for many of his street and snow scenes. He also depicted various Christian themes including the Christian cross and churc
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