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Lampposts casting a glow over the scene. These are the soothing images – the functional equivalent of comfort food — that made artist Thomas Kinkade a fortune in the 1980s and ‘90s.
When the film-maker Miranda Yousef shows the critics images of these pieces towards the end of the new documentary Art for Everybody, they are shocked. Orlean is truly delighted. Thomas Kinkade ...
“Art for Everybody” is a smart, buzzy film. But its effort to reframe a savvy peddler of kitsch is all too familiar. “This is where I’m putting my retirement money,” says a woman in a ...
Beloved by many, despised by others, Thomas Kinkade's quaint rustic scenes and his wholesome image belied a dark ... After a stint in Hollywood, painting backgrounds for Ralph Bakshi's 1983 ...
You may think you know the whole story of kitsch master Thomas Kinkade ... Siedell, who said that Kinkade’s images are dangerous precisely because they offer no opportunity for grace, since ...
Both celebrated and disparaged for his kitschy signature settings, the once extremely successful "Painter of Light" named Thomas Kinkade rocketed ... beneath his pristine image were demons that ...
As included in his obituary, more than 10 million homes in U.S. have a Thomas Kinkade painting. Kinkade also famously painted the backgrounds ... February 7 from Aubin Pictures.
As included in his obituary, more than 10 million homes in U.S. have a Thomas Kinkade painting. Kinkade also famously painted the backgrounds for Bakshi and ... at the Film Forum on February 7 from ...
In 1982, he co-authored The Artist's Guide To Sketching and he also created background ... Kinkade established a lucrative franchise operation, selling thousands of pictures through his network of ...
Sometime after Coca-Cola (but before Thomas Kinkade ... when Hulett was a background painter at the Walt Disney Animation Studios. The new exhibit Merry and Bright: The Christmas Cards of ...