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Amazing how a death can soften your opinions. I used to think of Thomas Kinkade, our self-proclaimed Painter of Light™, as a schlockmeister beyond compare, beneath any critic’s contempt or notice. But ...

In the 1990s, Thomas Kinkade was the most successful artist of his time. His sentimental, sanitized landscapes full of Christian motifs and storybook cottages, some of which were lit with tiny LEDs ...

SAN FRANCISCO — 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 ...

“This is where I’m putting my retirement money,” says a woman in a brief but infuriating scene from the new documentary “Art for Everybody,” about the life and downfall of the enormously popular ...

SAN FRANCISCO — 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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — California artist Thomas Kinkade, whose brushwork paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches were big sellers for dealers across the country, died Friday, a family ...

Artist Thomas Kinkade, whose light-filled Frank Capra-like visions of Americana turned spinster aunts nationwide into art collectors, has died. Kinkade’s family issued a statement Friday indicating ...

When describing his painting ‘Candlelight Cottage,’ the late Thomas Kinkade said its ‘candlelight has a cozy, intimate quality — especially when it’s suffused in the soft mist of this fine English ...

SAN FRANCISCO - 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 an simple, soothing addition ...

@robyniko’s Twitter bio discloses that he’s a self-proclaimed procrastinator, but this mashup series was undoubtedly encouraged by those scrolling in earnest and tweeting at him: “You definitely had ...

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- In Thomas Kinkade's hometown, at the gallery where his art career first took off, an original painting by the self-described "Painter of Light" sat unsold for years. Buyers ...