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Thomas Kinkade

トーマス・キンケイド　/　とーます・きんけいど

American painter

January 19, 1958 – April 6, 2012　・　Sacramento, California, United States

California
painter
writer

My Take

Thomas Kinkade is the rare artist I find more interesting because of the controversy around him. Critics dismissed the glowing cottages and pastoral scenes as kitsch, yet he understood something the art world often forgets: most people want images that comfort rather than confront. By mass-marketing prints through his own company, the Berkeley-trained painter put original-feeling art into millions of ordinary homes. I will not argue he was an innovator on canvas, but as a phenomenon of American taste and commerce he was genuinely significant. His death in 2012 closed the story, yet that warm painted light still hangs on living room walls everywhere, which is its own kind of legacy.

Overview

William Thomas Kinkade III (January 19, 1958 – April 6, 2012) was an American painter of popular realistic, pastoral, and idyllic subjects. He is notable for achieving success during his lifetime with the mass marketing of his work as printed reproductions and other licensed products by means of the Thomas Kinkade Company.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Thomas Kinkade
Name (Japanese): トーマス・キンケイド
Reading: とーます・きんけいど
Born: January 19, 1958 – April 6, 2012
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Dog
Origin: Sacramento, California, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: painter / writer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: El Dorado High School
University: University of California, Berkeley

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.thomaskinkade.com
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Kinkade

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