Artist Thomas Kinkade dies at 54 His sentimental paintings were beloved by middlebrow America but reviled by the art establishment. SAN FRANCISCO -- Artist Thomas Kinkade, whose brushwork paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches have been big sellers for dealers across the United States, died Friday, a family spokesman said. Thomas Kinkade's death sparks run on his paintings at West Michigan art gallery Kinkade was a wildly popular painter, popularly known as the "painter of light." Thomas Kinkade's life was often at odds with his pastoral vision As an artist, Thomas Kinkade, who died yesterday at 54 of natural causes, devoted himself to creating pastoral images that evoked a simpler, more innocent quality of life, but as a business man, he was more complex. Artist Thomas Kinkade, famous for sentimental paintings, dies at 54 SAN FRANCISCO — California artist Thomas Kinkade, whose brushwork paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches were big sellers for dealers across the country, died Thomas Kinkade, Artist to Mass Market, Dies at 54 Mr. Kinkade, who was not well regarded by the fine art establishment, made no apologies for commercializing the art field. Popular painter Thomas Kinkade dies in California Artist Thomas Kinkade once said that he had something in common with Walt Disney and Norman Rockwell: He wanted to make people happy. And he won success with brushwork paintings that focused on idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches — highly popular works that became big sellers for dealers across the United States. 'Painter of Light' Thomas Kinkade dies in Calif. Artist Thomas Kinkade, whose brushwork paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches have been big sellers for dealers across the United States, died Friday, a family spokesman said. Popular painter Thomas Kinkade dies in Calif. Artist Thomas Kinkade once said that he had something in common with Walt Disney and Norman Rockwell: He wanted to make people happy. Thomas Kinkade's polarizing legacy: How will the 'Painter of Light' be remembered? In so many of Thomas Kinkade 's paintings, light shone through the darkness. Shine a light on the painter's legacy, though, and you'll see a deeply polarizing figure, both revered and reviled for his contribution to American art. Read full article >> Thomas Kinkade, 54, dies at his Bay Area home Thomas Kinkade: The artist known as the "Painter of Light" died suddenly Friday at the age of 54.
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