New documentary ‘Art for Everybody’ charts painter Thomas Kinkade’s journey from brooding work to mass-producing ‘feel-good’ kitsch. Keep KCRW Independent. KCRW is here to provide you with local news, ...

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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 ...

It’s good that the Thomas ... playing. Kinkade will never be rehabilitated as an artist even on the level of the popular artists he admired, Norman Rockwell and Walt Disney, both of whom were ...

“Thomas Kinkade had a quite ... of an abusive and often absent father. But Kinkade did not start out as an aspirational Norman Rockwell-Walt Disney hybrid. “I want to avoid painting silly ...

Thomas Kinkade once presided over an empire of radiantly ... featuring garish NASCAR rallies and tacky Disney tie-ins.) Early on, Yousef dangles a tantalizing hook — what the family refers ...

Beloved by many, despised by others, Thomas Kinkade's quaint rustic scenes and ... "It is schmaltzy pastiches of Disney-style woodland scenes, complete with cutesy animals and fairy tale cottages.

You may think you know the whole story of kitsch master Thomas Kinkade, the self-branded “painter of light,” who sold obscene amounts of work, generated endless merch, and even offered branded ...