Thomas kinkade artist biography paintings by monet artwork

William Thomas Kinkade III January 19, — April 6, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] was an American painter of popular realistic , pastoral , and idyllic subjects. According to Kinkade's company, one in every 20 American homes owned a copy of one of his paintings. Kinkade described himself as a "Painter of Light", a phrase he protected by trademark.

Kinkade was criticized for some of his behavior and business practices; art critics faulted his work for being " kitsch ".

Thomas kinkade cause of death

Kinkade died of "acute intoxication" from alcohol and the drug diazepam at the age of Some of the people who mentored and taught Kinkade prior to college were Charles Bell and Glenn Wessels. Kinkade's relationship with Wessels is the subject of a semi-autobiographical movie released during , Christmas Cottage. The two of them finished their journey in New York and secured a contract with Guptill Publications to produce a sketching handbook.

Two years later they produced a book, The Artist's Guide to Sketching , [ 1 ] which was one of Guptill Publications' best-sellers that year. The success of the book resulted in both working for Ralph Bakshi Studios where they created background art for the animated feature movie Fire and Ice. While working on the movie, Kinkade began to explore the depiction of light and of imagined worlds.