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Thomas Kinkade

Thomas Kinkade (born January 19, 1958 in Sacramento , California , † April 6, 2012 in Los Gatos , California) was an American painter . He referred to himself as "Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light". He is the author of numerous images that are widely used in America. His pictures were sold, among other things, by mail order. Dozens of his works have also been published as puzzles.

Life

Kinkade grew up in the small town of Placerville , California and graduated from high school in 1976. He then attended the University of California, Berkeley and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena . In 1982 he married his wife Nanette, with whom he had four daughters.

He died on April 6, 2012 at his Los Gatosan home of acute poisoning from an alcohol and Valium overdose.

Works

literature

  • Susan Orlean: Art for the People. In: Das Magazin [supplement to NZZ], No. 8, 2002, pp. 24–35.
  • Tobias Timm: "Making things more beautiful". The American Thomas Kinkade is one of the most successful artists of our time. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, December 29, 2003, p. 15.
  • Ingrid Tomkowiak: Thomas Kinkade and the modern. A painter of popular ideas of the beautiful and its reception. In: Beate Binder / Silke Göttsch, Wolfgang Kaschuba / Konrad Vanja (eds.): Place. Job. Body. Ethnography of European Modernism. 34th Congress of the German Society for Folklore, Berlin 2003. Münster / New York / Munich / Berlin: Waxmann 2005 (= series of publications Museum European Cultures, 3), pp. 301–308.

Web links

Commons : Thomas Kinkade  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas Kinkade, Painter for the Masses, Dies at 54 - The New York Times . The New York Times website. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/08/arts/design/thomas-kinkade-artist-to-mass-market-dies-at-54.html?_r=0
  3. ^ The Drunken Downfall (and Death) of Thomas Kinkade . In: Mockingbird . June 10, 2014 ( mbird.com [accessed December 30, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Thomas Kinkade autopsy: alcohol, Valium and smudges of green paint . In: The Mercury News . May 8, 2012 ( mercurynews.com [accessed December 30, 2017]).
  5. ↑ Thomas Kinkade Official Cause of Death Released; Valium, Alcohol Found in System . In: The Hollywood Reporter . ( hollywoodreporter.com [accessed December 30, 2017]).
  6. ↑ FAZ of December 24, 2010, page 41: Kinkades Christmas
personal data
SURNAME Kinkade, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Sacramento , California
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 2012
Place of death Los Gatos , California