Thomas Kinkade
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican painter (1958-2012)
William Thomas Kinkade III 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.
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![Kinkade's cottage and garden scenes drew inspiration from the Cotswolds region of England.[8]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Cottage_in_Bowerchalke_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1366110.jpg/500px-Cottage_in_Bowerchalke_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1366110.jpg)
Kinkade's cottage and garden scenes drew inspiration from the Cotswolds region of England.[8]![The Hudson River School has been recognized as a precedent for Kinkade's idyllic, sentimental scenes.[13][14](Thomas Cole, Home in the Woods, 1847)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Home_in_the_Woods_1847_Thomas_Cole.jpeg/1280px-Home_in_the_Woods_1847_Thomas_Cole.jpeg)
The Hudson River School has been recognized as a precedent for Kinkade's idyllic, sentimental scenes.[13][14](Thomas Cole, Home in the Woods, 1847)![Kinkade's paintings of tight-knit communities appealed to Americans struggling with social fragmentation.[9]Placerville, California is shown.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Downtown_Placerville%2C_CA_2021.jpg/500px-Downtown_Placerville%2C_CA_2021.jpg)
Kinkade's paintings of tight-knit communities appealed to Americans struggling with social fragmentation.[9]Placerville, California is shown.![A Kinkade gallery in Boston (2008) showing his painting Spring Gate[20]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Boston_-_Newbury_Street_%22Thomas_Kinkade_Studio%22_%282382802015%29.jpg/500px-Boston_-_Newbury_Street_%22Thomas_Kinkade_Studio%22_%282382802015%29.jpg)
A Kinkade gallery in Boston (2008) showing his painting Spring Gate[20]On YouTube
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William Thomas Kinkade III 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. According to Kinkade's company, at one point one in every 20 American homes owned a copy of one of his paintings.
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