Thomas Kinkade

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Thomas Kinkade - Painter of Light

          Thomas Kinkade (born January 19, 1958 in Sacramento, California) is an American painter of popular and commercial realistic, bucolic, and idyllic subjects. He is notable for the mass marketing of his work as printed reproductions and other licensed products via The Thomas Kinkade Company. He characterizes himself as "Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light", a phrase he protects through trademark but one originally attributed to the English master JMW Turner(1775-1851)^. He also claims to be "America's most-collected living artist". Media Arts Group-- the former publicly traded company that licensed, distributed and sold Kinkade's products-- claimd that 1 in 20 homes in the U.S. feature some form of Thomas Kinkade's art.

          Kinkade has received criticism for the extent to which he has commercialized his art—for example, selling his prints on the QVC home shopping network. Others have written that his paintings are merely kitsch, without substance, and have described them as chocolate box art. and "mall art."

          … Trong 1 gallery ở Boston của Thomas, bên mỗi bức tranh bao giờ cũng có một chiếc công tắc dimmer để khách đến xem có thể tự mình điều chỉnh ánh sáng và kinh ngạc thấy bức tranh thay đổi các sắc độ ngay trước mắt mình…

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