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What To Make Of Thomas Kinkade?

His Art Aroused Passions, Made Him A Fortune, And Attracted Derision

The late Thomas Kinkade, whatever one thinks of him as a painter and shrewd self promoter, is elevated in death to probably his most important role:  That of muse.  Yes, muse.  Kinkade's art incites a visceral response, and it fires a desire in many to declare what good art is.

As post-mortems continue to appear about Kinkade’s Horatio Alger rise—and subsequent hardships—as a once pre-eminent commercial artist in America, his feats are worth mulling over. Kinkade the phenomenon is ripe for examination especially for those nature lovers drawn to the category of “nature art”.

   Eamon Murphy asks

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