Battle over 'Painter of Light' Thomas Kinkade's fortune begins today
June 15, 2012 5:18 PM Subscribe
Painter of Light Two Signed Drawing's Worth $15mil, or more, Under Dispute (previously)
The two drawings, claimed by Amy Pinto-Walsh to be authentic, are quite beautiful, and dark. Quite a contrast to the rest of his work, and because of that it is no wonder that they are the most expensive things he ever created, that is to say if they are authenticated, and accepted as his true expression, sound mind and body not withstanding.... which could pose a problem.
He was considered an equal to Damian Hirst and Jeff Koons by some, certainly a financial genius by any measure. Kinkade is the only painter ever to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (eat your heart out Hirst and Koons). Most see him at best a Norman Rockwell type at best, or at worst worthless schmaltz Jerry Saltz goes on to say:
The reason the art world doesn't respond to Kinkade is because none -- not one -- of his ideas about subject-matter, surface, color, composition, touch, scale, form or skill is remotely original.
If one is really honest, and Saltz most certainly is not, Kinkade was the contemporary conceptual master, direct descendant of Warhol, and was able to accomplish this by developing his market outside of the structures of the Conventional Art Market. Saltz calls him conservative, but by any measure, Saltz's art world is much more conservative than the art world that Kinkade's created.
Drugs, Alcohol, Money, Sex, scandal... premature death by overdose. He lived the life and died in the style of many great artists.
And if you are interested in buying any of Kinkade's work WaPo has a guide: Thomas Kinkade paintings selling swiftly: What buyers should know
RIP Thomas Kinkade.
The two drawings, claimed by Amy Pinto-Walsh to be authentic, are quite beautiful, and dark. Quite a contrast to the rest of his work, and because of that it is no wonder that they are the most expensive things he ever created, that is to say if they are authenticated, and accepted as his true expression, sound mind and body not withstanding.... which could pose a problem.
He was considered an equal to Damian Hirst and Jeff Koons by some, certainly a financial genius by any measure. Kinkade is the only painter ever to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (eat your heart out Hirst and Koons). Most see him at best a Norman Rockwell type at best, or at worst worthless schmaltz Jerry Saltz goes on to say:
The reason the art world doesn't respond to Kinkade is because none -- not one -- of his ideas about subject-matter, surface, color, composition, touch, scale, form or skill is remotely original.
If one is really honest, and Saltz most certainly is not, Kinkade was the contemporary conceptual master, direct descendant of Warhol, and was able to accomplish this by developing his market outside of the structures of the Conventional Art Market. Saltz calls him conservative, but by any measure, Saltz's art world is much more conservative than the art world that Kinkade's created.
Drugs, Alcohol, Money, Sex, scandal... premature death by overdose. He lived the life and died in the style of many great artists.
And if you are interested in buying any of Kinkade's work WaPo has a guide: Thomas Kinkade paintings selling swiftly: What buyers should know
RIP Thomas Kinkade.
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lol... more like a drawing, no?
posted by snaparapans at 5:33 PM on June 15, 2012
posted by snaparapans at 5:33 PM on June 15, 2012
Comparing Kinkade to Norman Rockwell is an insult. One of them could paint.
posted by Termite at 5:35 PM on June 15, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Termite at 5:35 PM on June 15, 2012 [2 favorites]
grammar needed in main link text can't parse
posted by Afroblanco at 5:38 PM on June 15, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Afroblanco at 5:38 PM on June 15, 2012 [2 favorites]
This is like an episode of "Perry Mason." OH THIS MULTIMILLIONAIRE JUST WROTE THESE SCRAWLED NOTES ASSIGNING HIS INCREDIBLE RICHES TO ME REALLY HE DID BECAUSE HE LOOOOOOOOVED ME!
posted by Sidhedevil at 5:41 PM on June 15, 2012
posted by Sidhedevil at 5:41 PM on June 15, 2012
Plus, whats with the sideways attack on Jerry Saltz?
I guess I think that Saltz is being a conventional snob in his trashing of Kinkade.
posted by snaparapans at 5:41 PM on June 15, 2012
I guess I think that Saltz is being a conventional snob in his trashing of Kinkade.
posted by snaparapans at 5:41 PM on June 15, 2012
Saltz calls him conservative, but by any measure, Saltz's art world is much more conservative than the art world that Kinkade's created.
I missed the part where the mainstream art world campaigned against same-sex marriage?
posted by Sidhedevil at 5:42 PM on June 15, 2012 [3 favorites]
I missed the part where the mainstream art world campaigned against same-sex marriage?
posted by Sidhedevil at 5:42 PM on June 15, 2012 [3 favorites]
I guess I think that Saltz is being a conventional snob in his trashing of Kinkade.
Really? You know, sometimes lots of people say that someone is full of shit because that person is actually full of shit. Contrarianism for its own sake is kind of boring.
Do you have any Kinkade work in your home?
posted by Sidhedevil at 5:43 PM on June 15, 2012
Really? You know, sometimes lots of people say that someone is full of shit because that person is actually full of shit. Contrarianism for its own sake is kind of boring.
Do you have any Kinkade work in your home?
posted by Sidhedevil at 5:43 PM on June 15, 2012
I missed the part where the mainstream art world campaigned against same-sex marriage?
You must be joking... for one, many of the super rich contemporary collectors are GOP and quite conservative politically, but of course I am not referring to politics here, but calling Kinkade radical compared to Saltz's et al. conservatism and snobbery in judging Kinkade.
posted by snaparapans at 5:46 PM on June 15, 2012
You must be joking... for one, many of the super rich contemporary collectors are GOP and quite conservative politically, but of course I am not referring to politics here, but calling Kinkade radical compared to Saltz's et al. conservatism and snobbery in judging Kinkade.
posted by snaparapans at 5:46 PM on June 15, 2012
Sidhedevil: Do you have any Kinkade work in your home?
No do you have any Koons or Hirst? If I did collect Koons and Hirst I would certainly be collecting Kinkade.
posted by snaparapans at 5:48 PM on June 15, 2012
No do you have any Koons or Hirst? If I did collect Koons and Hirst I would certainly be collecting Kinkade.
posted by snaparapans at 5:48 PM on June 15, 2012
Drugs, Alcohol, Money, Sex, scandal... premature death by overdose. He lived the life and died in the style of many great artists.
And porn stars!
posted by roger ackroyd at 5:50 PM on June 15, 2012
And porn stars!
posted by roger ackroyd at 5:50 PM on June 15, 2012
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