These valuable Thomas Kinkade paintings are worth the coveted above-the-mantle spot on your grandmother's wall.

Amazing how a death can soften your opinions. I used to think of Thomas Kinkade, our self-proclaimed Painter of Light™, as a schlockmeister beyond compare, beneath any critic’s contempt or notice.

With Kinkade’s paintings as a guide, Taylor Woodrow laid out a 101-house gated community called the Village. Streets, houses, fixtures and landscaping will epitomize Kinkade’s nostalgic style ...

In the 1990s, Thomas Kinkade was the most successful artist of his time. His sentimental, sanitized landscapes full of Christian motifs and storybook cottages, some of which were lit with tiny ...

Kinkade’s reaction to the woman is even more chilling: “Oh, there you go, okay, dear,” he says, barely looking at her. It seems he has heard this before, and it doesn’t even register.

The art of Thomas Kinkade became a Nineties phenomenon as collectors and the American public clamoured for his pieces while critics rolled their eyes. But the ‘Painter of Light’ was battling ...

SAN FRANCISCO — To fans and the countless collectors who helped build painter Thomas Kinkade’s commercial art empire, his idealized vision of the world usually served as a simple, sooth… ...

Kinkade products, er, paintings, flying off gallery walls. April 12, 2012, 7:15 AM EDT. By Bottom Line and Bill Briggs. In life, Thomas Kinkade was easily one of the world’s most commercially ...

Early in the 21st century, Kinkade’s company estimated that 1 in 20 American houses included a work by the artist. That makes it difficult to reject his art out of hand, and the film struggles ...

In the 1990s, Thomas Kinkade was the most successful artist of his time. His sentimental, sanitized landscapes full of Christian motifs and storybook cottages, some of which were lit with tiny LEDs ...