With their pastoral beauty and wonderful use of light, it's no wonder that paintings by Thomas Kinkade are among the most popular American art ever produced. Although there are tons of prints out ...

SAN FRANCISCO — California artist Thomas Kinkade, whose brushwork paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches were big sellers for dealers across the country, died Friday, a family ...

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 ...

Typically, when a well-known artist dies, the works he leaves behind increase in value -- after all, there obviously will be no more additions to their oeuvre. So anyone who has a Thomas Kinkade ...

VALLEJO, Calif. — The quiet lanes and gentle vistas of Thomas Kinkade’s paintings beguile the faithful. Reproduced on calendars and coffee cups, in prints and on wallpaper, it’s a gauzy, weightless ...

The Daily Beast has a long (3,700-word) piece on the legacy of Thomas Kinkade today, “The Drunken Downfall of Evangelical America’s Favorite Painter.” That’s actually a fairly flat-footed title.

Thomas Kinkade died in his Los Gatos home on Friday, and by Tuesday afternoon, the 54-year-old's cause of death was still a mystery.Kinkade, who called himself the "painter of light," was one of the ...

Artist Thomas Kinkade, whose light-filled Frank Capra-like visions of Americana turned spinster aunts nationwide into art collectors, has died. Kinkade’s family issued a statement Friday indicating ...

Thomas Kinkade's widow and girlfriend have taken their dispute over the late painter's estate and will to court.Kinkade's girlfriend, Amy Pinto, was living with the famous artist in his Monte Sereno ...

Anyone expecting a dramatic courtroom showdown between Thomas Kinkade’s estranged wife and his live-in girlfriend over the late artist’s multimillion dollar Monte Sereno estate will be sorely ...

(CBS/AP) One of the most successful artists of all time, prolific painter Thomas Kinkade - the self-described "Painter of Light" - died Friday at the age of 54. A spokesperson for the Kinkade family ...