(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 ...

It was a slice of Bohemia in a city of commerce, a gathering of intellectuals striking out against what they see as mindless and saccharin art. On Friday night, dozens of artists converged on a small ...

The other woman at the center of the battle over world-famous artist Thomas Kinkade’s estate appeared in court this morning, ready to fight for what she considers her fair share of his fortune. Amy ...

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 ...

Thomas Kinkade, Author, Anne Christian Buchanan, With Warner Books $19.5 (256p) ISBN 978-0-446-52522-0 With 10 previous books primarily showcasing his paintings, including the CBA bestsellers Simpler ...

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.

One reader of a past post commented, “I like to think of Kinkade as ‘Painter of outdoor mood lighting emanating from no intelligible source and obeying no discernible laws of physics or common sense.’ ...

Thomas Kinkade, the prolific painter of bucolic and idealized scenes who estimated that his mass-produced works hung inside one out of 20 American homes, died Friday at his home in Los Gatos, Calif.

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Thomas Kinkade, one of America’s most popular painters, died Friday at his California home. The 54-year-old “Painter of Light,” is believed to have died from natural causes, his family said in a ...

One of the most popular artists in America, "Painter of Light" Thomas Kinkade, died Friday at his home in Los Gatos, Calif., his family said. He was 54, and his family issued a statement that his ...