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NYC_SKP

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42. It's mostly because of his crooked and deceptive business practices that I'm glad he's gone.

Reply to Typical NYC Lib (Original post)

Mon Apr 9, 2012, 09:34 PM

Apr 2012

Selling prints as originals to unsuspecting pensioners and grandparents, thinking they're getting originals and an investment.

That's why, for me....

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re - Thomas Kincade: I do NOT think it's okay to dance on somebody's grave just because [View all] Typical NYC Lib Apr 2012 OP

I liked his paintings HockeyMom Apr 2012 #1

That's an insult to Norma Rockwell Speck Tater Apr 2012 #8

Not really HockeyMom Apr 2012 #18

I respectfully disagree. Speck Tater Apr 2012 #27

Actually, Rockwell's work is not in the real world, either. Hissyspit Apr 2012 #36

Lighthouses HockeyMom Apr 2012 #37

I inherited a violin and a painting, a Rembrandt and a Stradivarius. Speck Tater Apr 2012 #46

Kinkade, not Kincaide. And those "fantasy fairy tale" settings were based on the Cotswolds in highplainsdem Apr 2012 #43

Tim Burton does his movies the same way. Hate them all. Zax2me Apr 2012 #44

Rockwell actually PAINTED all of his pictures eridani Apr 2012 #66

Not to mention Rockwell was a far better draftsman REP Apr 2012 #30

Rockwell did hire help when he needed. LunaSea Apr 2012 #45

Cool story! REP Apr 2012 #63

Mark Kostabi and Warhol did much the same Mimosa Apr 2012 #69

Rockwell's B1B Bomber was pretty much a disaster too. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #83

Disliking someone is the accepted reason for grave dancing. aquart Apr 2012 #2

I feel sorry for you Typical NYC Lib Apr 2012 #5

Well isn't that special of you. HERVEPA Apr 2012 #12

+1 REP Apr 2012 #24

Do you pity this man? "It would positively be a relief to me to dig him up and throw stones at him" REP Apr 2012 #26

Of course. aquart Apr 2012 #82

Since you are in NYC I hope you will venture out and go to the wonderful museums you CTyankee Apr 2012 #3

I've never even SEEN a Kincade painting: They might be utterly horrid Typical NYC Lib Apr 2012 #7

well, I don't celebrate anyone's death. For one thing, it is bad karma. Also, it doesn't sit right CTyankee Apr 2012 #9

Born and raised in Manhattan HockeyMom Apr 2012 #20

A couple of weeks ago I got to see the full-length Renoirs at the Frick, a special exhibit. CTyankee Apr 2012 #73

I gained an appreciation for his paintings Canuckistanian Apr 2012 #4

Glad I'm not the only one that had never heard of him Cali_Democrat Apr 2012 #6

Wait. progressoid Apr 2012 #10

See above ^ Typical NYC Lib Apr 2012 #15

Apparently guitar man Apr 2012 #11

No. Hissyspit Apr 2012 #16

Thanks for saving me guitar man Apr 2012 #21

It has nothing to do with the hive mind. Hissyspit Apr 2012 #25

Ooh good guitar man Apr 2012 #29

He didn't say he was an artist... Surya Gayatri Apr 2012 #35

Whatever guitar man Apr 2012 #38

Nice. Hissyspit Apr 2012 #53

Let's see some of your art then nt guitar man Apr 2012 #56

Insult to "Bubble Gum" music, indeed... Surya Gayatri Apr 2012 #34

lotta dissension about this... marions ghost Apr 2012 #79

I danced on Reagan's grave when he died and I'll do it again. Hissyspit Apr 2012 #13

You're comparing a POTUS to a painter? Typical NYC Lib Apr 2012 #17

Yes, crimes. progressoid Apr 2012 #23

self described pacifists cheering some painter's death.. the irony is fucking delicious... dionysus Apr 2012 #32

Where have I described myself as a pacifist? Hissyspit Apr 2012 #33

i may have confused you with someone else. sorry about that. dionysus Apr 2012 #71

Oy Gevalt... Leftist Agitator Apr 2012 #14

I'm apt to agree with you... YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #19

was just about to post the same thing quinnox Apr 2012 #22

Or maybe people just want others to know the truth of what some people have done. Hissyspit Apr 2012 #28

then you aren't who I was referring too quinnox Apr 2012 #31

He was a facile artist that decided to market a popular formula instead of create individual art. Kablooie Apr 2012 #39

And..... Typical NYC Lib Apr 2012 #47

No. Just the opposite. Kablooie Apr 2012 #52

It hurt no one? Hissyspit Apr 2012 #55

I knew he was mercenary but that in itself isn't criminal. Kablooie Apr 2012 #57

Warhol, Koons, Kostabi were/are at least as mercenary as Kinkade Mimosa Apr 2012 #62

I have a book he wrote on quick sketching he wrote early in his career. Kablooie Apr 2012 #70

What they did/do was/is not the same. Hissyspit Apr 2012 #75

He sold his work under false pretenses marions ghost Apr 2012 #80

use alert if you have an issue with another DU'r and their posts Demonaut Apr 2012 #40

Welcome to the new DU where Grave Dancing is never locked by a jury! Or fat jokes, etc. Logical Apr 2012 #41

It's mostly because of his crooked and deceptive business practices that I'm glad he's gone. NYC_SKP Apr 2012 #42

It's not the paintings - it's his shady business practices. Initech Apr 2012 #48

And then there's the unasked question about ALL the TK threads (including this one): Typical NYC Lib Apr 2012 #49

I dunno.... marions ghost Apr 2012 #81

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Apr 2012 #50

You're not jumping on the "pretentious snob appeal" express?! pacalo Apr 2012 #51

So I'm pretentious, hunh? Hissyspit Apr 2012 #54

Nuh-UH! pacalo Apr 2012 #58

... pacalo Apr 2012 #61

No, I went to bed. Hissyspit Apr 2012 #76

*whew* pacalo Apr 2012 #77

Pacalo, I agree. Let's remember Kinkade leaves behind a wife a 3 daughters. Mimosa Apr 2012 #64

Thanks, Mimosa. And this is the third or fourth thread I've read & I pacalo Apr 2012 #65

Betting your last sentence is true because he actually painted his first works himself eridani Apr 2012 #67

Unless it's Dick Cheney Typical NYC Lib Apr 2012 #78

I don't either BUT just because you're dead doesn't void all the Raine Apr 2012 #59

I suppose you're right, Raine. pacalo Apr 2012 #60

The fact that he was a horrid person aside, he literally stole everything he did, Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #68

Probably a thread hijack but let's look at the larger question dmallind Apr 2012 #72

Don't care for his paintings...just too cutesy for my taste...but that is not why I dislike him. Hepburn Apr 2012 #74