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PatrynXX

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18. must say disappointed in the hate in this thread

Mon Apr 9, 2012, 12:26 AM

Apr 2012

like saying Ken Burns isn't a historian. the fact your arguing if it's art or not reaffirms it's art. So all your doing is making Thomas the better Artist ....

Prefer other modern art. But his light was always best.

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Autopsy Scheduled for Painter Thomas Kinkade [View all] Hissyspit Apr 2012 OP

"wholesome idealism" my ass tularetom Apr 2012 #1

Yes, I'm hating these write-ups. Hissyspit Apr 2012 #3

Oh come on... jberryhill Apr 2012 #4

"wholesome idealism" my ass AlbertCat Apr 2012 #5

Renoir kpete Apr 2012 #6

Then there's this! AlbertCat Apr 2012 #7

Never! XemaSab Apr 2012 #9

Is the autopsy really ashling Apr 2012 #19

going to be performed by 15th century disgusted Dutch artists? AlbertCat Apr 2012 #54

That's what I meant ashling Apr 2012 #56

Wow...TMZ got the autopsy pictures already? Ken Burch Apr 2012 #21

LOL!!! n/t Ian David Apr 2012 #34

Perfect! nt rrneck Apr 2012 #41

Oddlly I find this picture both "wholesome" and "idealistic". grantcart Apr 2012 #47

ACK1 NOOOO!!! monet is the IMPRESSIONISISM krapcaid! pansypoo53219 Apr 2012 #26

monet is the IMPRESSIONISISM krapcaid! AlbertCat Apr 2012 #50

Apart from Goya, how many painters of darkness have there been? XemaSab Apr 2012 #12

Edvard Munch Mz Pip Apr 2012 #13

Hieronymus Bosch? Brother Buzz Apr 2012 #14

Is that one titled "The Lawrence Welk Orchestra in Hell"? n/t. Ken Burch Apr 2012 #23

Ad Reinhardt, Frank Stella Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #27

leon golub. mopinko Apr 2012 #36

leon golub. AlbertCat Apr 2012 #51

Francis Bacon. Brickbat Apr 2012 #39

But only Thomas Kinkade was a painter of Jesus-lovin' gay-hatin', tax-cut-wantin' GOP light! Ken Burch Apr 2012 #22

yeah, that does make it all add up, doesn't it? mopinko Apr 2012 #59

uh, light was the whole fucking point of the impressionist movement. mopinko Apr 2012 #35

Just got back from the Monet exhibit at the Bellagio in Vegas - colorado_ufo Apr 2012 #60

There's a lot to be critical of Kinkade about... Spider Jerusalem Apr 2012 #38

Big time deadbeat Scairp Apr 2012 #65

Isn't there enough coverage of this hack already? lester94111 Apr 2012 #2

Caravaggio Cracklin Charlie Apr 2012 #8

I was going to post his name as painter of light and dark rusty fender Apr 2012 #64

Tasteless fools and their money are easily parted...by Kinkade. n/t NoodleyAppendage Apr 2012 #10

Autopsy reveals Kincade died from schlock. kwassa Apr 2012 #11

! Hissyspit Apr 2012 #15

How does one nominate a DUzy? aquart Apr 2012 #16

go here and use send mail link dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 #42

+1 Auggie Apr 2012 #30

good one... marions ghost Apr 2012 #66

That's the closest he will ever come to Francis Bacon Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #17

must say disappointed in the hate in this thread PatrynXX Apr 2012 #18

Light as seen from Pluto. EFerrari Apr 2012 #24

Nonsense. Hissyspit Apr 2012 #25

Not having seen many of his before his death muriel_volestrangler Apr 2012 #28

He also had flowers, shrubs and trees from3 seasons dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 #44

When you paint light it's supposed to capture what real light does lunatica Apr 2012 #29

As a painter, Kinkade was a fraud. His work was kitsch. Auggie Apr 2012 #31

Agree Inuca Apr 2012 #32

+1000000 n/t cosmicone Apr 2012 #49

It's art. rrneck Apr 2012 #43

Speaking as a painting instructor Hissyspit Apr 2012 #45

I have to admit I've never seen one in person. rrneck Apr 2012 #46

Such bad art Scairp Apr 2012 #67

Tell people what they want to hear rrneck Apr 2012 #70

I don't get the hate either. Beacool Apr 2012 #55

RIP. emilyg Apr 2012 #20

I hope we find out he was murdered by Jon McNaughton. n/t Ian David Apr 2012 #33

LOL! AlbertCat Apr 2012 #52

Do that! That would be funny! n/t Ian David Apr 2012 #53

Jesus has to be in there Mz Pip Apr 2012 #68

So much for my guess that he would rise again on Sunday. Liberal Veteran Apr 2012 #37

He died of a saccharin overdose.... Evasporque Apr 2012 #40

God... I hope they don't have hurricanes there! AlbertCat Apr 2012 #48

But those are soft fluffy waves... Evasporque Apr 2012 #57

It's a pastiche of painting clich�s Hissyspit Apr 2012 #62

Percy Fraunckenstine says.... Evasporque Apr 2012 #71

This one does look misproportioned tawadi Apr 2012 #58

There's no need for an autopsy. I know what the cause of death was jmowreader Apr 2012 #61

Gotta hand it to him. The man knew his audience and their taste> leveymg Apr 2012 #63

People are apparently buying Kinkades right now but you can't buy an original: marions ghost Apr 2012 #69