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Thomas Kinkade was an American painter who had an estimated net worth of $70 million. He was born in the year 1958 at the town of Placerville, California. He attended the University of California in Berkley. In 1980, Kinkade and his friend James Gurney got a contract from the Guptill Publications to produce a sketching book. His book “The Artist's Guide to Sketching” went on to become one of the bestselling books. The success of this book changed Kinkade’s luck. Both Gurney and Kinkade got work at the Ralph Bakshi Studios, creating the background for the movie “Fire and Ice”. After this movie, he started living his life as a painter.
Kinkade acquired his wealth by producing his artwork at a mass scale and selling it across the USA through his own company “The Thomas Kinkade’s”. The uniqueness of his paintings is in his own masterstrokes as well as the way he used bright highlights and saturated pastel crayons. His paintings generally comprised of scenic images like a mountain, cottage, garden, lighthouse, among others. In fact, his home town Placerville has been an inspiration for many of the objects that he painted such as streets and snow scenes.
Kinkade was one of the most controversial painters as he received lots of criticism for the commercialization of his art. He was also selling his work through a home shopping channel. This made people make fun of his art as something without a basic substance. He died in 2012. He was believed to be the most successful artist because his paintings can be found in 1 out of every 20 homes in the USA.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
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2019 |
Asset |
Current value of Thomas Kincade's website thomaskinkade.com |
$55,100 |
2012 |
Asset |
Estimated value of Thomas Kinkade's 7,000-square-foot house on Ridgecrest Avenue, the studio next door and warehouse of paintings left for Amy Pinto upon his death for the establishment of a museum of his works in the studio next door |
$76,000,000 |