Thomas Kinkade, Disney, and NASCAR
The world lost Thomas Kinkade more than a week ago, an artist whose importance during his life was measured by product placement and marketing prowess. Kinkade’s work always fascinated me, not because his formulaic shuffle of cottages, lighthouses and waterfall gardens appealed to my taste, but because he seemed like a conflicted character. Many remember [...]
Art Marketing Pioneer Thomas Kinkade Dies Unexpectedly at Age 54
Thomas Kinkade, the marketing pioneer who discovered that, with proper context, reproductions of paintings could be sold for original painting prices without actually breaking the law, (at least as far as his customers went; his company’s deceptive dealings with its franchisees were the issues in lawsuits that cost his company millions) has died unexpectedly at [...]