Thomas Kinkade, whose paintings and prints of cozy scenes of domestic contentment made him perhaps the most popular artist of our time, died April 6 at his home in Los Gatos, Calif. He was 54.

Thomas Kinkade, the self-anointed Painter of Light™, and artist behind the once-profitable later-fraudulent Thomas Kinkade Signature Galleries enterprise, died unexpectedly on Friday of natural ...

The Thomas Kinkade Hometown Gallery in Placerville is closing, but the legacy of the foothill native will remain in El Dorado County.

Thomas Kinkade, the “Painter of Light” and one of the most popular artists in America, died suddenly Friday at his Monte Sereno home. He was 54.

New documentary ‘Art for Everybody’ charts painter Thomas Kinkade’s journey from brooding work to mass-producing ‘feel-good’ kitsch.

Kinkade's familiar, cozy artwork adorns countless calendars and coffee mugs -- but his company is facing serious financial and legal trouble. The artist, who says the light streaming through his ...

Monte Sereno painter Thomas Kinkade grew famous and wealthy for his comforting, bucolic and often spiritual paintings — a snowy rural church on Christmas Eve bursting with light from within, a ...

It’s always discomforting to hear the news of a public person’s death, and I was truly saddened to hear of Thomas Kinkade’s death. As a Southern Christian, I see his work everywhere — in ...

The unexpected death of Thomas Kinkade on Friday (April 6) prompted an outpouring of grief for the hugely successful painter of pastoral landscapes, but also raised questions about the troubled ...

"Thomas Kinkade, the celebrated 'Painter of Light' is one of the most widely collected and beloved artists of our day," Kinkade's website states.