Thomas Kinkade is best known for his kitschy paintings of picturesque cities, but the late artist’s personal life contains some shocking turns. The new documentary ”Art for everyone“Catching was kinked as” the painter of light ” and The mysterious man.
The official synopsis reads: “You have seen his cozy cottages, idyllic gardens and welcome village streets on everything from canvas to memory plates. Both celebrated and cut for their kitschy signature settings, the “painter of light” Thomas kinkade shaved to popularity in the 90s by marketing himself to American Evangelical and picking up against the elite art. Yet under the untouched public staff, demons were to drive him to alcoholism, scandal and death from an overdose in 2012 at the age of 54. After his passing, Kinka revealed daughters a trove of invisible, unexpected dark paintings, a discovery that started an investigation into his father’s true personality. ”
Kinkades death was controlled to be an unintentional overdose from alcohol and valium. The late artist lived in Monte Sereno, California until his passing.
That is part of his obituaryMore than 10 million homes in us have a Thomas kinkade painting. Kinkade also painted the famous background for Bakshi and Frazetta’s “Fire & Ice.”
“Art for all” Premiere at SXSW 2023and Marks editor Miranda Yousef’s director’s debut. The feature includes interviews with Kinkades closest friends and family, his critics and his fans. Morgan Neville and Tim Rummel produce the function.
“I was familiar with Thomas Kinkade’s work; His idyllic paintings were so ubiquitous
That it would have been difficult not to be, ”Yousef said in a press release. “But it wasn’t until I began to investigate” art for everyone “that I began to learn the complex truth behind this seemingly unsophisticated artist and his oeuvre. Ten years after his death, Thom’s family was finally ready to paint a
Complete and honest picture: To expose him to a critical look and count directly with
Darker aspects of his life and personality. ”
Yousef continued, “I hope the audience removes a renewed understanding of the necessity of compassion and shade when engaging with people who have different opinions and experiences, because you cannot judge a book after the painting on its cover.”
“Art for Everybody” is not the only festival favorite documentation on a late painter that debuts this year: Catherine Gunds “Paint me a way from here” opened by Film Forum on February 7 from Aubin Pictures. “Painting me a way from here” centers on the legacy of the late artist Faith Ringgold, whose painting from 1971 “For the Women’s House” came from Rikers Island to Brooklyn Museum. The 50-year trip for Ringgold’s masterpieces to be placed in a museum is at the core of the function. Artist and rapper Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, himself previously imprisoned and was commissioned to create a new work for the Rikers women, worked with Ringgold, politicians, artists, philanthropists and corrections to free the original painting. Ringgold died 2024; She was 93.
“Art for Everybody” premieres March 28 in theaters. Check out the trailer, an indieviewer exclusive, below.
