Usuku lokuzalwa: NgoJanuwari 19 , Ngo-1958

Wafa eneminyaka: 54

Umqondiso welanga: Capricorn

Kwaziwa njenge:UWilliam Thomas Kinkade III

Ilizwe lokuzalwa: eunited States

Uzalwe e:ISacramento, California, United States

Idume njenge:Umzobi

Abapeyinti bokwenyani Amadoda aseMelika

Iqabane / Ex-:UNanette Wiley (m. 1982)

utata:UWilliam Thomas Kinkade II

umama:UMaryanne Kinkade

abantakwenu:UKate Johnson, uPatrick Kinkade

abantwana:UChandler Kinkade, uEvarett Kinkade, uMerritt Kinkade, uWinsor Kinkade

Usweleke kwi: Epreli 6 , 2012

indawo yokufa:IMonte Sereno, California, United States

Unobangela wokufa:Ukunxila

U.S. Urhulumente: California

Imfundo:IZiko lobugcisa beKholeji yoyilo, uPasadena [

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Ngubani uThomas Kinkade?

UWilliam Thomas Kinkade III wayengumdwebi waseMelika ophawuleka ngokudala imizobo enokwenene, eyokwalusa kunye nezifundo ezingaqhelekanga. Waqala ukuzama iindlela zokwenza ukukhanya kunye nomoya kwimisebenzi yakhe ngelixa wayefunda kwiKholeji yeZiko lobuGcisa ePasadena. Wayechuma ekuphuhliseni ishishini elichumayo kwimizobo yakhe efakwe kukukhanya ebonisa ukuzola kunye noxolo. Wazichaza 'njengoMzobi woKhanya' kwaye wakhusela eli binzana ngophawu lwentengiso, nangona kunjalo i-moniker yayisetyenziswa ngaphambili ukuchaza umzobi waseNgilane uJ. M. W. Turner. Imisebenzi kaKinkade yayiquka ukubonakaliswa okungafaniyo kwegadi, izindlu zasemaphandleni, iibhlorho, iitrato ezitalatweni, kunye neecawe ezifakwe kukukhanya okufudumeleyo kwelanga. Ubuye wasebenzisa igama lebrashi uRobert Girrard ekuveliseni imizobo ye-Impressionist-style. Ngexesha lokudla kwakhe ubomi, u-Kinkade waphumelela kwintengiso enkulu yemizobo yakhe njengokuprinta okwenziweyo kunye nezinye iimveliso ezinelayisensi kwiNkampani kaThomas Kinkade ke oko kwavela njengomnye wabaculi abadumileyo nababephila kakhulu ngexesha lakhe. Abagxeki bobugcisa nangona kunjalo bamakisha umsebenzi wakhe njengekitschy. Inkampani yakhe ikwasungule iivenkile zikaThomas Kinkade zevenkile, ikakhulu e-US. U-Kinkade ubhubhe ngenxa yotywala obuninzi ngengozi kunye ne-diazepam.

UWilliam Thomas Kinkade III wazalwa ngoJanuwari 19, 1958, eSacramento kwiphondo lase-California laseMelika. Wakhuliswa kwidolophu yasePlacerville.

Waye kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo i-El Dorado kwaye waphumelela apho ngo-1976. Abacebisi bakhe bokuqala babequka uCharles Bell noGlenn Wessels. Umva wamkhuthaza ukuba afunde kwiDyunivesithi yaseCalifornia eBerkeley, nto leyo awayenzayo. U-Kinkade nangona kunjalo ugqithisele kwiKholeji yeZiko lobuGcisa ePasadena emva kokugqiba iminyaka emibini yemfundo ngokubanzi eBerkeley. Kuthiwa uKinkade wayelilungu leCawe yamaNazarete.

U-Kinkade kunye nomhlobo wakhe wasekholejini kunye nomculi uJames Gurney bahamba baya e-US ngoJuni 1980 kwaye bagqiba uhambo lwabo eNew York apho benza ikhontrakthi yokuvelisa incwadi yesiketshi kunye noGuptill Publications. Incwadi enesihloko esithi 'Isikhokelo seGcisa kuMdwebo' esapapashwa ngo-1982 saba ngoyena mntu wathengisa kakhulu kwiGuptill Publications ngaloo nyaka. Impumelelo yencwadi ikhokelele abo babini ukuba basebenze kubugcisa bemvelaphi ngo-Agasti 26, 1983, bakhululwa kwaye uRalph Bakshi wakhokela ifilimu yoopopayi ethi 'Umlilo kunye neIce'. UKinkade waqala ukuphonononga ukusetyenziswa kokukhanya kwimisebenzi yakhe ngelixa wayesebenza kwifilimu.

Uqhubeke ngokuvelisa imisebenzi yakhe kwaye wathengisa imvelaphi yakhe kwiigalari zaseCalifornia. Imisebenzi yakhe ebonisa amaxabiso asezantsi epeyinti yaseMelika yayihlala inemibala ye-pastel kunye nemiphumela eqaqambileyo kunye neziyinyani, ezokulusa, kunye nezifundo ezintle ezibandakanya izitiya, iiNdlela eziPhambili, izindlu zokukhanya, imilambo kunye neendawo zamatye.

Imixholo eyahlukeneyo yobuKristu kubandakanya iicawa kunye nomnqamlezo wamaKristu ziphinde zenzeka kwimisebenzi kaKinkade owazichaza 'njengomKristu ozinikeleyo'. Iziphumo eziqaqambileyo zemizobo yakhe, ngokwegcisa, zazibonisa amaxabiso okomoya. Ubonakalise isahluko kunye neevesi ezichaziweyo kwiindinyana zeBhayibhile kwimisebenzi yakhe emininzi.

Inkqubo yokuveliswa kweKinkade icacisiwe 'njengenkqubo yeemveliso ezinomgangatho ophantsi apho abafundi abakumgangatho ophantsi behombisa isiseko se-prefab esibonelelwa yiKinkade.' Imizobo exeliweyo yeKinkade yaqalwa yapeyintwa nguye ngaphambi kokuba ithunyelwe kwimifanekiso evelisa ubunzima. Nangona kukholelwa ngokubanzi ukuba uKinkade wayebandakanyeka ekuyileni nasekuveliseni uninzi lwemisebenzi yakhe yentsusa, wanyusa abancedisi be studio ukumnceda ekuphuhliseni imizobo emininzi yeoyile yakhe edumileyo. Yiyo loo nto iinguqulelo eziprintiweyo zemizobo yakhe abaqokeleli ekusenokwenzeka ukuba babenazo bachukunyiswa yimivumbo ngesandla ngomnye umntu endaweni ye-virtuoso.

Uqale ukusasaza imisebenzi yakhe ethatha uncedo kubatyali mali ngo-1984 kwaye wasungula iLightpost Publishing, ezinikele ngokukodwa kwimisebenzi yakhe yobugcisa, noKen Raasch ngo-1989. Emva koko iLightpost yavela yaba liMedia Arts Group, Inc. . Iivenkile zentengiso zikaThomas Kinkade zegalari zavulwa ikakhulu e-US.

Ngexesha lokuthengisa ngobuninzi bemisebenzi yobugcisa kaKinkade ngohlobo lokushicilelweyo lokuveliswa kwemveliso kunye nezinye iimveliso ezinelayisensi ngeNkampani kaThomas Kinkade kwamkhokelela ekubeni afezekise ubunyani bokuba ngomnye wabaculi abaphilayo abebeqokelelwe kakhulu. Ngombulelo kwilayisensi eneHallmark kunye namanye amashishini, imifanekiso yeKinkade ivela kwiintlobo ngeentlobo zeemveliso ezinjengeekhalenda, iipuzzle zejigsaw, iincwadana, amakhadi okubulisa, iikomityi zekofu neeCD. Imisebenzi yakhe yafumana indawo kumakhadi ezipho eWalmart ngoDisemba ka-2009. Inkampani yakhe yakha yathi imizobo yakhe ifumana indawo kwikhaya elinye laseMelika kumashumi amabini onke.

Ngokweengxelo, ukusukela ngo-1997 ukuya kuMeyi 2005, igcisa lafumana i-53 yezigidi zeedola ngomsebenzi wobugcisa. Amakhulu e-Thomas Kinkade Signature Galleries ayekhona e-US nangona kunjalo aqala ukuwohloka ekupheleni konyaka wama-2000. Inkampani yakhe yokuvelisa iPacific Metro eMorgan Hill, eCalifornia yafaka ukhuseleko kwiSahluko se-11 ngoJuni 2, 2010.

Ngexesha uKinkade uvele njengomnye wabaculi abakhohlisayo. Isitudiyo saseKinkade sabanga ngo-2011 ukuba wayengoyena mculi uqokelelweyo e-Asiya, nangona kunjalo akafumananga ngeniso evela apho ngenxa yomgunyathi.

Nangona i-Kinkade ibalwa phakathi kwabona baphumeleleyo kwezorhwebo kwii-1990s, abagxeki bezobugcisa bahlala behlekisa ngomsebenzi wakhe njenge 'kitsch'. Ukwagxeke ezinye zeendlela zakhe zeshishini kubandakanya indlela athengise ngayo ubugcisa bakhe; kunye nokuziphatha kwakhe kunye neakhawunti yeziganeko ezinxulumene notywala. Wabanjwa eqhuba eqhuba phantsi kwempembelelo yotywala ngoJuni ka-2010 eKarmele, eCalifornia, emva koko wagwetywa. I-Media Arts Group Inc. yahlawuliswa ngokujongana ngokungafanelekanga nabanini beefranchise zikaThomas Kinkade Isiginesha yeGalari kwaye kwafuneka ikhusele kwiisuti ezininzi.

Wenza uthotho lwepeyinti ebizwa ngokuba yiDisney Dreams Collection ngokubambisana neNkampani yeDisney eyayibandakanya 'Ubuhle kunye nesilwanyana esiwela eluthandweni' (2010) kunye 'Nobuhle bokulala' (2011). Wenziwa umzobi obalaseleyo we-Indianapolis Motor Speedway Centennial Era.

Imibutho emininzi yamkhetha ukuba abhiyozele iziganeko ezibalulekileyo. Oku kubandakanya isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-35 seWalt Disney World Resort kunye neDisneyland yeminyaka engama-50. Wakhethwa ukuba apeyinte umyuziyam wendlu, iBiltmore House kwinqanawa. Ngo-2008, wazisa umzobo wokukhumbula i-50 yokubaleka komdyarho weemoto we-NASCAR Cup Series obizwa ngokuba yi-Daytona 500.

Upapashe iincwadi ezininzi ezinje nge ‘Lightposts for Living: The Art of Choosing a Joyful Life (1999)’ ezibandakanya nemifanekiso yemizobo yakhe.

I-Kinkade ixhase imibutho emininzi yesisa enje nge 'Make-a-Wish Foundation', 'Salvation Army', kunye ne 'World Vision'. Udale imiboniso emibini yesisa eyile 'Ixesha lokuNika' kunye 'nokuKhanya kweNkululeko' ngo-2002 ngentsebenziswano neSalvation Army kwaye wanikela ngemali ethengiswayo yokushicilela kwimibutho yesisa eyayisetyenziselwa iinzame zabo zoncedo kumhlaba ongaphantsi kunye nokunceda amaxhoba. ngohlaselo lwangoSeptemba 11.

Waye wanyuselwa kwiholo yoKhenketho yaseCalifornia yoDumo kwaye wanikwa iZiko laBantwana leZiko loLuntu ngo-2002. Kwangonyaka omnye, uKinkade, uSimon Bull noHoward Behrens bakhethwa ukuba bakhumbule i-World Series kunye ne-Olimpiki yase-Salt Lake City.

IZiko 'likaThomas Kinkade loBugcisa' lanikezelwa ngu-Archbishop Mitty High School yaseSan Jose ngo-2003. UKinkade wonyulwa njengoSomlomo weSizwe we-Make-A-Wish Foundation ngo-2003 nangexesha leminyaka engama-20 yoKukhanya kuKhanya ngo-2004; kwaye njengoNozakuzaku wokuKhanya ngaManqaku okuKhanya ngo-2005.

Kwiminyaka edlulileyo, wafumana amabhaso aliqela kubandakanya noMbutho weSizwe wabathengisi boHlelo oluNcitshisiweyo (NALED). Ubugcisa be-Kinkade babizwa ngokuba yi-Lithograph yoNyaka amatyeli alithoba.

Imisebenzi yakhe ifumene ukukhankanywa kuJoseph Heath kunye no-Andrew Potter ka-2004 incwadi engeyonyani ethi 'The Rebel Sell: Why the Culture Can Not Jammed'. Incwadana ka-2011 kaDana Spiotta enesihloko esithi 'Stone Arabia' yayiquka isimilo sakhe ngelixa inoveli ka-2011 kaMat Johnson ebizwa ngokuba yi-'Pym 'ibandakanya umlinganiso wakhe.

Ibali elivelweyo elizimeleyo le-Kinkade elinesihloko esithi Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage ekhokelwa nguMichael Campus yakhutshwa yangqala kwividiyo ngo-Novemba 11, 2008 e-US. Ukwabhekiswa kwi-albhamu ka-Bob Odenkirk ye-2014 yamahlaya 'I-Amateur Hour' ngelixa ushicilelo olukhulu lweempawu zeKinkade kwifilimu yamahlaya yaseMelika i-2017 'The House'.

Ngo-Meyi 2, 1982, uKinkade watshata noNanette Willey. Uninzi lwemisebenzi yakhe yayiquka igama elithi 'N' elimele uNanette ngelixa amanye aliqela afaka iinombolo ezingama-5282 njengomrhumo womhla womtshato wesi sibini. Iintombi zabo ezine uMerritt, uChandler, uWinsor no-Everett, bonke bathiywe ngamagcisa awaziwayo, bazalwa ngo-1988, 1991, 1995 nango-1997 ngokwahlukeneyo. Kuxelwe ukuba esi sibini sahlukana kwaye uNanette wafaka uqhawulo mtshato kwiminyaka emibini ngaphambi kokubhubha kukaKinkade.